The British hospital ship Rewa is sunk by a submarine in the Bristol Channel (three lives lost).
Jan. 5 (Sat.)
Mr. Lloyd George makes a declaration of 'War Aims' after consultation with Mr. Asquith, Lord Grey, and the leaders of the Labour Party.
Jan. 8 (Tues.)
President Wilson in an address to Congress lays down the 'fourteen points' on which, in his opinion, peace should be based. (Appendix V.)
Jan. 9 (Wed.)
H.M.S. Racoon (destroyer) is lost, with all hands, in a storm off the coast of Ireland.
Jan. 10 (Thur.)
In the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk the independence of the Ukraine Republic is accepted both by the Central Powers and the Bolshevists.
Jan. 12 (Sat.)