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The wars & local soldiers, 1903

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The Expected War between Japan and Russia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 6

The latest news from the Far East confirms the belief that the interests of Japan and Russia are essentially irreconcilable by negotiation, and that a reference of them to…

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War Clouds Gathering. The British Navy. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 4

Baron Jutaro Komu[?]a, the Japanese Minister for Foreigu Affair[?], has banded to M. Deroson,. the Russian Ambassador at Tokio, the reply of…

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A Local Municipal War. Over a Sanitary Inspector's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 4

From a municipal point of view, at any rate, we are not to have "peace and goodwill. etc." that is supposed to exist at this season of the year. The South Singleton…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Wednesday afternoon. the Expected War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 3

The officiate at Tokio state that Russia rejects a mutual guarantee for the preservation of Chinese and Korean sovereignty while she secures her individual interests…

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The Far East. Japan's Latest Proposals, Attitude of Russia. Germany's Opinions About a War. London, Dec. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 3

THE "Standard" reports that M. Ohoyama, the Japanese Minister at Rome, dedares that the situation between Russia, and Japan is not desperate. Japan, he says,…

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The Expected War between Japan and Russia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 14

The latest news from the Far East confirms the belief that the interests of Japan and Russia are essentially irreconcilable by negotiation. and that a reference of them to…

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The Far East. Japan's Latest Proposals. Attitude of Russia. Germany's Opinions About a War. London, Dec. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 4

The "Standard" reports that M. Ohoyama, the Japanese Minister, at Rome, declares that the situation between Russia and Japan is not desperate. Japan, he says,…

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The Threatening War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 December 1903 · page 2

EVENTS are slowly working, it would appear, to a declaration of war by Japan against Russia. The date on which the Russian Government is to reply to the last Japanese…

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The Singleton Argus Tuesday, December 29Th, 1903. the War Cloud in the East

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 2

AT the present time, if there be not actual war, there are rumours of war that fill the air, and the attention of the world is directed to the…

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The Pending War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 2

Four Japanese officers in Europe are allotting large orders to army contractors. There is agitation at St Petersburg…

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The Far East. Japan's Resolute Policy. She Purchases Warships. Frightening China. Russia Not Ready for War. London, Dec. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 5

Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the special war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports from Tokio that the Japanese Cabinet has determined to preserve a resolute policy…

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