Aug. 17--Eighteen ships that will leave England, within a week can accommodate 20,000; London refugees given gold from cruiser Tennessee; 5,000 stranded in Italy; Nieuw Amsterdam and Laconia reach New York. Aug. 18--Refugees from Copenhagen arrive on the United States; tourists flock into Genoa; members of Mayor Mitchel's Committee meet every steamer and are prepared to help the needy. Aug. 19--Relief cruiser North Carolina reaches Cherbourg with Major Hedekin; Miss Morgan's villa accepted as hospital; the Tennessee held at Falmouth. Aug. 20--Payment on funds sent on Tennessee delayed in London. Aug. 21--American Rhodes scholars help in harvesting in Brittany; missionaries urge sending ship with gold to Turkey; gold from the North Carolina sent to Italy. Aug. 22--Refugees arrive on Campania, Baltic, and St. Louis; Ambassador Gerard denies that Americans have been ill-treated in Germany; cruiser Tennessee at Rotterdam. Aug. 23--Refugees in London tell of kindness of Austrians; the Tennessee left too little gold in England and France. Aug. 24--Assistant Secretary Breckinridge reaches Berlin with gold; Ambassador Herrick makes arrangements for Americans in Switzerland. Aug. 26--Art students in Paris in sad plight; few tourists now ask aid in London; students leave German universities; refugees from Italy express satisfaction with arrangements of Government Relief Committee; relief bureau established at The Hague. Aug. 27--Cruiser North Carolina sent to Turkey. Aug. 28--German Government furnishes gold to Ambassador Gerard. Aug. 31--London again crowded with refugees; tourists in Denmark safe. Sept. 3--Turkish Government will not permit the North Carolina to go to Constantinople; Americans in London help Belgian refugees. Sept. 4--Tennessee takes Americans across Channel; British soldiers give up quarters for them at Havre; North Carolina starts for Smyrna. Sept. 9--Refugee aid cost $100,000 in five days in London. Sept. 10--Passports to be required of all in England. Sept. 12--Major Hedekin reports nearly all tourists out of France and Switzerland. Sept. 13--Treasury Department will receive no further deposits; sailors on the Tennessee cheer British transport. Sept. 23--Money from North Carolina reaches Constantinople. Sept. 28--Americans leaving Brussels. Sept. 29--Tennessee ordered to Adriatic. Oct. 10--Consul Deedmeyer says he was forced to leave Chemnitz because of bad treatment from Germans. *AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.* July 24--Minister at Belgrade prepares to leave. July 25--Diplomatic relations severed with Servia; martial law proclaimed; Servian Gen. Putnik seized. July 26--Servian envoy dismissed; Emperor Francis Joseph takes decisive part in country's action; war measures taken. July 27--Army deserters sought in Cuba. July 28--Emperor will take command at Vienna headquarters; food prices raised in Vienna. July 29--Emperor sends letter to the Czar.