Oct. 16—Cardinal Gibbons appeals for Belgians.
Oct. 22—Dollar Christmas Fund for Belgians is organized; Belgian Relief Committee cables $50,000 to Belgians through Ambassador Page.
Oct. 24—British Government lifts embargo on foodstuffs for Belgium.
Oct. 27—Gov. Glynn names New York State Committee of Mercy; Salvation Army starts "self-denial period."
Oct. 30—Rohilla, British hospital ship, runs on rocks on Yorkshire coast; it is believed 100 perished; American Commission sends foodstuffs to Belgium.
Oct. 31—King of the Belgians appeals to the American people for help; American Red Cross unit leaves Petrograd for Kiev; Queen Mary sends thanks for sending of relief ship Red Cross.
Nov. 2—Rockefeller Foundation is to investigate conditions in Belgium; Commission for Relief in Belgium now on an international basis.
Nov. 3—Massapequa, Rockefeller Foundation relief ship, sails.
Nov. 4—Fashion Fete in New York for benefit of Committee of Mercy.
Nov. 7—Committee formed in England to find work for Belgian refugees; American Women's Fund in England presents motor ambulances to British War Office.