Dec. 26—Government has constructed a bridge of boats across the Thames.
Dec. 30—Archbishop of Canterbury appeals for recruits.
Dec. 31—An undercurrent of irritation is evident over the American note on interference with American commerce; a new decoration, the Military Cross, has been instituted for the army.
Jan. 3—Day of intercession and prayer throughout the Empire; second expeditionary force sails for England from Australia; a third force is being recruited.
Jan. 4—Many men leave their positions in civil life to join the army as a result of the raid on the coast towns.
Jan. 6—Many clergymen are enlisting.
FRANCE.
Oct. 16—Learned societies plan expulsion of German members.
Oct. 17—Germans arrested in Paris; coal supply low in Paris; sugar prices are rising.
Oct. 18—President Poincaré's country house destroyed.