Sept. 29--Zeppelin drops bombs on two Belgian towns.
Sept. 30--j.a.panese aeroplanes attack Kiao-Chau Harbor.
Oct. 1--Zeppelin drops bomb near Antwerp, but is driven off.
Oct. 2--Germans report capture of thirty French aeroplanes; it is learned that aviators patrolled the Straits of Dover during pa.s.sage of British expeditionary force; German aviators drop messages to Russian troops.
Oct. 5--Searchlight tests made in London in preparation for Zeppelin raids.
Oct. 6--It is announced that German airship aided in sinking British cruisers; commander and crew decorated by Kaiser.
Oct. 7--London insures against damage from Zeppelin raids as air fleet is prepared at Wilhelmshaven; French aviators set fire to German aeroplanes.
Oct. 8--German aeroplanes drop bombs on Paris and Antwerp.
Oct. 9--British air squadron destroys Zeppelin in hangar at Dusseldorf.
Oct. 11--Three killed, fourteen injured from bombs dropped on Paris by German aviators; Zeppelin over Ostend driven away by guns; j.a.panese drop bombs in Tsing-tau.
Oct. 12--Six more bombs dropped on Paris.
Oct. 13--French rout German aviators near Paris.
Oct. 14--French aviator decorated for bringing down German; Cossacks bring down Zeppelin near Warsaw; bombs dropped on Nancy.
*AMERICAN INTERESTS.*
July 26--Americans are leaving Carlsbad and other resorts.
July 29--Tourists in Paris abandon plans to go eastward; many in London take chances and go into Austria.
July 31--Exodus from Geneva; war panic among American tourists in Paris; President Wilson directs State Department to ask Amba.s.sador Herrick to remain at his post; many left in London as sailing of the Imperator is canceled.
Aug. 1--Many demand pa.s.sports in France; Americans in London will organize for relief work.
Aug. 2--Americans in Paris form committee to aid countrymen; refugees from Continent arrive in London; Amba.s.sador Gerard appeals for funds; State Department has no funds, but will forward deposits for refugees.
Aug. 3--Bankers and Treasury Department officials agree on plan for $3,500,000 gold shipment to tourists; hundreds reach Paris after many hardships; fear in Berlin; both houses of Congress pa.s.s bill appropriating $250,000 for relief; emba.s.sies will distribute funds.
Aug. 4--Mrs. O.H. Kahn loses automobiles in France; tourists unable to leave Germany; many dest.i.tute in Paris; automobiles requisitioned for war; President Wilson approves plan to send $5,000,000 from bankers and national appropriation of $2,500,000 in gold; cruiser Tennessee will carry it.
Aug. 5--Amba.s.sador Herrick issues transports to stranded in Paris; millionaires leave in cattle train for Havre; Amba.s.sador Page praises spirit of refugees; two committees in London to relieve distress; cruiser Tennessee prepares to sail with relief fund; Congress votes $2,500,000 appropriation; cruiser North Carolina will follow with more gold if needed; Mayor Mitchel appoints relief committee.
Aug. 6--Americans in London get funds from Transportation Committee; many obtain certificates of American citizenship in Paris; Tennessee leaves with gold; Secretary Garrison will use transports rather than pay exorbitant prices to charter ships; Board of Relief named to supervise distribution of funds appropriated by Congress.
Aug. 7--Baroness von Andre and Anne W.N. Davis tell of brutal treatment by German soldiers; Mrs. Philip Lydig tells of kind treatment by French; Mrs. Herrick"s American Ambulance Corps organized; $100,000 sent by Treasury to Paris and $25,000 to Italy; many Americans leave via Denmark; French and German railways will be open for departure of Americans after mobilization is completed.
Aug. 8--A.M. Huntington and wife reported to be arrested in Bavaria and held as spies; 7,000 Americans leave England; committee of American and English bankers formed to administer $3,000,000 gold shipment; Secretary Garrison confers with Haniel von Heimhausen, German Charge d"Affaires, who says Americans will be allowed to leave Germany.
