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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Mexican Army. Women As Soldiers. What Americans Will Meet

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 9

The first shots have been fired in settlement of the dispute between America and Mexico, in connection with the demands by Uncle Sam that his flag should be saluted. How far foreign…

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Big War Threatens. Junction of Mexican Forces. Rebels and Federal Unite. Woodrow Wilson's Plans Miscarry. Mobs Menace Americans in Mexico. London, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 1

Latest messages from Vera Cruz report that everything is quiet there, except for occasional shots from snipers. Some Mexicans yesterday climbed to the…

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People Talked About Killed in Action

The World's News · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 9

EVERY now and then some little engagement in one part or other of the great British Empire leads…

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The Sketcher. a War Risk

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 8

"Do you think the jape will win?" asked the seeker for information. "It looks to me like a toss up," replied Benson. "But I'm worrying…

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Canal on War Footing. Washington, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 1

Colonel Cocthals, who is in charge of the [?]anama Canal, has placed the whole or the canal zone on a full war footing, Refuges from Mexico City have reached…

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Warned to Leave. a State of War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 13

MEXICO CITY, Thursday.--All British residents have been warned to leave Mexico. The Senate passed an appropriation of…

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War Preparations. United States Steps. Washington, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 21

It is reported that secret orders have been issued calling out 250,000 volunteers, and tha the mobilisation of the National Guard has been ordered…

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United States War Fever Abating London, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 21

The Washington correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that General Carranza's note to President" Wilson is interpreted to mean that the Constitutionalists…

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"The Curse of War." Peace Film at Spencer's

The Sun · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 9

This ingeniously conceived drama deals with the tragic paradoxes of warfare, by means of which friends may find themselves face to face in mortal combat. The story shows how…

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Admiral's Great Coat. Commander's Kindness to a Prisoner of War

The World's News · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 21

THE granddaughter of Lieutenant Etienne, of the French Navy, who was wounded and taken prisoner when a midshipman in the action at Cassis, in October, 1813, has published…

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The Mad Waste of War. Even Jingo Kipling Sees it

The International Socialist · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 4

In an interview in the "New York Evening Post," Rudyard Kipling is quoted as saying:—"I did see war in South Africa. I said to myself before I…

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"The War Game." Foot-slogging with the Scouts. (By "Look-see.")

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

"What game is this?" said an officer, who came on the field late, to the bandmaster of the 31st. "This is the war-game, sir," said the bandmaster, saluting. Divine service had been…

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Finance--commerce--markets. Trade and Finance. London and the War in America

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 16

England takes no part in the war between the United States and Mexico, but that British markets are affected all the same is very evident. The Bank of England return, it is…

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Colorado Riots. Practically Civil War. Conflicts with Troops. Trinidad (Colorado), April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 21

The women and children who took refuge in the Empire mine during the fighting between the troops and the strikers, and who were believed to have been suffocated owing…

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London' S Newspaper War. the Battle of the Dailies. London, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

On Monday of this week the London "Times" was sold for the first time at one penny, to a noise of newspaper comment journalistic excitement, and public interest,…

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Ulster. Why She Objects to Home Rule Dread of Clerical Oppression Uppermost Civil War Inevitable

Globe · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

A good many people hold the view (remarks a London correspondent) that the Ulstermen object to Home Rule because they want to maintain their civic domination over the Roman…

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Bottling Up Vera Cruz. Villa's Declaration. Won't Be Dragged Into War. New York

The Sun · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

General Villa has informed Mr. Carothers, agent for the State Department, that he declines to be dragged into the war with the United States…

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The War. Position of Americans. More Sniping by Mexicans. a Difficult Situation. Anti-american Riots. Washington, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 1

Latest advices show that Mexico is in a thoroughly disturbed state, and that the followers of rival leaders in the country are ready to [?] at the Americans' throats if they…

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What War Is. a Pen Picture of Indiscriminate Slaughter How a Novelist Looks at Modern Warfare Death to the Innocent

Globe · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 22

R. H. Benson, a noted novelist, has written a book dealing with war in its most dreadful form. "This work," Mr. Benson observes in his…

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Mexican Casualties. 126 Boiled--195 Wounded. WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 26 April 1914 · page 4

The first official returns of the Mexican casualties at the capture of Vera Cruz were made available yesterday. According to the figures published the…

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