trality; bill in Parliament to stabilize food prices.

Aug. 3--Rumor of invasion, but German Minister promises that neutrality
will be respected.

Aug. 5--Reservists in America summoned.

Aug. 6--Neutrality in Anglo-German and Belgo-German wars declared.

Aug. 8--Frontier guarded.

Aug. 9--Uhlans captured and disarmed at Maastricht.

Aug. 10--Queen Wilhelmina suggests formation of committee to aid the
needy.

Aug. 11--Martial law in several provinces.

Aug. 13--Troops massed on frontier; some districts flooded.

Aug. 15--Queen orders Court festivities canceled.

Aug. 16--Paralysis of trade in Rotterdam will render thousands
destitute.

Aug. 18--Everything ready to flood frontier if Germany strikes.

Aug. 20--Food supply causes anxiety; patrols capture German aeroplane.

Aug. 21--Country prepared against invasion; soldiers fire on Zeppelin
using searchlight; declaration of neutrality renewed; bakers making
bread from potatoes; people of Tongres flee from Germans.

Aug. 23--Minister of Industry and Commerce assures England that goods
will not be improperly supplied to Germany.

Aug. 25--Mobilization ceased.

Aug. 29--Southern frontier under martial law.

Sept. 9--Germans want people's sympathy; some places put in state of
siege; rice substituted for wheat flour.

Sept. 15--Artists protest to German Emperor against destruction of
Louvain.

Sept. 26--Martial law on eastern frontier to stop smuggling of goods
into Germany.

Oct. 2--Neutrality is being maintained at great cost; trade is
paralyzed.

Oct. 3--Severe embargo on foodstuffs.

Oct. 7--Amsterdam fixes price of wheat.

*INDIA.*

Aug. 15--Mass meetings in Calcutta and Bombay to voice people's loyalty
to England.

Aug. 26--Moslems still loyal to England.

Aug. 28--Troops will be sent to France.

Sept. 9--Men and money offered to England; message from Viceroy read in
House of Commons.

Sept. 14--German tale of revolution denied; loyalty reported by British
Foreign Office.

Sept. 15--Mussulmans in Russia support declaration of loyalty to
England.

Sept. 21--Aga Khan, leader of Mohammedans, offers to enlist; potentates
eager to serve.

Sept. 24--Preparations for comfort of soldiers being made in England.

Oct. 1--Troops land in France; message to them from King George.

Oct. 2--Great welcome given to troops at Marseilles.

*ITALY.*

July 24--Country will simply safeguard her interests in the Balkans and
on the Adriatic;