Aug. 9--One thousand five hundred Americans apply [Transcriber: original "appy"] at Paris Emba.s.sy for transports; refugees arrive on the New York; mines menace relief cruisers.
Aug. 10--Mayor of Berlin and others move to care for refugees in Germany; many stranded in Bermuda.
Aug. 11--Cancellation of sailing of Olympic causes rush for steerage on ships leaving London; Mrs. W.H. Page heads committee to look after school teachers; Secretary Bryan orders Amba.s.sador Gerard to make representations regarding Mr. and Mrs. Huntington.
Aug. 12--One thousand refugees arrive in New York, on S.S. Philadelphia; Emba.s.sy in Paris arranges for relief of tourists all over France; Secretary Bryan says Huntingtons are safe; refugees arrive on Holland-America liner Potsdam.
Aug. 13--Amba.s.sador Page is seeking ships that may be chartered in London; army officers will aid relief work in Paris; fourteen tourists reached England via Arctic Sea; Secretary Bryan warns all Americans going abroad to get pa.s.sports; emergency pa.s.sports to be issued; people in Berlin open homes to Americans; Minister Whitlock reports Consulate at Liege exposed to fire.
Aug. 14--More than 300 Americans arrive in Rotterdam from Berlin.
Aug. 15--Seven ships leave England; less need for transport; German Foreign Office says Huntington was not arrested; Amba.s.sador Herrick arranges for sailings of the Espagne and the Rochambeau; refugees in Rotterdam report generous treatment while in Germany; Germany will provide trains to carry Americans to Bremen and will let cruiser Tennessee land there; Gerard says Americans are now free to leave Germany; ships leaving Italian ports.
Aug. 16--Cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina arrive at Falmouth with gold.
Aug. 17--Eighteen ships that will leave England, within a week can accommodate 20,000; London refugees given gold from cruiser Tennessee; 5,000 stranded in Italy; Nieuw Amsterdam and Laconia reach New York.
Aug. 18--Refugees from Copenhagen arrive on the United States; tourists flock into Genoa; members of Mayor Mitchel"s Committee meet every steamer and are prepared to help the needy.
Aug. 19--Relief cruiser North Carolina reaches Cherbourg with Major Hedekin; Miss Morgan"s villa accepted as hospital; the Tennessee held at Falmouth.
Aug. 20--Payment on funds sent on Tennessee delayed in London.
Aug. 21--American Rhodes scholars help in harvesting in Brittany; missionaries urge sending ship with gold to Turkey; gold from the North Carolina sent to Italy.
Aug. 22--Refugees arrive on Campania, Baltic, and St. Louis; Amba.s.sador Gerard denies that Americans have been ill-treated in Germany; cruiser Tennessee at Rotterdam.
Aug. 23--Refugees in London tell of kindness of Austrians; the Tennessee left too little gold in England and France.
Aug. 24--a.s.sistant Secretary Breckinridge reaches Berlin with gold; Amba.s.sador Herrick makes arrangements for Americans in Switzerland.
Aug. 26--Art students in Paris in sad plight; few tourists now ask aid in London; students leave German universities; refugees from Italy express satisfaction with arrangements of Government Relief Committee; relief bureau established at The Hague.
Aug. 27--Cruiser North Carolina sent to Turkey.
Aug. 28--German Government furnishes gold to Amba.s.sador Gerard.
Aug. 31--London again crowded with refugees; tourists in Denmark safe.
Sept. 3--Turkish Government will not permit the North Carolina to go to Constantinople; Americans in London help Belgian refugees.
Sept. 4--Tennessee takes Americans across Channel; British soldiers give up quarters for them at Havre; North Carolina starts for Smyrna.
Sept. 9--Refugee aid cost $100,000 in five days in London.
Sept. 10--Pa.s.sports to be required of all in England.
Sept. 12--Major Hedekin reports nearly all tourists out of France and Switzerland.