March 23—Seventeen Belgian men are shot in Ghent barracks after having been found guilty by German court-martial of espionage in the interests of the Allies.
March 28—Belgian Legation at Washington issues official response to statement made by Herr von Jagow, the Imperial German Secretary of State, that "Belgium was dragged into the war by England"; response says that it was Germany, not England, that drew the nation into war.
BULGARIA.
March 6—Mobilization is now completed of three divisions of troops near Tirnova.
March 12—Heavy artillery is being transported to Janthe, near the Greek frontier.
March 20—Three Bulgarian soldiers are killed and several Greek soldiers are wounded in a fight which followed an attempted movement by strong Bulgarian force into the region of Demir-Hissar, formerly Turkish territory, now Greek.
March 26—Opposition leaders are demanding an interview with the King with a view of bringing about a change of policy favoring the Anglo-Franco-Russian alliance; Field Marshal von der Goltz is in Sofia.
March 30—Bulgaria is holding up shipments of German artillery and large quantities of ammunition destined for Constantinople.
CANADA.
March 5—Three transports arrive in England with 4,000 Canadian troops.