Aug. 3--Rumor of invasion of Holland, but Minister gives assurance that neutrality will be respected; United States will protect German interests in Russia and other countries. Aug. 4--British envoy leaves Berlin; appeal made to Italy; Reichstag opens; speeches by Kaiser and by Chancellor, who promises to make reparation to Luxemburg and Belgium after the war; emergency measures. Aug. 5--Russian Ambassador and staff assaulted in Berlin; Embassy in St. Petersburg wrecked; school children sent to garner crops. Aug. 7--Report that pressure was brought to bear on Italy to secure aid; Kaiser's proclamation to nation; soldiers march cheerfully to war; British Embassies stoned in Dresden and Berlin. Aug. 8--Threat to declare war on Italy; Russian official papers blame Germany for war; papers says Government is traduced. Aug. 9--Hermann Wendel, Socialist member of Reichstag, volunteers for service in the army. Aug. 10--Men of the Landsturm being mobilized. Aug. 11--Anti-war riots in Berlin. Aug. 12--Official hints that Kaiser halted attack on Liege to prevent further loss of life; attempt on life of Crown Prince at Aix-la-Chapelle; receipt of President Wilson's offer of good offices acknowledged. Aug. 13--Troops in Belgian Luxemburg said to be starving; British, French, and Belgians charge cruelties by troops. Aug. 14--Chancellor states Germany's case and calls war a life-and-death struggle of the German and the Slav; report that Kaiser sent personal telegrams to Belgian King demanding surrender of Liege forts; aviators drop pamphlets over Poland urging revolt against Russia. Aug. 15--Government said to have asked Ambassador Whitlock to repeat to Belgium offer of increased territory in return for free passage of troops; belief that acquisition of Russian Poland is sought; many members of Hohenzollern family in field; French and English signs removed from shops. Aug. 16--Prisoners well treated by French; French say officers' corps is tyrannical and demoralized; Russians accused of cruelty. Aug. 17--Untrained men called to colors; Paris journal reports prisoners bitter against Kaiser. Aug. 18--Chancellor said to have called treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality a "scrap of paper"; E.G. Treat says Kaiser called the Czar an Asiatic barbarian. Aug. 19--Speech in Reichstag shows that Socialists are backing Government. Aug. 20--Alsatian Deputies escape to France; Kaiser said to be responsible for attacks on Liege; Government asks United States to represent her in Far East in event of war with Japan. Aug. 21--Committee of merchants works to aid trade and addresses explanation of the war to Americans; French charge German prisoners with robbing the dead.