Jan. 24—Administration makes public in Washington a letter written by Secretary Bryan to Senator Stone of Missouri in which discrimination against Germany and Austria-Hungary is denied; twenty charges made by pro-Germans are taken up and the Administration's position and action on each are stated in detail.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Jan. 17—Anti-war demonstrations in Vienna; Czech editor executed for treason.
Jan. 20—Governor of Cracow orders partial evacuation of the city.
Jan. 21—Archduke Charles Francis, the Austrian Crown Prince, is in Berlin, where he will be joined shortly by Baron Burian, the new Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs; plans of campaign against Russia are to be discussed with German officials.
Jan. 23—Baron Burian leaves Berlin for German Army Headquarters to confer with the Kaiser.
Jan. 25—Riots in many parts of Hungary.
Jan. 28—Riot among Southern Slavs because of mobilization order.
Jan. 29—Prisoners of war are to be employed in farm work.
Jan. 30—Warning is sent to Rumania against agitation among Rumanian population of Transylvania.