Sept. 4—Exodus from Paris continues; sanitary precautions taken.
Sept. 5—Schools of Paris closed; Cabinet takes steps to send food to country districts.
Sept. 6—Gen. Joffre warns troops against premature attacks in mass; siege awaited calmly; 1915 recruits called out; neutral diplomats want Ambassador Herrick to ask United States to protest against possible destruction of Paris art treasures; Germans levy war taxes on captured cities.
Sept. 8—Suggestion to have art works regarded as international property taken into consideration by President Wilson.
Sept. 9—Decree ordering all men exempt from service because of ill-health to be reexamined; many regret flight from Paris.
Sept. 10—Gens. Exelmans and Toutee wounded; military authorities warn Parisians against overconfidence; intrenchments dug.
Sept. 11—President Poincaré sends message to President Wilson in answer to Kaiser's charges on dumdum bullets; Government commandeers all automobiles; Gen. Joffre and army congratulated by President Poincaré.
Sept. 12—Road from Havre to Paris reopened, rail service being resumed; fresh troops ready in Paris.
Sept. 14—Much booty has been taken from Germans; Senlis laid waste.
Sept. 16—Troops accused of destroying German field hospital and killing doctors.