Germany demands £8,000,000 indemnity for Brussels. Great steamer “Olympic” in Mersey – taking place of “Aquitania” for new York – “Aquitania” having been commandeered by Navy. [Glasier Papers GP/2/1/21]

22 August 1914. Diary entry by John Bruce Glasier (1859-1920), Socialist and pacifist. This week’s war: 3.