cts attention; England
protests to United States against allowing fuel to be carried to
cruisers at sea.
Aug. 24--Full text of German "White Paper" printed in THE NEW YORK
TIMES; German-Japanese Commercial Treaty will cease to be effective;
statements on Belgium's conduct on battlefield protested against by
Belgian Minister at Washington; Berlin newspapers given to returning
Americans to meet alleged false reports.
Aug. 25--Kaiser decorates two sons and Duke of Wuerttemberg for bravery;
tax levied on Brabant; boys from 16 to 19 years ordered to drill.
Aug. 26--Prince of Saxe-Meiningen killed at Namur; food supply
limitless, says Count von Bernstorff.
Aug. 27--Food prices fixed by Government.
Aug. 28--Emperor orders Ministry to care for fleeing population of East
Prussia; army to be sent from Alsace.
Aug. 29--Force withdrawn from Belgium to meet Russians; name of
Englische Strasse in Berlin changed to Deutsche Strasse; Japanese State
debt seized.
Aug. 31--Fourteen staff officers captives of Allies; many losses have
occurred in charges of massed infantry; Gen. von Stein says there will
be no concession to Belgium; railways again open.
Sept. 1--German officers take charge of mobilization of Turkish Army;
Socialist manifesto assailing the Kaiser.
Sept. 2--Casualty lists show heavy losses; new gun developed by Krupp
hurls powerful shell; wireless reports to Washington Embassy accuse
Russians of atrocities.
Sept. 4--Czar says he will take from Prussia more than Kaiser gets in
Belgium; Namur citizens starving.
Sept. 5--Six hundred Japanese students captured on Dutch frontier; new
official statement puts blame for destruction of Louvain on citizens;
Prince Lichnowsky goes to front; Russian refugees from Germany charge
cruelty.
Sept. 6--Reichstag leaders pledge nation's entire strength.
Sept. 8--Professors in universities will renounce distinctions conferred
upon them by British universities.
Sept. 9--Attempts made to obtain Dutch sympathy; Kaiser sends message to
President Wilson, charging use of dumdum bullets by Allies.
Sept. 10--Experts from Krupp works brought down in aeroplane by
Belgians.
Sept. 11--Prince Engalitcheff charges atrocities on Russian border;
Consular officers leave Egypt; aviators decorated by Kaiser.
Sept. 12--Crown Prince appeals for tobacco for men; many officers and
men decorated.
Sept. 13--Gen. von Boehn's reply to Belgian charges of atrocities in
Aerschot.
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