r Amiens.

Jan. 16--German hydroaeroplane lost in North Sea; nine aviators of the
Allies drop bombs on Ostend.

Jan. 19--German airships drop bombs on Yarmouth, King's Lynn, and
other English towns; four persons are killed, ten wounded, and
considerable property damage is done; it is reported that the German
plant at Friedrichshafen produces a super-Zeppelin every three weeks.

Jan. 21--Allies drop bombs on Essen.

Jan. 22--Holland is to investigate a report that a Zeppelin violated
her neutrality by flying over her territory.

Jan. 23--Germans drop bombs on Dunkirk; it is reported that the
American Consulate is damaged.

Jan. 25--It is reported from Amsterdam that 400 German war automobiles
were destroyed in the raid on Essen.

Jan. 26--Russians bring down German airship that bombarded Libau.

Jan. 28--Crew of German airship that bombarded Libau will be tried by
military court and will not be treated as prisoners of war; bomb
dropped on Belgrade.

AMERICAN INTERESTS.

Jan. 24--Administration makes public in Washington a letter written by
Secretary Bryan to Senator Stone of Missouri in which discrimination
against Germany and Austria-Hungary is denied; twenty charges made by
pro-Germans are taken up and the Administration's position and action
on each are stated in detail.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

Jan. 17--Anti-war demonstrations in Vienna; Czech editor executed for
treason.

Jan. 20--Governor of Cracow orders partial evacuation of the city.

Jan. 21--Archduke Charles Francis, the Austrian Crown Prince, is in
Berlin, where he will be joined shortly by Baron Burian, the new
Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs; plans of campaign
against Russia are to be discussed with German officials.

Jan. 23--Baron Burian leaves Berlin for German Army Headquarters to
confer with the Kaiser.

Jan. 25--Riots in many parts of Hungary.

Jan. 28--Riot among Southern Slavs because of mobilization order.

Jan. 29--Prisoners of war are to be employed in farm work.

Jan. 30--Warning is sent to Rumania against agitation among Rumanian
population of Transylvania.

BELGIUM.

Jan. 8--Cardinal Mercier has been placed under restraint by the German
authorities because of his pastoral, read in the churches on Jan. 3,
in which he told the Belgians that they owe German authority "neither
respect, nor attachment, nor obedience."

Jan. 9--It is reported that Cardinal Mercier was arrested, but the
report is denied by t