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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

2,965 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 149

Easter Riots Trouble in Italy. Scores of People Wounded. Rome

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 2

Serious religious riots marked the Easter festivals. A priest and his acolytes where wounded by revolver shots, during a public procession at…

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"War Inevitable." Mexico and the United States. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 3

Washington hums with excitement and speculation over the latest developments in the Mexican crisis, and the papers are again declaring that war is…

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Maintaining American Dignity. Even If War Results No Formal Declaration Necessary. Washington

National Advocate · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 2

Both Houses and Congress have expressed their approval of President Wilson's changed policy. Speakers expressed opinions favorable to me…

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Soldiers Commit Suicide

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

Two German soldiers in Silesia committed suicide by jumping under a train because they feared that if they attempted to show fight to the general, who was in the habit of…

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Sooner Death. Cruelty to Soldiers. Berlin

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

Inquiry into the deaths of two soldiers who placed themselves under a train at Niesse reveals that the men were orderlies, and that the general…

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Dropped Dead. a Soldier's End. Wellington (N.z.)

National Advocate · Sunday 19 April 1914 · page 2

Immediately after an inspection of troops by Sir lan Hamilton at Invercangill to-day a man named M'Dermott dropped dead in the ranks…

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The White Wolves. Two Thousand Killed and Wounded. Pekin

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 4

The bandit army known as the White Wolves made an attack on the town of Sanyuanhsien, in the Shinsi province…

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Farmers Wage War. Milan

Leader · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 3

Owing to a loud about pasturages the people of the mountain villages of Umito and Valoechia had a desperate battle. Rakes, scythes, guns, and…

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To Prevent War. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 2

Mr. Keir Hardie, at the Socialist Congress in Brussels, proposed that in the event of a declaration of war the workers of the world in the country…

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Against Ulster Alleged Plot. a Startling Statement. How War Was to Be Carried Out. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 2

Sir Edward Carson has put his name to a statement which lays bare the whole plot said to have been engineered against Ulster…

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American Crisis Gravest Since Spanish American War. Power to Use Army and Navy. President's Act Approved. Washington

National Advocate · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 2

The American State Department admits that the present crisis is the gravest since the Spanish-American was. The Congressional leaders have…

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Battered to Death Soldier Murders Girl. in Lonely Wood. Vienna

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 3

A forester, while searching in the Carinthia Forest, found a young girl with her head shattered by a stone. Soldiers were suspected, and the…

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To-day's Cables. London, Wednesday. America's War Preparations

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

War preparations against Mexico are still being actively proceeded with in the United States. President Wilson has ordered Admiral Fletcher to seize Vera Cruz customs…

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Ulster Why She Objects to Home Rule. Dread of Clerical Oppression Uppermost. Civil War Inevitable

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 4

A good many people hold the view (remarks a London correspondent) that the Ulstermen object to Home Rule because they want to maintain their civic…

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Mexican Crisis America Behind President £10,000,000 for War Expenditure. Fight Against Huerta. Washington

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

Senator Chamberlain, Chairman of Military Affairs Committee, introduced a Bill, providing for £10,000,000 for war expenditure. The military…

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Mexico Will There Be War with the States? the I.W.W. Active. Mexico City

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

Morning papers publish the statement that Huorta is advising Mexicans to refrain from demonstrations which might embarrass possible future negotiations…

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STRIKERS v. Soldiers. Battle in Colorado

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

The battle between the armed strikers and the troops is proceeding at Colorado. There have been many scenes of bloodshed and strikers and soldiers have been shot dead…

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Sensational Robbery. Wounded and Knocked Senseless. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 4

A sensational robbery was perpetrated in a shop in William-street, Paddington this afternoon. A thief entered the shop, and demanded of Mrs…

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War. America's Patience Exhausted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 20

LONDON, Wednesday.—It is officially reorted from Washington that the Americans have captured Vera Cruz with the loss of four killed and…

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War May Be Averted. Huerta Taking No Chances

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 20

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The Unted States does not intend to take further offensive steps against Vera Cruz for the present unless…

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