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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

8,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Farmers Fight. Two Killed, Fifty Injured. Soldiers Called Out

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 7

MILAN, Friday.--Owing to differences over pasturages on the mountains, the populations of the towns of Umito and Valecchia fought with rakes, scythes; guns, and axes for two hours…

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When War Is Not War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 10

The most conscientiously pacific of Presidents is on the eve of making war. Of course, it is not to be called a war. Yesterday, it is true, President Wilson was…

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Opposed to War. Workers Threaten Strike. Government's Warning. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 7

Mr. Haywood, the American leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, has announced that a great meeting in New York will answer a declaration of war between…

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The War Cloud. U.s.a. and Mexico. Battleships Ordered South Developments in America

Evening News · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 7

The battleships Virginia, Nebraska, and Gaorgia, have been ordered to tall from Boaton to the Mexican port of Tampico on Friday. President Wilson, in a message to Congress…

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War Near. United States and Mexico. Excitement in America. Industrial Workers' Threat. Exodus From Mexico. Washington. Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 1

This greatest excitement prevails all over the [?]ted States on account of the serious position which has arisen in regard to Mexico. [?]nless within a few hours. President Huerta…

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Mexican Rebels. Huerta Enlisting Aid. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 7

A meeting has been arranged between the emissaries of President Huerta and General Villa, the rebel leader, and the result is awaited with anxiety…

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Dog Detects Murderer. a Soldier's Brutal Crime. in an Austrian Forest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 10

VIENNA, Sunday.--While searching in the Carinthia forest, in the valley of the upper Drave, a forester found the body of a young girl, whose head had been shattered with a…

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Time-expired Soldiers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 6

Sir,--One reads continually in the papers as to the falling off in immigration, and the difficulty in securing immigrants, and especially English immigrants. Here is a cutting from "Truth" (London):…

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Rdeay for War. American Honor to Be Upheld Excitement in New York. Scenes of Enthusiasm. All Parties United. President's Course Approved London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 7

President Huerta has point-blank refused to comply unconditionally with America's demand for an apologetic salute. Excitement is at fever heat in New York…

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War Bill Introduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 13

Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, to-day introduced a bill providing for war expenditure amounting to £10,000,000…

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America at War. Marines Land at Vera Cruz. Sharp Engagement Reported. Mexicans Shelled by Warship. Killed and Wounded on Both Sides. Washington

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 1

It is reported in Washington that the American marines, while taking possession of the Customs House at Vera Cruz, met with resistance, and that in a brush which…

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"Not War with Mexico." Only with Huerta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 13

President Wilson informed the newspaper representatives to-day that the United States was not going to war with the Mexican people, but with General Huerta. The United…

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Socialists Threaten Strike. in the Event of War. New York. April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 13

The Industrial Workers of the World threaten that if war breaks out with Mexico they will' create the greatest Industrial strike in the history of the United States…

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War Cloud. the Mexican Crisis Huerta Firm. President and Congress Senate Opposition. Washington, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 13

It seems likely that unless within a few hours General Huerta backs down the United States will break off diplomatic relations with Mexico by handing Senor Algara, the Mexican…

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Mailed Fist and Pacifist. the Fight Against War. Norman Angell's New Book. Unanswerable Appeal to Reason

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 6

The press of this country seem to be either blind or stupid in regard to the Machiavellian, the devilish, policy of Germany. We,…

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War Rumblings. America and Mexico. Ammunition to Be Seized. Journalist's Warning to United States. Washington. T[?]

Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 1

War preparations against [?] meeting actively throughout the United States Some opposition was developed in the S[?] regarding the war resolutions passed by the…

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War Begins. America's First Move Capture of Vera Cruz. Resistance by Mexicans. Likelihocd of Assistance. Washington Tuesday Night

Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 9

War has begun. It was reported here that Admiral Flete her had taken Vera Cruz with some loss of life. The report, however, was unconfirmed for…

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Models for the Rest of Mankind Europe Drifting to Certain War. Notes of Travel for the Argus. No. Vi. Switzerland. Clarens-Montreuse, February 21. 1914

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 3

How long a sojourn is necessary before one can write of a place with any degree of authority? You sometimes hear a man say, "I ought to know Parramatta (for…

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War

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 29

Latest news to hand gives the startling information that America and Mexico are at one another's throats. The United States seized the Customs House at Vera Cruz. In…

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Effects of War

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 34

Now that the war is past history, the Balkan nations are looking to their wounds and counting up their losses in men and money. The question of what might be called…

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