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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

2,281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 115

Contraband of War. 1000 Mules Seized

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

LONDON, April 22, 3.18 p.m.—One thousand mules which were at New Orleans, intended for shipment to Cuba, have been seized by the United States as contraband of war…

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Beware of the Foreign Enlistment Act. the Duties of Neutrals. How Far Will War Affect. Our Commercial Relations. No. II

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 8

Of the consequences of war the most widespread in its effects is interference with commerce. Depopulation, by loss in battle, famine, pestilence and rapine are the most…

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The Formal War Declaration. Anticipated by Spain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Night.--Before General Woodford, United States Ambassador at Madrid, presented the ultimatum of President M'Kinley to the Spanish…

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A Former War. Andrew Jackson and Spain

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 1

UST eighty years ago this spring we had a war with Spain. Or, rather. Andrew…

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The Spanish-american War. Some Light on the Rights and Duties of Neutrals. Contraband of War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

The words cause much anxiety to neutrals, for neutrals have the right to trade with belligerents except in case of blockades, and they have the valuable privilege of carrying goods for them…

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News from Abroad. (By Cable From London.) The Coming War. America and Spain. the President's Message. Extensive War Preparations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 13

Judging from the latest cables, the United States and Spain will be at war before another week has passed. The anxiously awaited Message of President…

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War Considerations. Britain's Anxiety for Her Shipping. Molestation Feared

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

It has been cabled that considerable anxiety is being manifested in Great Britain for the safety of British shipping during the war between the United States and Spain, neither…

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Mr. Copeland on the War. Cheers for the Americans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 10

Speaking at a federation meeting in the Centenary Hall yesterday evening, Mr. Copeland, M.L.A., took occasion to refer to the war, saying he thought they ought to have a brotherly sympathy with the people…

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The Nature of the War. an American Point of View

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

The war (says an American exchange) will be primarily naval in character, and will be fought to a very sharp finish. The over-confidence and loyalty of our people must not betray them,…

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Spain and Cuba. Barbarous and Unsuccessful War. Why America Intervenes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

The geographical situation of Cuba has to be considered as having led to the present crisis. Lying across the Caribhean Sea at about 60 miles distance from the American m[?]inland in the State of Florida,…

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America and Cuba. General Map of the Seat of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

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War's Grim Shadow. Excitement in America. Latest From the American Files

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

Huge scare headings is the most prominent feature of the latest American files to hand, for the always imaginative and emotional journalism of the States has been deeply…

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For the Bebel Cause. a Romance of the Chili War. Chapter XII.—(Continued.)

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 7

"But, mother," protested Dolores, wondering how a formal interchange of conversation could have been misconstrued as a lover's interview, "I assure you that you are mistaken…

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State Rights and the War of Secession. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 12

Sir,—When some months ago Mr. Piddington asserted that equal representation in the Sonate was the cause of the American war of secession the statement was so notoriously unfounded that it did not…

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War Instituted on Thursday. the Key West Fleet Sails for Havana. London, April 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

The Key West squadron has been ordered to blockade Havana. It was expected to sail at 8 o'clock last evening. Before General Woodford presented…

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The War Spirit in Spain. an Awakened Nation. £30,000,000 in Cash Subscribed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--There is an extraordinary fervor of patriotic enthusiasm in Spain. A national war subscription which is…

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America. in the Event of War. Archbishop Ireland on the Duty of American Catholics

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

Chicago, Ill., March 11.—"No true American Catholic will think of espousing the cause of Spain against that of this country because the former is a Catholic nation," said Archbishop Ireland in an…

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The U.s. Senate and the Civil War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 12

Sir,—As a stanch supporter of Australian federation in the press and otherwise, since the inception of the movement in 1889, will you kindly allow me a brief space to historically refute the absurd…

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A Spanish Opinion. If President M'kinley Had Been Firm. War Would Have Been Avoided

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Friday, 3.18 p.m.--Senor Bernabe, the Spanish Ambassador who has just left Washington, declares that if President M'Kinely had withstood the war spirit…

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Original Novel. THE Daughters of Eye; A Tale of the Maori War Chapter Xvii.—(continued.)

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

'He is no more a savage than yon or I.' 'I thought as I looked at him,' continued the captain, 'that such a Maori—if Maoris ever come to be given a seat in the…

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