Aug. 5—Russian Ambassador and staff assaulted in Berlin; Embassy in St. Petersburg wrecked; school children sent to garner crops.
Aug. 7—Report that pressure was brought to bear on Italy to secure aid; Kaiser's proclamation to nation; soldiers march cheerfully to war; British Embassies stoned in Dresden and Berlin.
Aug. 8—Threat to declare war on Italy; Russian official papers blame Germany for war; papers says Government is traduced.
Aug. 9—Hermann Wendel, Socialist member of Reichstag, volunteers for service in the army.
Aug. 10—Men of the Landsturm being mobilized.
Aug. 11—Anti-war riots in Berlin.
Aug. 12—Official hints that Kaiser halted attack on Liége to prevent further loss of life; attempt on life of Crown Prince at Aix-la-Chapelle; receipt of President Wilson's offer of good offices acknowledged.
Aug. 13—Troops in Belgian Luxemburg said to be starving; British, French, and Belgians charge cruelties by troops.
Aug. 14—Chancellor states Germany's case and calls war a life-and-death struggle of the German and the Slav; report that Kaiser sent personal telegrams to Belgian King demanding surrender of Liége forts; aviators drop pamphlets over Poland urging revolt against Russia.
Aug. 15—Government said to have asked Ambassador Whitlock to repeat to Belgium offer of increased territory in return for free passage of troops; belief that acquisition of Russian Poland is sought; many members of Hohenzollern family in field; French and English signs removed from shops.