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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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RUSSIA v. JAPAN. The War Cloud. America Emphatic.--Russian Torpedo Boats Break Down. Russia Intrigues for Peace but Prepares for War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 5

Colonel Hay, American Secretary for State, has informed Count Cassini, Russian Minister at Washington, that relations in Manchuria…

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Open Column. a War Critic. [To the Editor of the Argus.]

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

SIR.--"Let me warn Australians to beware!" With these pretentious words of weighty import that brilliant writer on warfare ancient and modern…

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Kings in War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

A few years back the Czar of all the Russians held a novel Peace Council, and called a Peace Conference. The matter came, off well enough, and the world was flattered…

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Editorial Brevities. That War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

Now that the everlasting coming war of nations has been flirting up and down in the political balance for a month, it may be interesting to enquire whether it will…

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War Clouds Fading. France is Shy. Russia Retuctant. Japan Prepared. (From Our Sydney Editor.) London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

Cables to hand under this date indicate the war cloud to be gradually fading. There is a report in Berlin that Russia is appealing to the Powers to avert war…

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Empires Saved by Wire. Telegrams which have Proved of Great Moment to Governments. One Message Gave the Russians Port Arthur. And Another Staved Off a War between Britain and France

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 6

On Sunday, May 10th, 1857, news came by wire from Meerut to Delhi that a number of the men of the 3rd Native Cavalry were to be punished for refusing to bite their…

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Latest Cable News. RUSSIA v. JAPAN. The War Cloud. Japan Threatens Korea.--russians Persecute Japanese Residents. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 3

Dr. MORRISON says Russia has 3115 officers, 147,479 men, and 366 guns eastward of Lake Baikal. LONDON, FRIDAY…

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War Again

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 4

The war clouds have no sooner dispersed than they reappear on another, horizon. This new storm is now browing in Thibet. Britain has been burrowing away on an…

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The Story of a Soldier's Life

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 6

Lord Wolseley's memoirs are published under the title of "The Story of a Soldier's Life." It is an exceedingly interesting book, and full of good stories…

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RUSSIA v. JAPAN. The War cloud. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 5

JAPAN insists upon Russia's assurances in regard to Manchuria and Korea being embodied in a treaty. The impression prevails that the…

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The Torpedo Boat in War

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

Among the lessons to be learnt from the Spanish-American war, it has been clearly demonstrated that torpedo boats are absolutely useless in daylight against quick…

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The Crime of War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 4

From the tenor of much country, correspondence and city talk, we are given to understand that war is an awful, avertible crime. This is the case plainly at first…

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Russian Nobility Want War. Japan Arming. Wap Within Reach. Russia's Reply Wanted. (From Our Sydney Editor.) London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 5

With regard to the Far East, the impression in St. Petersburg is that war is appreciably nearer. The Grand Dukes are combatting the Czar's desires for…

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RUSSIA v. JAPAN. The War Cloud. Japanese Gunboat Opens Fire. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1904 · page 3

THE consensus of opinion among St. Petersburg correspondents is that Russia's attitude towards Japan is influenced by the reports…

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The Coming War. Japan Ready.—Exhausted Patlence.— Ships on the Tide, and Cleared for Action.— The Work of the Cossack.—Japan's Army of Invasion.— The Military Situation.— Naval Readiness

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 5

The Council of the Czar with his Ministers has resulted in a long peace telegram being sent to Admiral Alexieff at Port Arthur to accept the demands of…

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RUSSIA v. JAPAN. The War Cloud. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 5

Russian newspapers declare that Japan has demanded payment of 72.000,000 roubles (£650,000) as compensation for expenses she has…

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Cowboys' War on Sheep

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 8

PERHAPS the nearest parallel in modern times to the cattle maiming outrages which have been brought to light of late is the dynamiting of…

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The Situation in the East. War Imminent. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 4

Russian newspapers declare that Japan has demanded payment of 72,000,000 roubles £(650,000) as compensation for expenses she had already incurred in making preparations for war. The…

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The War Office

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 4

This effcte institution, that has made more blunders than were over imagined, has drawn the attention of the English nation to it, and at last it is fated to reform. It…

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RUSSIA v. JAPAN. The War Cloud. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

The Czar has earnestly considered the draft reply to the Japanese Note, the delivery of which in Tokio will be postponed for several…

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