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The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The Far East. War Said to Be Inevitable. Russian Diplomat's Insults. Negotiations Continue. London, Jan. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 3

The Tokio correspondent of the "Times" declares that all the leading newspapers in Japan are unanimous that war is inevitable. Those newspapers emphasise the marked…

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The War of Wars

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 4

This twentieth century must prow somewhat older before it is possible to appreciate in their true proportion the events of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, one fact…

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The War Cloud. Finishing Preparations. Britain and the Dardanelles. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

JAPAN has abolished the position of General-in-Chief, and has appointed Generals Nozzu, Kuroki, and Kums. with Admiral Inoye, a Military…

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Russia and Japan. the Impending War. Views of Travellers. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

Amongst the passengers on the steamer Yawata Maru, which arrived at Brisbane from Japan, via ports, early this morning, was Dr. E F…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Tuesday afternoon. the Transvaal War Debt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 5

Mr. Bourke, a member of the Legislative Council of pretoria, has withdrawn a motion asking the Imperial Government to relieve the Transvaal and Orange River State of the…

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The War Cloud. a Peaceful Outlook. The Czar Seeks an Interview with the Japanese Ambassador. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

ADMIRAL ALEXIRFF, the Russian Viceroy in the Far East, addressing the troops on parade on the Russian New Year's Day, at Port Arthur, said it…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Thursday afternoon. the War Cloud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

An influential diplomatist at St. Petersburg declares that Russia is sending fresh proposals, which will prolong the negotiations at least another week…

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The War Cloud. a Hint of Mediation. Japan Will Not Accept. London, Jan. 20

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times," says that the Note of Japan to Russia was coached in stronger terms that the…

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The Japanese War and Australia

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

From a discussion recently held in the Federal Cabinet it appears thai the importance of Russo-Japanese War is manifest even to the legislative…

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The Bonds of Empire—In Sport and War

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

We presume that if in any place where two or three are gathered to gether any one was to ask, " Who is this Trumper I hear so much of?"…

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The War Cloud. Less Hopeful Views. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

DR. MORRISON, the correspondent of "The Times" at Pekin, says that the last Japanese. Note to Russia is stronger than the proceeding one…

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The War Cloud. Hostilities So Far Avoided. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

The report is current hi diplomatic circles in Berlin that Russia is appealing to the Powers to avert war. This is interpreted iu Tokio to mean that Russia is not ready to make…

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The War Cloud. What Russia Wanted. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

COUNT HAYASHI, Japanese Minister in London, states that the situation in the Far East is unaltered. There has, he says, been no…

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Late News by Cable. London, January 25. German War Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 3

German newspapers complain that the British commission appointed to decide on the amount payable to foreigners for losses sustained by the war in South Africa have…

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The War Cloud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

The newspapers are hopeful that Lamsdorff's reascendancy will result in peace between Russia and Japan. They condemn Bezabrazoff's and Alexieff's policy of bluff…

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The Far East. a Pessimistic Report. War Supposed to Be Nearer. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

Russian military opinion does not believe that Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has seriously undermined Admiral Alexeieff, the Russian Victory, in the…

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Russia and War. LONDON, January 27

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

There is a consensus of opinion among the correspondents at St. Petersburg of the various foreign newspapers that Russia's attitude towards…

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The War Cloud. Rumoured Russian Concession. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 4

The correspondent of the New York Herald" at Port Arthur states that a long telegram has been received from St. Petersburg, enjoining Admiral…

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The Lath War and the Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 5

The War Office incidentally acquits the Government of remissness in the late war, declaring that Minister possessed no adequate means of obtaining a reasoned opinion on…

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The War Cloud. Russia's Reply. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 1

COUNT LAMSDORFF, the Kussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has intimated that Russia's reply to the pro[?]sals embodied in the last Note…

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