The Situation in Europe. an Outbreak of War Inevitable
LONDON, Thursday. -- The Kreiz Zeitung, in officially denying Prince Bismarck's peaceful prediction, says it must now be evident that Europe is on the verge of a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1888
378 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 19
The Defences of the United Kingdom. Deputation to the Secretary for War. the Defences of Ports and Coaling Stations. Mobilisation of the British Army. Efficiency of the Volunteer Forces
LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- A deputation of members of Parliament waited to-day upon the Hon. Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, to urge that the…
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BRISBANE, This Day.--A war steamer, name unknown, passed Cape Moreton, bound aouth, at half-past 11 yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Menace of War
It is impossible to be blind to the grave significance of the recent telegrams from Europe as to the close and threatening imminence of war. There…
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London, May 5.— Bodies of Russian troops are reported to be advancing upon the frontier of Asiatic Turkey. Russian agents are trying hard to create trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Correspondence. War and Prudence. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)
SIR,--Not having visited Sydney "for some years, and being now led to suppose that a war in the old countries is not unlikely soon to commence, in which it is possible that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Preparations in England. Statement by the Marquis of Salisbury. the Army to Be Placed on a War Footing. Strained Relations Among High Officials
LONDON, Friday Night. -- The question of placing the British army in a thorough state of efficiency has been considered by the Head-quarters Staff, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Condition of the British Army. Lord Randolph Churchill and the War Office. [By Cable.] (From Our Corresponndent.) London, May 14
Lord Randolph Churchill has written a letter to the Daily Telegraph attacking the War Office, and supporting the recent utterances of Lord Wolseley in regard to the…
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The Russian Government has ordered that the coaling of the strategic railways towards the Austrian frontier be speedily completed…
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The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British army, has ordered 25,000 volunteers into camp, to undergo a period of special training. It is intended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Admiralty and the War Office. Trenchant Speech by Lord Randolph Churchill. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 17
Lord Randolph Churchill delivered a speech at Preston last night, in which he dwelt upon the present condition of the defences of the Empire. He denounced the Admiralty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Cable Intelligence. War Preparations in England. the Army to Be Placed on a War Footing. Lord Wolseley Censured
London, May 14.— The question of placing the British army iu a thorough state of efficiency has been considered by the Headquarters Staff, which have recommended the War Office to immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Home and Foreign. Ireland. How Will the Land War End. What "The Plan of Campaign" Has Accomplished
Under the heading "What Next" UNITED IRELAND, April 7, has the following:— The land question cannot stand where it is any more than a toboggan sleigh can slop short in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening of the Barcelona Exhibition. Fifty Men-of-war at Barcelona. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May l8
The International Exhibition at Barcelona, in Spain, was opened yesterday by Queen Christina. Fifty men-o'-war, representing the various European nations, are assembled…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Chinese Question. Possibilities of War
WHILST we think there is very little to fear from either a naval or military demonstration by the Empire of China against Australia it is as well that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germany and Russia. the War of Tariffs
LONDON, Monday. -- The war of tariffs between Germany and Russia still goes on. It is announced that Germany now intends to raise the duties on Russian imports…
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LONDON, Tuesday. -- A deputation, composed of German military officers, has been appointed to confer with officers of the Austrian Army Staff concerning the frontier…
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DAVID B. (to Parkes):--"I tell ye ye've jumped ma claim. Ye've takken up the poseetion I've had for sae many years as the preencipal mon on the Separationists' side, an' I'll no stand that. Ye'll shak' in ye're shoes yet, auld mon, before I'm dune wi' ye."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paddy Slavin on the War Path. Melbourne, This Day
Faddy Slavin the Queensland boxer and Bill Smith the Sydney boxer left for Broken Hill to-day the former to make a match with a local man and the latter to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Situation in Europe. Germany Exhorted to Declare War
LONDON, Friday. -- The Pester Lloyd, the well-known Hungarian journal, in commenting on the warlike preparations throughout Europe and the present unsatisfactory state…
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