March 20--Holland protests to Allies against embargo.
March 21--German submarine U-28 seizes Dutch steamers Batavier V. and
Zaanstroom and their cargoes.
March 22--Holland asks explanation from Germany of seizure of Batavier
V. and Zaanstroom.
March 25--Submarine U-28 sinks Dutch steamer Medea.
March 26--Dutch press is aroused over the sinking of the Medea; Ministry
holds extraordinary council.
March 27--Germany tells Holland that investigation into seizure of the
Batavier V. and Zaanstroom has not been concluded.
AERIAL RECORD.
March 2--It is learned that in a recent air raid German aviators killed
two women and a child at La Panne, a bathing town on Belgian coast.
March 3--German aviator bombards Warsaw.
March 4--French bombard German powder magazine at Rottweil.
March 5--Zeppelin raid over Calais fails; Pegoud receives French
military medal for his services.
March 7--French official statement shows that French airmen during the
war have made 10,000 aerial reconnoissances, consuming 18,000 hours in
the air, and have traveled more than 1,116,000 miles; Zeppelin reported
captured by allied airmen near Bethune.
March 9--British seaplanes drop bombs on Ostend; Lieut.
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