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of all combatants, will be about $2,000,000 an hour. May 29--A great demonstration is held in the Sorbonne amphitheatre, attended by the President, and the notables of political and artistic France, to express the appreciation of the French people for the sympathy and help of Americans during the war. GERMANY. May 2--The last of the Landsturm is called to the colors. May 4--Luebeck, on the Baltic Sea, formerly a port of relatively small importance, has become a great port, and dozens of ships are there discharging vast quantities of foodstuffs and other supplies; twenty-three Socialist members of the Reichstag opposed the voting of the full war credit last asked by the Government, according to a report from Berlin. May 7--The Germans state that they and the Austrians now hold 46,000 square miles of Russian territory, containing a population of more than 5,000,000. May 12--Typhus has appeared in some of the German prison camps. May 14--Lieutenant von Muecke and fifty men of the Emden's crew, who escaped when that cruiser was sunk in November, have arrived at Damascus, after six months of adventurous wanderings. May 18--The London Chronicle, on the basis of statistics which it has received, estimates the total German losses in the war to be 2,050,000. May 24--Germany asks Switzerland to take over German diplomatic affairs in Rome; this action is regarded in Washington as a slap at the United States. May 26--Prince von Buelow, recently Ambassador to Italy, arrives in Berlin; Germany and Italy are still theoretically allies, war not having been declared between them. May 28--Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, speaking in the Reichstag, declares that the Teutonic allies are waging war in "holy anger" and will fight until they have made it certain that no enemy "will dare again a trial of arms"; he makes a scathing attack on Italy, and says that "her violation of good faith" is written in "letters of blood." May 30--Americans are leaving Germany by the score, declaring the hate for Americans is so intense as to make life unbearable. June 2--Officers and men on furlough in Berlin are forbidden to visit cafes and restaurants. June 4--Prussian losses alone have reached a total of 1,388,000. June 5--There are now 900,000 prisoners of war held in Germany, in 247 prison camps. June 7--An extensive exodus of Americans from Germany is in progress, many going to Italy; refugees declare the German
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