Part 48 (1/2)

Jan. 2--Anti-German feeling is growing.

Jan. 4--Germans put Young Turks under oath to support present regime.

Jan. 5--The Pope obtains release of French Catholic missionaries held in Syria.

RELIEF WORK.

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 Amba.s.sador 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 s.h.i.+p, runs on rocks on Yorks.h.i.+re 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 s.h.i.+p Red Cross.

Nov. 2--Rockefeller Foundation is to investigate conditions in Belgium; Commission for Relief in Belgium now on an international basis.

Nov. 3--Ma.s.sapequa, Rockefeller Foundation relief s.h.i.+p, sails.

Nov. 4--Fas.h.i.+on 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.

Nov. 9--New York's gifts exceed $1,525,000.

Nov. 11--Wealthy Belgians give $3,000,000 to relief.

Nov. 12--Queen Mary visits the American Women's War Hospital at Paignton, Devons.h.i.+re.

Nov. 13--Two American Red Cross units in Germany; two more Rockefeller Foundation relief s.h.i.+ps to sail.

Nov. 17--Amba.s.sador von Bernstorff presents statement to Secretary Bryan that Germany welcomes American a.s.sistance for Belgians.

Nov. 18--Cardinal Mercier sends appeal to America for help for Belgians.

Nov. 20--Cardinal Farley directs special collection for war sufferers.

Nov. 22--Kansas to give 50,000 barrels of flour.

Nov. 23--Rockefeller Foundation will rush relief to wide area; it is planned to send supplies to Austria, Servia, and Russia; Ma.s.sapequa unloaded at Rotterdam.

Nov. 25--American Christmas s.h.i.+p Jason, with 5,000,000 Christmas gifts for European children, enters Plymouth escorted by wars.h.i.+ps; Rockefeller Foundation investigating agents leave England for the Continent; American Relief Clearing House organized to centralize American relief in Europe.

Nov. 26--Southern and Western States are contributing liberally; American colony in Berlin gives up Thanksgiving dinner to hold entertainment for benefit of war sufferers.