Jan. 30--First detachment of Canadian troops is in France; other detachments are en route; nine German prisoners escape from Halifax citadel; war fund of $1,500,000 raised in five days in Montreal. Jan. 31--Six Canadians, including two officers, killed in La Bassee fight. EGYPT. Jan. 10--Abbas Hilmi, deposed Khedive, calls upon Egyptians and Sudanese to rise against England. ENGLAND. Jan. 8--House of Lords adjourns after discussion of recruiting and other phases of the war. Jan. 12--Government appeals to women to induce men to enlist. Jan. 15--War Office issues statement that letters destined for hostile countries will be held up unless they are unsealed. Jan. 16--Seven British naval officers, interned in Holland, escape, but five are recaptured. Jan. 23--Statement shows that total casualty list of officers up to Jan. 12 was 4,344, of whom 1,266 were killed, the rest being wounded and missing; many interned Germans and Austrians released on parole. Jan. 27--Two Hindu soldiers win Victoria Crosses; London financial papers deprecate a joint loan for the Allies. Jan. 28--Many Oxford "blues" are serving in the army. Jan. 31--There are 178 peers serving in the army. FRANCE. Jan. 10--Government will surrender German surgeons and nurses held as prisoners of war only in equal exchange. Jan. 14--Socialist Senator demands postponement of war discussion in Parliament and says speeches must give way to voice of cannon. Jan. 18--Paris darkened by police order. Jan. 22--Capt. Uhde, stated to be a relative of the Kaiser, is sent to concentration camp after being accused of having spied on the French fleet at Toulon. Jan. 27--Many doctors have been killed, wounded, and taken prisoner, the reason for lengthy casualty list being stated to be that the French doctors do not desert their wounded on approach of the enemy. Jan. 29--Officer stops Mrs. Asquith and party on way to the front for a weekend. GERMANY. Jan. 8--Government charges that San Marino has been encouraging espionage by its wireless station. Jan. 9--Tobacco sent to French prisoners to be admitted free of duty. Jan. 10--Retired Belgian General and Lieutenant sentenced to life imprisonment for aiding Belgians to escape to Holland; it is said that the Landsturm can still furnish 5,000,000 men; Socialist meeting prohibited in Saxony. Jan. 11--Reports from Russia state that German women in men's uniform have been taken prisoners in bayonet charges recently and that some of them are wounded and in hospital; sale of blankets forbidden in Berlin and Brandenburg; the stocks are to be placed at the disposal of the military authorities; French women and children taken from occupied territory are being sent home. Jan. 12--The Pope is negotiating for better treatment of clerical prisoners. Jan. 17--Official reports state that the prisoners of war held by Germany and Austria are now 800,000. Jan. 22--Escaped British officer charges cruelty toward British prisoners.