Part 87

Aug. 16--Paralysis of trade in Rotterdam will render thousands destitute.

Aug. 18--Everything ready to flood frontier if Germany strikes.

Aug. 20--Food supply causes anxiety; patrols capture German aeroplane.

Aug. 21--Country prepared against invasion; soldiers fire on Zeppelin using searchlight; declaration of neutrality renewed; bakers making bread from potatoes; people of Tongres flee from Germans.

Aug. 23--Minister of Industry and Commerce assures England that goods will not be improperly supplied to Germany.

Aug. 25--Mobilization ceased.

Aug. 29--Southern frontier under martial law.

Sept. 9--Germans want people's sympathy; some places put in state of siege; rice substituted for wheat flour.

Sept. 15--Artists protest to German Emperor against destruction of Louvain.

Sept. 26--Martial law on eastern frontier to stop smuggling of goods into Germany.

Oct. 2--Neutrality is being maintained at great cost; trade is paralyzed.

Oct. 3--Severe embargo on foodstuffs.

Oct. 7--Amsterdam fixes price of wheat.

*INDIA.*

Aug. 15--Mass meetings in Calcutta and Bombay to voice people's loyalty to England.

Aug. 26--Moslems still loyal to England.

Aug. 28--Troops will be sent to France.

Sept. 9--Men and money offered to England; message from Viceroy read in House of Commons.

Sept. 14--German tale of revolution denied; loyalty reported by British Foreign Office.

Sept. 15--Mussulmans in Russia support declaration of loyalty to England.

Sept. 21--Aga Khan, leader of Mohammedans, offers to enlist; potentates eager to serve.

Sept. 24--Preparations for comfort of soldiers being made in England.

Oct. 1--Troops land in France; message to them from King George.

Oct. 2--Great welcome given to troops at Marseilles.

*ITALY.*

July 24--Country will simply safeguard her interests in the Balkans and on the Adriatic; appeal made to other countries to be conciliatory.

July 25--No disposition to espouse Austria's cause.

July 26--Government looks to England to prevent war.