Feb. 10--At a cost of $100,000 the Government has converted Donington Hall, Leicestershire, one of the most beautiful old places in England, into a rest home for captured German officers. Feb. 11--Government plans to publish biweekly communications from Field Marshal French. Feb. 12--First exchanges of disabled prisoners between England and Germany are arranged through the Papal Nuncio at Berlin. Feb. 13--Pamphlet issued to the public gives instructions as to how to act in case of German invasion. Feb. 15--First troops of new armies are pouring into France; enemy subjects denied admittance at ports. Feb. 17--Board of Trade plans to compensate all merchant seamen who may be injured during hostilities. Feb. 18--Victoria Cross is conferred on twelve men, one of whom, Corporal Leary of the Irish Guards, killed eight Germans in hand-to-hand combat and took two Germans prisoners. Feb. 23--Captain who was formerly in command of the super-dreadnought Audacious, generally stated to have been sunk by a mine on Oct. 27, is made a Rear Admiral; promotion revives rumors that the Audacious was saved and is being repaired; British merchant shipping loss thus far is $26,750,000, including both ships and cargoes, the Liverpool and London War risks Association citing figures as showing the efficacy of British Navy's protection. Feb. 25--Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, announces in the House of Commons that Great Britain is in "entire accord with Russia's desire for access to the sea." Feb. 27--Six newspaper correspondents, including one American, are to be permitted to go to the front under auspices of the War Office, according to present plans. GERMANY. Feb. 1--Official order has been issued that all stocks of copper and other metals used for war purposes are to be reserved for the army. Feb. 4--German refugees from Kiao-Chau reach New York. Feb. 5--It is reported that a sham railroad station has been built outside of Cologne to deceive French aviators; the Second Secretary of the British Legation is arrested in Brussels. Feb. 6--An Alsatian is condemned to death for fighting in French Army. Feb. 7--French prisoner condemned to two years' imprisonment for defacing portrait of the Kaiser. Feb. 8--Government orders neutrals expelled from Alsace; Archbishop of Cologne writes pastoral letter predicting victory. Feb. 9--Cardinal von Hartman says that the motto of the day is "Trust in God and hold out"; there is a scene in Prussian Diet, when two Socialists protest against the war. Feb. 10--Socialists indorse the war at a meeting in Mainz. Feb. 11--Berlin communes suggest that all members of the Emden's crew be authorized to add the word Emden to their names. Feb. 12--Government warns against offering insults to Americans. Feb. 14--Many French civilians are freed; the Kaiser is said to be fifth in popularity among contemporary German heroes, von Hindenburg being first and the Crown Prince second.