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The wars & local soldiers, 1907

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Russo-japanese War Drama of East and West What Will Be the End?

The Australian Star · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 3

"Never has there been so astonishing a surprise and denouement for the spectator world as the Russo-Japanese war," remarked Professor Macmillan Brown in his course of…

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Trouble in Celebes. Dutch Soldiers Massacred

Evening News · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—Two officers and nine European and twenty-two native soldiers were surprised and massacred in the Tomori district of the Celebes…

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Belfast Labor Crisis. Threat of a General Strike. Soldiers Badly Hurt. Sir Antony Macdonnell to the Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The prospect of the employers at Belfast accepting an offer by the Glasgow Carriers Association of 600 men has led to threats of a…

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War and Education

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 4

"MILLIONS for war, but not a cent for taxation." That was the idea of the Americans who struck against the British…

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Notes. the Holy War

Evening News · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 4

Much more important than the local troubles at Casablanca and Rabat is the Question whether the[?] the fighting there will precipitate the off threatened Holy War, which, it has been…

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Death Scenes. Belfast Under the Riot Act. Hundreds Maimed or Wounded. Several Persons Killed. Military Charge Forty Times

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Rioting was renewed in Belfast yesterday, the scenes being even worse than on Sunday. The Cullen-street police barracks were…

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A Frenzied Mob. Women Join the Fray. Infuriated Soldiery's Bayonet Charges. Two Deadly Volleys

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 9

For hours the soldiers and constables [?] Belfast were subjected to a bombardment of paving stones and other missiles from two to three thousand frenzied…

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The Belfast Riots Soldiery's Self-restraint a Seven Hours' Onslaught [Our Special Message.] London

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 7

Later detalis concerning the Belfast riots state that on Sunday the Middlesex Regiment and the dragoons behaved admirably, though mercilessly stroyed at short range. The [?]…

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Gossip. War and Peace

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 3

There is a lady friend of mine who will argue, in spite of all I can do to prevent her. She thinks I am a fairly clover man, I'm sure, but she also…

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In War Time

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 8

My cousin Jettchen Grieshelm, saw him at Leipzig before the expedition. She has sent me many more verbal messages of his. He assured her too, by all that Is holy that…

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Another Book War

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 10

Old Gent: "Don't you think, my lad, that it would be better for you to be at home reading; a good book than wasting your time in this fashion?"…

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A Football War. Trouble in England. the Amateur and the Professional

Evening News · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 5

A football war is also raging in England just now. It is in connection with the British Association game, and differs from the trouble in Sydney, became in the old country…

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Local Option Victory, Not the End of the War. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 23

Sir, -- Even while a local option campaign is on, and Kill more when victory is won, there is a feeling of disappointment on the part of some temperance radicals and even of some merchants, who desire to turn to their…

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Morocco in a Ferment. Holy War Preached. the Sultan's Dilemma. London, Aug. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 13

Several Ulema (Moslem preachers) at Fez, Morocco, are proclaiming a jehad (holy war). The Sultan is much concerned thereat, and expresses the belief that…

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No Peace in Morocco. a Threatened Holy War. Sultan May Lead the Tribes. French Create a Good Impression

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 13

LONDON, Friday. -- Several of the Ulema (expounders of the Koran, or religious leaders) at Fez, demand a holy war, and the Sultan is much concerned in consequence…

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People Talked About The Soldiers' Friend

The World's News · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 8

Sir Edward Ward, who has been the moving spirit in the Union Jack Club which King Edward opened on Monday,…

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Soldiers and Sailors Military and Naval Notes "A power whose morning-drum beat, following the sun, circles the earth."--DANIEL WEBSTER

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 7

The resignation of Chaplain the Rev. E. Stanley Wilkinson, M.A., is announced in District Orders. The District Commandant's remarks…

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A Railway Sensation Desperate Affray in a Train Young Man's Violent Outbreak Several Persons Wounded PICTON

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 18 August 1907 · page 1

Suddenly bereft of his senses a young man named Thomas Wetherspoon provided the passengers by the midday southern train today with an. experience from which it is a…

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Soldiers Massacred

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 August 1907 · page 12

Two officers, nine European and 22 native soldiers, were surprised and massacred in the To-mori district Celebes Island…

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A Holy War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 6

The report that some Moslem preachers at Fez are proclaiming a holy war is calculated to impress other potentates besides the Sultan of Morocco. We read…

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