s to send food to
country districts.

Sept. 6--Gen. Joffre warns troops against premature attacks in mass;
siege awaited calmly; 1915 recruits called out; neutral diplomats want
Ambassador [Transcriber: original 'Ambasador'] Herrick to ask United
States to protest against possible destruction of Paris art treasures;
Germans levy war taxes on captured cities.

Sept. 8--Suggestion to have art works regarded as international property
taken into consideration by President Wilson.

Sept. 9--Decree ordering all men exempt from service because of
ill-health to be reexamined; many regret flight from Paris.

Sept. 10--Gens. Exelmans and Toutee wounded; military authorities warn
Parisians against overconfidence; intrenchments dug.

Sept. 11--President Poincare sends message to President Wilson in answer
to Kaiser's charges on dumdum bullets; Government commandeers all
automobiles; Gen. Joffre and army congratulated by President Poincare.

Sept. 12--Road from Havre to Paris reopened, rail service being resumed;
fresh troops ready in Paris.

Sept. 14--Much booty has been taken from Germans; Senlis laid waste.

Sept. 16--Troops accused of destroying German field hospital and killing
doctors.

Sept. 18--Stricter watch on spies; minors allowed to enlist, with
permission of mothers.

Sept. 19--Suffering in Luneville; statement issued by Washington
Embassy to show that Germany began the war.

Sept. 20--Northern France is being laid waste; Menier chateau raided.

Sept. 21--Foreign Office sends protest to neutrals against bombardment
of Rheims Cathedral; Ambassador Jusserand lays complaint before United
States State Department.

Sept. 22--Loss in officers very heavy; their uniforms may be changed;
refugees return to Paris.

Sept. 23--Germans say they were compelled to bombard Rheims.

Sept. 24--Germans admit aiming one shell at Rheims Cathedral to drive
out observers; refugees advertise in newspapers for relatives.

Sept. 25--Germans again shell Rheims Cathedral; formal complaint of
German atrocities filed at United States State Department; statement by
Ambassador Jusserand.

Sept. 26--Stricter news censorship in Paris; Belgian refugees aid in
gathering grapes at Bordeaux.

Sept. 28--Joffre denies Rheims Cathedral was being used for observatory;
two German spies shot.

Sept. 30--Association of Architects expels German members.

Oct. 2--French soldiers are charged by German Foreign Office with
torturing wounded at