Nov. 5--Proclamation that holy places in Arabia and Mesopotamia must not be touched.

Nov. 6--Detectives say some London buildings are strong German forts; large trade in mourning clothes in London; Sweden protests against closing of North Sea.

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Nov. 7--Government thanks United States State Department for help rendered at Constantinople by Ambassador Morgenthau.

The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 — Part 219

Nov. 8--Japanese Emperor and Empress send thanks for British aid at Tsing-tau.

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Nov. 10--Karl Hans Lody shot as a spy in the Tower of London; when first arrested he claimed to be an American.

Nov. 11--Germans are exhibiting dumdum bullets which they charge have been taken from British soldiers.

Nov. 12--Mass meeting in London in support of Kitchener's appeal for temperance by soldiers.

Nov. 13--Officers sent to Russia to discuss tactics of eastern campaign; sentry in concentration camp kills a German prisoner.

Nov. 14--Under Secretary of War Tennant urges football players to enlist.

Nov. 17--War Office denies that British have used dumdum bullets, but accuses Germans of using them; less crime in the country.

Nov. 20--House of Commons votes additional army of 1,000,000 men.

Nov. 21--Balfour says there must be no patched-up truce; Somali chiefs in Jubaland want to join the army; 19,000 members of the Automobile Association have given their cars for army use.

Nov. 22--Five German rioters killed in detention camp on Isle of Man.

Nov. 23--Newspapers show disgust over failure of attempts to get football players and spectators to enlist; recruiting is slow in Manchester; War Office is advertising for officers.

Nov. 25--Coast towns prepare to resist invasion; Indian soldier receives Victoria Cross; shooting of prisoners on Isle of Man has angered Germany; reprisals feared.

Nov. 27--Coroner's jury finds that shooting of prisoners on Isle of Man was justified; London newspapers agree to curtail football news as aid to recruiting.

Nov. 28--Two German spies found in new army just landed in France; famous athletes on casualty lists.

Dec. 1--German-born members of Parliament remain away from war sessions.

Dec. 2--Dublin newspaper suppressed for opposing enlistment and expressing pro-German sentiment.

Dec. 5--Many football players are enlisting.