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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Notes. Germany and War

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 6

Dr. Starr Jer[?]an, if he has been correctly reported, represents the whole German people as being opposed to war. "The whole aristocracy, he says, "he Germany is bound…

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The New War Scare

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 8

The changed attitude of Russia in her dealings with the central European Powers is very significant, and may reasonably be interpreted as evidence of confidence in…

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A Philosophic Greek. Peace and War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 9

Peter Cassanarti, a Greek, of nearly 30 years at age, now lies in the Bowral Hospital with a nasty gash over his right eye, some bruises on his body, and suffering…

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Italy's Little War. Rome, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 10

Bengazi advices state that Colonel Lavinis' column repulsed 2000 natives at the Zutina Oasis. The Italians lost 45 killed and 100 were…

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War Scare in Europe. London, Saturday Morning

The Sun · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 7

M. Millerand, a former War Minister in France, says that the three years military service law is a necessity to help keep the European balance of power, and that France…

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Talk of War. an Austrian View. Sudden Complications

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 10

VIENNA, Friday.--The Minister for Defence, in supporting in the Lower House of the Reicbsrath, a proposal to increase the number of army recruits, said, "Nobody can believe that…

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Bomb in Parcel. Melbourne Sensation. Explosion in Government Office. Three Men Injured. Commissioner Lee Wounded. Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 7

The Lands Department was the scene of a sensational incident this morning, a bomb is a parcel which had arrived by the Sydney mail exploding and injuring three people…

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The Balkans. Effect of the War. Peace Wanted. Professor Jordan's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 10

Professor Starr Jordan, the well-known American peace propagandist, arrived in Sydney yesterday. He is on his way to Europe, where he intends studying Bulgaria, the…

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Panama Tolls. an Ambassador's Joke. "Might Provoke War." the Honor of America

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 10

WASHINGTON, -Friday.—Senator Chamberlain, on seeing Dr. Page's explanation that he was joking when he referred to the British use of the Panama Cabal, and the Monroe…

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War Scare. Rattling the Sword. French Reply to Germany. Berlin, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 9

A semi-official statement in the "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" ridicules the threats of the Russian Bourse Gazettes, and says that it does not believe such discussions will…

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War Clouds. the Balkan Affair. Only an Entr'acte. Reported Action by Russia. Budapest, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 5

Count Sergius Witte a member of the Russian Council of Empire. gave an interesting interview to a newspaper. "The Balkan affair." be said, "is not disposed…

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Railway Smash. Temora Mail Wrecked. Fourteen Killed and Many Injured. Collision with Cattle Train. the Signal and the Fog. Distressing Scenes. Wounded Among the Wreckage. Rescue Work in the Dark

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 9

The railway disaster at Exeter, on the main Southern line, six miles from Moss Vale (reported in "The Daily Telegraph" on Saturday), occurred about twenty minutes before midnight on Friday, and caused the loss of 14 lives and injury to many passengers…

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Burden of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 10

Dr. Starr Jordan's lecture on "War and Peace" last evening was delivered to a large audience in the King's Hall. The audience, to whom he was introduced by Miss Rose…

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War and Peace

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 6

Dr. Starr Jordan's statement that war was the real cause of the dowat[?] of the Mamas Empire can hardly be accepted without very serious [?] Many [?] have been out forward to account for the [?] of that [?]…

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War[?] Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

One block of about [?] acres, parish of Ki[?] county of Ewen[?] about 21 miles from Warren; level country; black and [?] clay subsoil; timber, box, and gum; water…

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War and Armament-makers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 6

The doctrine that the various peoples of Europe hold the idea of war in abhorrence and that war as a method of settling international differences would die out altogether…

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Bomb by Post. Explosion in Melbourne Office. Three People Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A loud explosion startled the Lands Department this morning, and the officers, running up, found three occupants of the room of Mr. Frederick Lee. Closer…

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The War That Didn't!

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

The war scare of a couple of years back between Britain and Germany, the inevitable conflict that was to be is now a fear at which we can safely…

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"The Burden of Nations." Preparations for War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 8

"The Waste of War" was the subject of an address delivered at the King's-hall last night by Dr. Starr Jordan, president of the Stanford University, California. The lecturer spoke…

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German Predicts War. Alleges Britain Is Crouching

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 7

BERLIN, Monday.--Colonel Frobenius, in a pamphlet, alleges that Great Britain is crouching for an attack upon Germany, and that meanwhile Russia and France are preparing…

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