Feb. 12--Thirty-four British airships raid Belgian coast seaports; Ostend station set on fire; Grahame-White narrowly escapes drowning; attack intended as a check for German blockade plans; French aviators raid German aerdome in Alsace. Feb. 13--Germany states that the British raid of yesterday caused "regrettable damage to the civilian population"; two British airmen killed at Brussels. Feb. 14--Excitement in Ottawa over report of German raid; French aeroplanes rout Zeppelin near Mülhausen. Feb. 15--Austrian aviators fire on Montenegrin royal family at Rieka. Feb. 16--British aviators make another raid in Belgium; French attack aerdome at Ghistelle and attack Eichwald in Alsace. Feb. 17--Copenhagen reports explosion of a Zeppelin off the coast of Jutland; Allies' airmen attack network of Belgian canals, which may be used as submarine base. Feb. 18--Another Zeppelin wrecked off the coast of Jutland. Feb. 19--French aviator drops bombs on Ostend; Germany apologizes to Switzerland for aviator's flight over Swiss territory. Feb. 20--Austrian aviator drops bombs on Cettinje; England distributes illustrated posters showing differences between English and German aircraft. Feb. 21--German aeroplane drops bombs on Braintree, Colchester, and Marks Tey, little damage being done. Feb. 22--Zeppelin bombards Calais, killing five; Buckingham Palace and other places in London are guarded against aeroplane attack. Feb. 23--German aeroplane seen off the English coast. Feb. 24--Three British aviators lost in raid on Belgium. Feb. 27--French aviators bombard Metz; Germans drop bombs on Nieuport. AUSTRALIA. Feb. 2--Second contingent of troops reaches Egypt; Minister of Defense says that Government has placed no limit on number of men to be sent. AUSTRIA. Feb. 2--Government issues warning that Rumanian volunteers caught serving with Russians will be shot. Feb. 6--Two Czech newspapers suspended for comments on the war unacceptable to the authorities; editors of papers in Styria threaten to stop publication unless censorship is relaxed. Feb. 9--Commercial and political organizations protest against muzzling of the press. Feb. 12--Czechs clamor for independence; Hungarian Deputies have been conferring with Rumanian Deputies to try to reach an agreement about Transylvania which would keep Rumania out of the war; the negotiations have now been abandoned, as Rumanians wanted complete autonomy for Transylvania. Feb. 13--Entire Austro-Hungarian Landsturm is called out. Feb. 15--Church bells may be melted to supply copper. Feb. 21--Foreign Minister Burian and German Imperial Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg have three long conferences in Vienna. Feb. 22--Austrian and German troops have been concentrating for several days along the Swiss-Italian border; miles of trenches have been dug.