SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY.--1. Why are waters within three miles of shore considered as territorial waters? (See _War Cyclopedia_, "Marine League.") What is meant by freedom of the seas? What is meant by the phrase "free ships make free goods"? 2. Make a map of Europe showing what it would be like if all of President Wilson's points were approved at the peace conference. 3. Are there any reasons why every nation should give up its colonies and permit them to be independent states? 4. Why is it dangerous as well as wrong to permit Germany to retain her control over the territory taken from Russia? 5. What was the "wrong done to France (by Germany) in 1870"? 6. What is autonomy? Name the peoples of Austria-Hungary who wish autonomous development, or complete independence. 7. Find some ways by which Poland and Serbia can get access to the sea. 8. Do you think it will take a longer or a shorter time to bring the soldiers home than it did to send them to France? Why? 9. What is meant by rehabilitation of the wounded? Find some ways in which other nations have made their maimed soldiers self-supporting. 10. How is it likely that Constantinople will be controlled after the war? 11. How would the league of nations enforce its decisions? (See President Wilson's second point.) REFERENCES.--_War Cyclopedia_ (C.P.I.); McKinley, _Collected Materials for the Study of the War; War, Labor, and Peace_ (C.P.I.); _Conquest and Kultur_ (C.P.I.); _The War Message and the Facts Behind It_ (C.P.I.); _American Interest in Popular Government Abroad_ (C.P.I.). CHRONOLOGY--PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE WAR (Adapted from "War Cyclopedia" published by the Committee on Public Information, Washington, D.C. Events which especially concern the United States are put in _italic_ type.) 1914 June 28 Murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Serajevo. July 5 Conference at Potsdam (page 70). July 23 Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia. July 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. July 31 German ultimatums to Russia and France. Aug. 1 Germany declares war on Russia and invades Luxemburg. Aug. 2 German ultimatum to Belgium, demanding a free passage for her troops across Belgium. Aug. 3 Germany declares war on France. Aug. 4-26 Most of Belgium overrun: Liege occupied (Aug. 9); Brussels (Aug. 20); Namur (Aug. 24). Aug. 4 Great Britain declares war on Germany. _Aug. 4 President Wilson proclaims neutrality of United States_. Aug. 6 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia. Aug. 12 France and Great Britain declare war on Austria-Hungary. Aug. 16 British expeditionary force landed in France. Aug. 18 Russia invades East Prussia.