ENGLAND.
July 24—England will side with Russia in event of hostilities with Austria.
July 27—Sir Edward Grey asks France, Italy, and Germany to confer with England to avert general conflict.
July 28—Germany refuses to accept Sir Edward Grey's proposal for conference, but sends conciliatory reply; nation averse to war, but will aid Allies; Home Rule strife forgotten.
July 29—Report that Grey is forming new peace proposals; London Times pessimistic.
July 30—Unionist papers declare England must fight if Germany attacks France; war preparations continue; political parties declare truce; amending bill to Home Rule bill dropped; preparations in Far East, at Malta, and Cape Town.
July 31—Government joins France in trying to adjust matters between Russia and Austria; country is calm; preparations at Hongkong for hostilities.
Aug. 1—Sir Edward Grey favors throwing weight of navy at once in favor of France and Russia; Lloyd George does not favor participation; special meeting of Cabinet called; King George appeals to Czar for peace; Cabinet in night session; Belgian neutrality an issue; London Times denounces Germany.
Aug. 3—Sir Edward Grey addresses House of Commons; country will defend French coast; Redmond pledges Ireland's aid.
Aug. 4—Ambassador leaves Berlin; King issues call to arms and thanks colonies for their support; Government controls railways and takes foreign warships building in her ports; Vice Admiral Jellicoe takes command of fleet; papers in London reduced in size; people advised to economize.
Aug. 5—Food prices rise; order specifying contrabands of war; bill passes House of Commons to restrain movements of undesirable aliens; many spies arrested; women volunteer as nurses; King's message to fleet; Prince of Wales wants to fight; United States will care for interests in Germany; German cable cut at Azores.
Aug. 6—House of Commons grants army increase of 500,000 men; royal decrees revoke prohibition against importation of arms into Ireland, making trading with enemy illegal, prohibit English vessels from carrying contraband of war between foreign ports, and make it high treason to lend money to Germany; Asquith says "White Paper" issued by Government shows how Sir Edward Grey tried to obtain peace; coast towns arm; contraband of war announced.
Aug. 7—Rush of volunteers; Prince of Wales receives commission in Grenadier Guards; Embassies stoned in Dresden and Berlin.
Aug. 8—Parliament passes bill providing for Government seizure of foodstuffs; Capt. Fox, commander of the lost Amphion, given new command.
Aug. 9—More Germans arrested.
Aug. 10—Newfoundland offers men; Government acknowledges receipt of President Wilson's offer of good offices.
Aug. 11—King inspects troops at Aldershot; mobilization of Territorials completed; Information Bureau gives out official war news; Admiralty notifies United States of planting of mines in North Sea; Secretary Bryan transmits Germany's request for permission to send messages through London to the United States; Admiralty says Atlantic is safe, but that Germans have laid mines in North Sea.
Aug. 12—Exports of foodstuffs forbidden, no Americans barred.
Aug. 14—Prisoners of War Information Bureau formed; money situation improved; embassy informs Secretary Bryan of rules governing aliens; Kitchener's plan for raising new army contemplates long war.
Aug. 15—College men volunteer.
Aug. 16—Refugees from Berlin reach Scotland and tell of abuses; J.E. Redmond says he has rifles for Irish volunteers.
Aug. 17—Government reassures the United States that Japan's activities will be limited.
Aug. 20—Troops impress French favorably.
Aug. 21—Public told to watch for notes from aeroplanes; country protests against German levy of war tax on Liége and Brussels; press asks President Wilson to try to stop violation of rules of war.
Aug. 22—Admiralty says Germany violates Hague rules by planting mines in North Sea; protest to United States against allowing fuel to be carried to German cruisers at sea.
Aug. 23—Full text of British "White Paper" published in The New York Times.
Aug. 24—First casualty list of expeditionary army includes Earl of Leven and Melville.
Aug. 25—Kitchener appeals for men; probability of three years' war discussed.
Aug. 26—Recruiting active; Indian Moslems loyal; members of staffs in Munich complain of bad treatment by German military authorities; Daily Chronicle warns against quarrel with United States on contraband question; army's marching song for this war is "It's a Long Way to Tipperary."
Aug. 27—Army's pluck lauded by Gen. Joffre; Parliament votes expression of admiration of Belgians.
Aug. 28—Sir John French's report on activities of troops read in Parliament; Peeresses sign letter expressing devotion to country.
Aug. 29—Message to Scots Grays from Russian Czar; Lord Roberts says hundreds of thousands of men will be needed and assails young men who go on playing games; navy congratulated by Canadian Premier and Sir John French.
Aug. 30—Lord Kitchener tells of British share in fighting in Belgium and France and of loss of life, but says troops have been reinforced.
Sept. 1—Government asks United States to care for her interests in event of war with Turkey; Anglo-American corps being formed in London.
Sept. 3—Many recruits join army.
Sept. 4—Asquith, Balfour, Bonar Law, Churchill, and others speak in London Guildhall, appealing for volunteers; 700 Ulster volunteers enroll in one hour.
Sept. 5—Allies sign agreement that none shall make peace without consent of all; official denial that dumdum bullets were used; London agreement regarding contraband will be adhered to as far as is practicable.
Sept. 6—Churchill announces formation of one marine and two naval brigades.
Sept, 8—Gen. Joffre expresses thanks for army's support; Kitchener's reply; five thousand recruits in one day; German prisoners held in concentration camps.
Sept. 9—Government will not consent to peace proposals unless Germany will acknowledge that Belgium is entitled to redress; troops praised by Belgians.
Sept. 10—House of Commons votes to add 500,000 men to regular army.
Sept. 12—Permission from Greece to establish naval base at Lemnos; complete equipment for Territorials lacking.
Sept. 16—John Redmond calls Irish to arms.
Sept. 17—Prize courts established.
Sept. 19—Lloyd George appeals for Welsh recruits.
Sept. 20—Casualty list shows many officers killed or wounded.
Sept. 21—Percentage of officers in casualty lists out of proportion to number of men.
Sept. 24—Censorship tightened.
Sept. 25—Admiralty publishes report on sinking of three cruisers in North Sea, saying disabled ships must look after themselves; shortage of rifles denied in London Spectator; Asquith and Redmond appeal to Ireland for aid.
Oct. 4—Thousands of Irish enlist.
Oct. 8—Sportsmen's Battalion organized by Mrs. Cunliffe Owen.
Oct. 9—Government will not allow American army and navy officers to observe operations.
Oct. 11—Loss of officers is a peril.
Oct. 12—Fall of Antwerp aids recruiting; infantry standard lowered to admit more men; London Morning Post condemns Churchill's attempt to relieve Antwerp with small naval force.
Oct. 14—Foreign Office denies existence of secret agreement with Belgium, which Germans charge is shown by documents found in Brussels.