April 28--A German aeroplane throws three bombs at the American tanker Cushing, owned by the Standard Oil Company, the attack taking place in daylight in the North Sea; the ship was flying the American flag; splinters from one bomb strike the vessel and tear the American ensign, according to the report of the Cushing's Captain; Russian giant aeroplane drops 1,200 pounds of explosives on the East Prussian town of Neidenburg; allied airmen drop bombs on Haltingen, Southern Baden; German aeroplane drops bombs on Nancy, three persons being killed and several injured; allied airmen bombard Oberdorf, killing six civilians and wounding seven; six allied aeroplanes bombard the hangars of dirigibles at Friedrichshafen; French aviators drop bombs on the station and a factory at Leopoldshoehe; French capture or destroy four German aeroplanes. April 29--Three German aeroplanes drop bombs on Belfort, four workmen being wounded; German aeroplanes bombard Epernay. April 30--A Zeppelin drops bombs on Ipswich and other places in Suffolk; no lives are reported lost, but a number of dwellings are set on fire; four Zeppelins are sighted off Wells, Norfolk; they change their course and head out to sea; French airship bombards the railway in the region of Valenciennes; a destroyed French aeroplane falls within the German lines; British bring down a German aeroplane east of Ypres. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. April 1--Report from Prague states that something akin to a reign of terror prevails in certain parts of Austria, people being punished severely for trivial offenses. April 2--Czech regiment refuses to entrain for the front; most of the Czech territorials have been sent to Istria; Government issues appeal to cooks and housewives to exercise economy in foodstuffs. April 3--It is officially denied at Vienna that Austria has opened negotiations with Russia for a separate peace, as has been persistently reported of late. April 4--Budapest continues gay despite the war, and night life goes on much as usual. April 11--The Foreign Office publishes a second "Red Book," charging atrocities and breaches of international law against Serbia, Russia, France, and England; it is declared that there is not an article of international law which has not been violated repeatedly by the troops of the Allies. April 12--A law court at Vienna, in the case of Dubois, a Belgian, holds that despite the German occupation Dubois has not lost his Belgian citizenship. April 14--Wealthy Hungarians are preparing to flee before the Russian invasion. April 15--Some of the Hungarian newspapers are discussing peace. April 17--War Office announces that men between 18 and 50 of the untrained Landsturm will hereafter be liable for military service. April 18--Bread riots occur in Vienna and at points in Bohemia; Vienna is now protected by long lines of trenches on the left bank of the Danube; $14,000,000 is said to have been spent in fortifications at Budapest and Vienna.