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hips. Oct. 25--John Redmond urges Irish to enlist. Oct. 27--Government complains that many Germans are getting consular certificates from American officials by posing as Englishmen. Nov. 1--British affairs in Turkey turned over to American Embassy. Nov. 2--Admiralty orders North Sea closed to commerce; Turkish Ambassador handed his passports. Nov. 3--Government will not molest American ships carrying cotton to German ports. Nov. 4--Americans will fight as First London Machine Battery. Nov. 5--Proclamation that holy places in Arabia and Mesopotamia must not be touched. Nov. 6--Detectives say some London buildings are strong German forts; large trade in mourning clothes in London; Sweden protests against closing of North Sea. Nov. 7--Government thanks United States State Department for help rendered at Constantinople by Ambassador Morgenthau. Nov. 8--Japanese Emperor and Empress send thanks for British aid at Tsing-tau. Nov. 10--Karl Hans Lody shot as a spy in the Tower of London; when first arrested he claimed to be an American. Nov. 11--Germans are exhibiting dumdum bullets which they charge have been taken from British soldiers. Nov. 12--Mass meeting in London in support of Kitchener's appeal for temperance by soldiers. Nov. 13--Officers sent to Russia to discuss tactics of eastern campaign; sentry in concentration camp kills a German prisoner. Nov. 14--Under Secretary of War Tennant urges football players to enlist. Nov. 17--War Office denies that British have used dumdum bullets, but accuses Germans of using them; less crime in the country. Nov. 20--House of Commons votes additional army of 1,000,000 men. Nov. 21--Balfour says there must be no patched-up truce; Somali chiefs in Jubaland want to join the army; 19,000 members of the Automobile Association have given their cars for army use. Nov. 22--Five German rioters killed in detention camp on Isle of Man. Nov. 23--Newspapers show disgust over failure of attempts to get football players and spectators to enlist; recruiting is slow in Manchester; War Office is advertising for officers. Nov. 25--Coast towns prepare to resist invasion; Indian soldier receives Victoria Cross; shooting of prisoners on Isle of Man has angered Germany; reprisals feared. Nov. 27--Coroner's jury finds that shooting of prisoners on Isle of Man was justified; London newspapers agree to curtail football news as aid to recruiting. Nov. 28--Tw
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