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l spy is shot. Oct. 29--Polish Catholic regiments are being raised. Oct. 30--Gen. Dimitrieff gives the order, "Don't count the enemy; beat him"; nation welcomes the war with Turkey as giving a chance to settle the Eastern question; formation of Polish legions under Polish commanders is sanctioned. Nov. 1--Government warns Bulgaria against attacking Servia. Nov. 2--Caucasus Moslems are loyal. Nov. 6--Newspapers refer to Constantinople as Tzargrad. Nov. 8--Grand Duke Nicholas congratulated by Lord Kitchener on his successes. Nov. 14--Czar will grant funds to aid Catholics in rebuilding ruined churches; troops withdrawn from Finland. Nov. 15--Fines are being levied on conquered Prussian towns. Nov. 18--Report that Russian troops passed through Scotland to France is officially denied in British Parliament. Nov. 25--Mobilization of first reserves ordered in certain centres. Nov. 26--An industrial panic is feared; it is reported that Russian regiments are in Servia. Nov. 30--Germans expelled from Petrograd for raising funds for warships. Dec. 6--Russian professors deride German "Kultur." Dec. 20--Polish legion organized. TURKEY. Oct. 19--Turkey declines to discharge German crews of cruisers Goeben and Breslau at England's protest. Oct. 21--Six hundred German officers reported to be in Turkey. Oct. 29--Grand Vizier is warned that invasion of Egypt means war with Allies. Oct. 30--Allies ask for explanation of bombardment of Odessa. Nov. 1--British, French, and Russian subjects begin to leave Constantinople. Nov. 2--Grand Vizier expresses regret to Allies for war operations of fleet; Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sazonof says it is too late; Allies insist on reparation to Russia, dismissal of German officers from the Goeben and Breslau, and internment of vessels until end of the war. Nov. 4--American warship sent to Beirut to protect Christians. Nov. 5--Authorities restrained from preventing departure of foreign subjects by intervention of American Consul. Nov. 6--Merchandise in cities of Syria seized by Government officials. Nov. 11--Conspiracy discovered in Constantinople against Germans and Young Turks; leaders shot; refugees in Petrograd report Christians in peril. Nov. 12--Military revolt in Adrianople against German commanders. Nov. 13--Bomb in Enver Bey's palace kills five German officers; Enver Bey unharmed. Nov. 14--Government issues statement blami
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