Part 68

Dec. 15--Bavarian soldiers to be court-martialed for mutiny at Antwerp.

Dec. 18--Rumors that Prince Otto of Windisch-Graetz will be the new Belgian King.

Dec. 19--Relations between the Prussian Government and the Poles have improved.

Dec. 21--George Weill, member of the Reichstag from Metz, is fighting in the French Army; Chile protests against alleged violations of her neutrality by the navy.

Dec. 22--Supplies in Ghent commandeered for Christmas celebration.

Dec. 24--Germany denies French charges that neutral ships have been hired to lay mines in the Mediterranean.

Dec. 27--Commander of the Yorcke gets two-year term for losing vessel; German spy seized while trying to enter Gibraltar disguised as a Moor.

Dec. 30--British prisoner sentenced to death for assaulting a German officer.

Dec. 31--Kaiser sends New Year's greetings to President Wilson and the United States; German press has received with exultation the news of American note on British interference with American commerce.

Jan. 7--United States State Department informs Ambassador von Bernstorff that the United States cannot investigate the German charge that British use dumdum bullets; German military authorities in Belgium deny that Cardinal Mercier has been arrested.

HOLLAND.

Oct. 18--Government anxious to be relieved of care of Belgian refugees; is urging them to return home.

Oct. 19--Cities are feeling the strain of caring for Belgian refugees.

Oct. 28--Army massed on the border because of fear of invasion.

Oct. 31--Ammunition is seized from interned French and Belgian soldiers.

Nov. 7--Soldiers protest to the German Minister at The Hague against alleged atrocities of German troops on the Belgian border.

Nov. 8--Scheldt River is being guarded; new intrenchments are being made; canals are guarded.

Dec. 3--Rioting in Belgian concentration camps; troops kill six Belgians and wound nine.

Dec. 7--Government loans wheat to Belgium.

INDIA.

Oct. 28--Troops surprise German sentries in Belgium and destroy ammunition stores.

Nov. 1--Moslems support England against Turkey.

Nov. 3--The Nizam of Hyderabad issues manifesto proclaiming loyalty to Britain; Aga Khan says Germans coerced Turks.

Nov. 6--Army of Afghans sent to the frontier; border tribes reported in revolt.

Nov. 10--Letters found on wounded Germans show orders to make Indian troops a special target.

Nov. 18--German Emperor tells Crown Prince that Sheik-ul-Islam has issued proclamation of Moslem holy war; Indian troops are being used against Germans in East Africa.

Nov. 21--Detachment of motor ambulances is being formed for troops in fighting in Europe.

Dec. 6--Ruling Princes make large donations to expenses of the war.