lifts embargo on foodstuffs for Belgium.

Oct. 27--Gov. Glynn names New York State Committee of Mercy; Salvation
Army starts "self-denial period."

Oct. 30--Rohilla, British hospital ship, runs on rocks on Yorkshire
coast; it is believed 100 perished; American Commission sends foodstuffs
to Belgium.

Oct. 31--King of the Belgians appeals to the American people for help;
American Red Cross unit leaves Petrograd for Kiev; Queen Mary sends
thanks for sending of relief ship Red Cross.

Nov. 2--Rockefeller Foundation is to investigate conditions in Belgium;
Commission for Relief in Belgium now on an international basis.

Nov. 3--Massapequa, Rockefeller Foundation relief ship, sails.

Nov. 4--Fashion Fete in New York for benefit of Committee of Mercy.

Nov. 7--Committee formed in England to find work for Belgian refugees;
American Women's Fund in England presents motor ambulances to British
War Office.

Nov. 9--New York's gifts exceed $1,525,000.

Nov. 11--Wealthy Belgians give $3,000,000 to relief.

Nov. 12--Queen Mary visits the American Women's War Hospital at
Paignton, Devonshire.

Nov. 13--Two American Red Cross units in Germany; two more Rockefeller
Foundation relief ships to sail.

Nov. 17--Ambassador von Bernstorff presents statement to Secretary Bryan
that Germany welcomes American assistance for Belgians.

Nov. 18--Cardinal Mercier sends appeal to America for help for Belgians.

Nov. 20--Cardinal Farley directs special collection for war sufferers.

Nov. 22--Kansas to give 50,000 barrels of flour.

Nov. 23--Rockefeller Foundation will rush relief to wide area; it is
planned to send supplies to Austria, Servia, and Russia; Massapequa
unloaded at Rotterdam.

Nov. 25--American Christmas ship Jason, with 5,000,000 Christmas gifts
for European children, enters Plymouth escorted by warships; Rockefeller
Foundation investigating agents leave England for the Continent;
American Relief Clearing House organized to centralize American relief
in Europe.

Nov. 26--Southern and Western States are contributing liberally;
American colony in Berlin gives up Thanksgiving dinner to hold
entertainment for benefit of war sufferers.

Nov. 28--Jason sails from Devonport to Marseilles; American hospital,
gift of American colony, opened in Petrograd.

Nov. 29--Four ships to be sent by Rockefeller Foundation before Jan. 1.

Dec. 1--American Commission for Relief in Belgium to manage all Belgian
relief.

Dec. 2--Pr