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The wars & local soldiers, 1895

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News by Cable. The Chinese War. The Indemnity. The Russo-Chinese Loan. The Project Abandoned

Evening News · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 4

LONDON, June 26.—Persistent reports are current that the proposed Russo-Chinese loan of £17,000,000, which was to have been issued in…

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The French Navy. Not in a Condition for War. Sensation in Paris. London, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 5

In giving evidence before the French Naval Commission yesterday, Admiral Fournier stated that the French fleet was not in a condition for war. The squadrons…

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Star's Special Cables War Inevitable. Between Russia and Japan. Over the Corean Question, London, June 27

The Australian Star · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 6

The Shanghai papers declare that war between Russia and Japan is inevitable. The question in dispute is the control of Corea, and it is regarded…

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The War Scare in Politics

The Australian Workman · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 2

WHENEVER the condition of the people in any country is such that social reforms are demanded on all sides, and' there is a real danger of a widespread…

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The Fighting in Cuba. a War Correspondent's Adventures

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 8

Apropos of the Mambi people in Cuba, the scene of the war against Spanish authority, there is a book which may be found in the Sydney public library…

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War's Alarm. Always Awake at Night. The Chitral Force

Evening News · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 9

HE following has been received in Sydney: Camp Kanbat…

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China and Japan. the War Indemnity. the Russo-chinese Loan

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 14

LONDON, June 21.—American financiers are arranging an offer to furnish the Chinese Government with 200,000,000 taels in silver, as part of…

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The Bicycle in War. an Efficient Canadian Corps. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 29

Of late years the introduction of the bicycle into European armies has led some of its champions to make wonderful claims for it—claims that could…

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Trouble in Samoa. Meeting of Natives. A Council of War. Gathering at Lufliufi--Rising Against European Rule- -Night Attack on Apia and Mulinuu

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 8

Recent advices from Samoa show that there was considerable uneasiness on account of the attitude of the war party, and indications at the time the last mail left were…

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Our Special Cables British Politics. the Policy of the Government. a Complaint by Lord Rosebery. a Demand for the Seals of the War Office

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--In the House of Lords to-day the Earl of Rosebery charged the Marquis of Salisbury with displaying unexampled…

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The Chinese War Indemnity. London, June 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 July 1895 · page 5

China is willing to concede to Russia and France the raising of half the amount of the indemnity loan (£16,000,000), provided the other half be raised in Great…

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Grounding of an Italian Man-of-war. London, June 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 July 1895 · page 5

The Italian man-of-war Sardogna (one of the vessels forming the Italian squadron at the Kiel domonstration), which went aground in the Great Belt while on her…

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The Situation in Europe. "War at Any Moment."

Evening News · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 4

LONDON, July 1.-Much surprise has been caused in Berlin by a remark made by General Zerlinden (an Alsatian), the French Minister of War,…

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The Madagascar War. Slow Advance of the French. Enormous Difficulties. London, June 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 5

Accounts received from Madagascar state that the French expedition is making very slow progross in its advance upon Antananarivo, the capital of the island…

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The Peace of Europe. Statement by a French Minister. a Great War at Any Moment. London, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 5

Much surprise has been caused in Berlin by a remark made by Goneral Mercier, the French Minister for War, that "a great war may break out at any…

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The Under-secretary for War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 5

LONDON. Thursday.--It is officially announced that Mr. W. St. John Brod- rick (Conservative) has accepted the position of Parliamentary Secretary of…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's Special Correspondents. the Chinese War Indemnity. a Loan Floated, in London. London, July 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 5

A Chinese 6 per cent, loan of £1,000,000 has been subscribed in London six times over. LATER…

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The War Office. Its Mismanagement

Evening News · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 1

HAT the crisis about War Office mismanagement which upset the Rosebery Government…

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The Madagascar War. London, June 30

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 15

Accounts received from Madagascar state that the French expedition is making very slow progress in its advance upon Antananarivo, the capital of the island…

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The Situation in Europe. "War at Any Moment."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 15

LONDON, July 1.—Much surprise has been caused in Berlin by a remark made by General Zurlinden (an Alsatian), the French Minister of War,…

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