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The wars & local soldiers, 1889

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The Franco-german War Scandal How the Morier Affair Revived. the Attitude of Bismarck. Strained Relations Between England and Germany. London, January 7

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 5

The inquiry into the charges preferred against Dr. Geffeken, in connection with the publication of the late Emperor Frederick's diary, tended to confirm the…

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The Civil War in Samoa. Germany and America

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 9.-The German officials in Samoa have accused Mr. Hacklock, the United States Consul, and Captain Leamy, of the American man-of-war Nipsie, with having instigated…

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The Civil War in Samoa. Official Dispatches. Conduct of the Germans

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

By the s.s. Mariposa, which arrived from San Francisco, via Auckland, this morning, it is learned that at Tutuila news was received of the defeat of the Germans by Mataafa's forces…

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The War in the Soudan. Overtures of Peace. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 6

Colonel Kitchener has assured the friendly tribes in tho Soudan that it is not intended to levy any taxes upon them. He hopes that they will live…

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The Franco-german War Scandal. Accusations Against the Ex-empresses. London, January 9

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

Arising out of the evidence in the trial of Dr. Geffcken, which implicates Sir Robert Morier in the betrayal of the movements of the German army to the…

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The War Scandal. the Charges Against Sir Robert Morier. Strained Relations Between England and Germany

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The inquiry which was held into the accusation against Dr. Geffeken, of having betrayed State secrets in compiling the life of the late…

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Effects of a Cyclone. Seventeen Killed. Eighty Wounded

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 10.-A cyclone at Pittsburgh, United States, has prostrated a number of buildings, killing seventeen persons and injuring eighty…

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The War in Samoa. the German Press

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 10.-A section of the German Press urges the annexation of Samoa, asserting that American interests are not sufficiently great there to justify German annexation being…

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The Civil War in Samoa. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

The German officials in Samoa have accused Mr. Blacklock, the United States Consul, and Captain Leary, of the American war s.s. Adams, of having…

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The War in Samoa. Germans Engaged in the Fight. Twenty Germans Killed and 30 Wounded. Ma[?]fa's Camp Shelled by H.I.G.M.S. ADLER. (From the Samoa Temes, December 22.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 6

On Monday last the captain of H.I.G.M.S. Olga Intimated to the captains of the English and American warships in Apia of his intention to go to Saluafata for the purpose of putting an end, in a peaceful manner, to…

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The War Scandal. a Denial by the Dowager Empress

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Interest continues [?] be taken in Germany in the question of the alleged betrayal by Sir Robert Morier of the movements of the German troops to the…

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The Franco-german War Scandal. Germany and England. London, January 10

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

The German Government have instructed Count Hatzfeldt-Wildenberg, German ambassador in London to interview Lord Salisbury in connection with the charge…

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The Civil War in Samoa. the Fight Between Natives and Germans. the Full Details

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 6

APIA, December 27.--Since my last letter the German man-of-war Olga, Captain Von Ehrhardt, has arrived here. She brought the deposed King Malietoa from Aden and took…

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The War in Hayti. Heavy Losses on Both Sides. the Insurgent General Shot. London, January 9

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

News from Hayti reports very heavy lighting between the Government troops and the insurgents, General Hippolyte, the commander of the latter, defeated the…

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The War in Samoa

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 8

News has been brought to Auckland from Samoa, by the R.M.S. Mariposa, of farther fighting; Three German warahips were at Apia. The Germans appear to have taken an…

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The Civil War in Samoa

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 92

News from Samoa received by the R.M.S. Mariposa shows that affairs there ere more unsettled than ever. Shortly after the arrival of the Olga, there being then three German warships at Apia, the…

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The War Scandal. Archibald Forbes Defends Sir Robert Morier

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The German Government have directed Count Hatzfeldt- Wildenberg, the German Ambassador in London, to interview the Marquis of…

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Archibald Tribute to the Late General Sheridan. the War Correspondent's Estimate of Fighting [?]

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 7

In an article contributed to the PALL MALL GAZETTE of Nov. 26, Mr.Archibald Forbes pays the following tribute" to the great Irish American General:- ln 1862 practically commenced Sheridan's…

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The Franco-german War Scandal. Archibald Forbes on the Subject. London, January 10

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

Mr. Archibald Forbes, the well-known war correspondent, has written a letter to the newspapers, in which he characterises the charges made in Germany against Sir…

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Naval Preparations by America. Equipment of War Ships for Samoa or Panama. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 11

America is equipping three men-of-war, which are under orders to proceed either to Samoa or to Panama…

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