The War Cloud. in the Far East. Ominous Military Movement. Japanese Troops for Korea. Five Thousand to Embark at Once. Arming Mercantile Cruisers. London, Jan. 1
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 9
The Kiushiu railways have been ordered to-morrow to transport 5000 troops to Nagasaki, whence they will embark for Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australia and War
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 4
It seems likely that a far keener interest in Australian defence is about to be developed. It is quite possible that some day Australian defence will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Talk of War
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 8
Chinese officials are more indignant at the Russian proceedings at Mukden than at any event which has occurred since the capture of Pekin, says a Pekin despatch dated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Future For Motors in War
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 1
IN the recent manoeuvres of the British army in the West of England, which were war games on a more ambitious scale than England has had for several years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Threatening War. Japanese Transporting Troops
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 8
The Kiushiu railways have been ordered to transport at once 5000 troops to Nagasaki, whence they will embark for Korea. Japan is equipping three fast mercantile…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Whooping for War. The Coming Climax
Truth · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 4
War, horrid war! Oh! would ye understand That direful word—that scourge of every land? Oh! then peruse the well-known leaves of time Himself has traced in [?]racters sublime:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Facts for the War History
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 4
The morning dailies, in commenting on Lord Tennyson's proposal that an Australian history of the South African war should be written, remind…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Czar Holds Hurried Council. Alexieff Speaks for War
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 5
A circumstantial account is current in Berlin of a hurried meeting held by the Czar with his Ministerial Council to consider a long telegram from Admiral Alexieff, Russia's Far Eastern Viceroy. The result of the deliberations is said to have been that Russia notified…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will Britain Be Dragged Into the War? the "Spectator's" View
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 5
The Eastern situation is regarded with crave apprehension by serious newspapers of Great Britain. The "Spectator," in discussing what would happen if Russia found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jap and Muscovite. Meet in a City Hotel. and Discuss War
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 5
A Japanese and a Russian, both old colonists, met a day or two ago in well-known [?]otel in the eastern suburbs. War and nu[?]bing but was was discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Week's Miscellany: a Compilation of the News of the World. Impending War. Russian Picked Recruits
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 8
The "Times" correspondent at Odessa states that the transport Ekaterinoslav has sailed from that port for the Far East with 2000 picked recruits, several naval officers, and fifty gunners and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Latest Cable News o the Threatening War. First Shot Must Soon Be Fired. Lauding of Japanese Troops in Korea Mat Force Russia to Commence the War. Russian Transports Hastening Eastwards. Recall Rumor Contradicted. London, January 1
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 5
The report that the Russian transport Kazan had been recalled is contradicted. The vessel has already passed through the Suez Canal. She carries 2000 picked troops for Port Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy-weights to Fight at the National. Soldier Bill Thompson and Ted Arthurs
Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 8
At the National Sporting Club on Tuesday night next Ted Arthurs, the Wyalong heavy-weight, and "Soldier" Bill Thompson, brother of the middle-weight champion, are to contest the best of 20…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Cloud Lowers. It May Burst at Any Moment. The Czar Hurriedly Convenes a Council Meeting. a Highly Important Telegram From the Russian Viceroy. Russia Decides to Adhere to Her Previous Note. LONDON, Saturday, 6.15 a.m
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 1
The war cloud is on the point of bursting. Whatever hope may have been entertained that the pending conflict between Russia and Japan would be averted has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Optimistic Europe. "War May Be Averted."
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday.--The United States Government reports that American representatives abroad have cabled that official opinion in European capitals still clings to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] War Within a Few Days. Japanese Cruisers
Evening News · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 4
LONDON, January 3, 7.5 a.m.— Best informed diplomats in Pekin are convinced that war between Russia and Japan is inevitable, and will possibly be declared within a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Inevitable. May Be Declared in a Few Days. LONDON
The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 4
Whatever hope may have been entertained that the pending conflict between Russia and Japan would be averted has now been almost abandoned, so gloomy is the outlook…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Far East. War Inevitable. the Opinion at Pekin. Hostilities Within a Few Days. Press Censors Already at Work
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday.--The best-informed diplomatists in Pekin are said to feel convinced that an outbreak of war between Japan and Russia is now inevitable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Inevitable. Hostilities Expected Shortly. Heavy Russian Reinforcements. on the Way to Manchuria. British Marine Engineers Leave for Japan. London
The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 4
Russia has requisitioned the various railway companies' trucks and locomotives to convey heavy reinforcements to Manchuria. Twelve highly-paid marine engineers have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Cloud. in the Far East. Hostilities Inevitable. Russia Stands Firm. a Squadron From Japan Despatched. to Intercept Russian Cruisers. London, Jan.3,7.5 a.m
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 7
Best informed diplomats in Peking are convinced that war between Russia and Japan is inevitable, and,will possibly be declared within a few days…
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