o German spies found in new army just landed in France;
famous athletes on casualty lists.

Dec. 1--German-born members of Parliament remain away from war sessions.

Dec. 2--Dublin newspaper suppressed for opposing enlistment and
expressing pro-German sentiment.

Dec. 5--Many football players are enlisting.

Dec. 9--Preparations are being made to meet possible German landing.

Dec. 11--Gibraltar is being provisioned.

Dec. 12--German officer found hidden in packing case at Gravesend.

Dec. 14--Government is searching for German wireless station on Norfolk
coast which is blocking messages.

Dec. 16--Movement to form women's volunteer reserve.

Dec. 17--Many Germans arrested following raid on coast towns; numerous
cases of ptomaine poisoning in Blackheath Camp.

Dec. 19--Many soldiers are insane or have nervous prostration as a
result of battle horrors.

Dec. 21--Some German prisoners of war are being placed on prison ships.

Dec. 23--Germany's offer to exchange one British prisoner of war for
five German prisoners is declined.

Dec. 26--Government has constructed a bridge of boats across the Thames.

Dec. 30--Archbishop of Canterbury appeals for recruits.

Dec. 31--An undercurrent of irritation is evident over the American note
on interference with American commerce; a new decoration, the Military
Cross, has been instituted for the army.

Jan. 3--Day of intercession and prayer throughout the Empire; second
expeditionary force sails for England from Australia; a third force is
being recruited.

Jan. 4--Many men leave their positions in civil life to join the army as
a result of the raid on the coast towns.

Jan. 6--Many clergymen are enlisting.

FRANCE.

Oct. 16--Learned societies plan expulsion of German members.

Oct. 17--Germans arrested in Paris; coal supply low in Paris; sugar
prices are rising.

Oct. 18--President Poincare's country house destroyed.

Oct. 20--Military authorities deny German charge that towers of Rheims
Cathedral are used as observation post.

Oct. 21--Baron de Coubertin will train young men who would normally
enter the army in 1916; Germany protests against alleged cruelties.

Oct. 22--It is reported that 500,000 new soldiers are ready to fight.

Oct. 24--Lille and Rheims have been much damaged by German shells;
exchange of civilians with Germany begins.

Oct. 26--German property in France not confiscated, but taken into
trusteeship.

Oct. 28--Many volunteer to