The war position brings into light the peril in which the British Empire and Australia stand to-day. We have reached a stage in the struggle when political and party issues and personal considerations must be swept aside in favour of national unity ...
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Article : 493 wordsSir Douglas Halg, reporting at noon on Friday, stated: Infantry action on the Cambrai front during the night was confined to patrol encounters. ...
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Article : 72 wordsThe United States Consul at Tiffis cabies it is reported that Czar Nicholas has escaped from Tobolsk. Russian diplomats at Washington do not credit the report. ...
Article : 31 wordsA Russian official message says Trotsky has issued a Note inviting the Allies before December 12 to state either their willingness or their refusal to participate in ...
Article : 1,061 wordsThe "Frankfort Gazette," discussing the future of the German colonies, says: "The exclusion of Germany from Africa is part of the peace programme, but England soon will ...
Article : 90 wordsAn Amsterdam report states that Count Czernin (Austrian Foreign Minister), in a speech to an Hungarian delegation, emphasised the complete Austro-German agreement ...
Article : 170 wordsMr. Thomas, M.P., speaking at the Aldwych Club, said the country would go to any length to fight for posterity's security and to crush militarism. A clear and simple statement ...
Article : 105 wordsMany enthusiastic welcomes have been accorded to public men in Melbourne, but these were surpassed by the wonderful reception which was given to the Prime Minister, Mr. ...
Article : 1,657 wordsThe United States Senate unanimously adopted the resolution declaring war on Austria. Senator La Follette was not present. The House of Representatives passed the ...
Article : 226 wordsSir Arthur Yapp (Director of Food Economy), speaking at a food economy meeting at the Law Courts, said the position was very serious owing to the world shortage of food. ...
Article : 135 wordsAn official report from Mesopotamia says: We pursued the Turks as far as Karatepeh village, 25 miles northward of Deliabbdah, through which the enemy was ...
Article : 75 wordsMr. Herbert Samuel, speaking at Huddersfield, said the Empire was a commonwealth without a constitution. Imperial federation as ordinarily understood was unpracticable. ...
Article : 77 wordsThe correspondent of the United Press on Friday telegraphed: Firmly entrenched in positions defending the Hindenburg line, the British to-day repulsed every attempt to ...
Article : 490 wordsA New York message says that Important papers which were seized following the arrest of Otto Merkel, secretary to the German University League, tend to show the ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is officially announced that General Allenby lias occupied Hebron (10 miles south of Jerusalem.) TOWARDS JERUSALEM. ...
Article : 412 wordsA Buenos Ayres message reports a strike movement of a revolutionary character. Strikers at Berisse cut the electric cables supplying La Plata. The city was plunged ...
Article : 89 wordsAmsterdam reports state that two German aeroplanes returning from the English raid collided and fell at Gentbrugge. The crews were killed, and the machines destroyed. ...
Article : 50 wordsAn Amsterdam report says: herr Stroebol. a Socialist member of the Prussian Diet, donounced the Government's suffrage proposals, declaring that Prussia's reactionary system ...
Article : 74 wordsThe depositions of several passengers who were on the lost liner Apapa show that the firing of the second torpedo before they launched the boats and left the sinking ...
Article : 53 wordsA wireless report from Madrid states that following revolutionary food riots Senor Costa's Government was overthrown, and a, provisional Government established Tinder, ...
Article : 33 wordsA Zurich message says the Austrian Parliament passed the Ausgleich Bill by 188 votes to 165. Herr Stransky, the Czech leader, protested against dualism and barbarism. ...
Article : 52 wordsA choral commemoration of the Old Army, including the fallen, the disabled, the prisoners, and the men still fighting, will be held in the Albert Hall on December 15. Mr. ...
Article : 89 wordsA Copenhagen report states that Count Luxburg has arrived on his way to Germany. The second and final Dardanelles report has been signed and presented. ...
Article : 276 wordsSenator Millen, Minister for Repatriation, who returned to Sydney yesterday, expressed himself as being, on the whole, well pleased with the result of hsi Queensland trip, in the ...
Article : 271 wordsIn the House of Commons the Representation of the People Bill was read the third time after the Irish Redistribution Scnedule had been withdrawn, in accordance with Mr. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Chinese Government officially informed the Allies that China wishes to participate actively in the war if provided with munitions and finance. The Chinese ...
Article : 47 wordsA message from Guayaquil states that Ecuador has severed relations with Germany because of provocation by German agents affecting national dignity and continents ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. Fisher (High Commissioner), in opening the Australian Y.M.C.A. Theatre at Aldwych, described it as another link in the Empire struggle for liberty. It was estimated that the ...
Article : 99 wordsA Washington report states that the American destroyer Jacob Jones has been torpedoed. There are 37 survivors, who escaped on rafts. She was sunk on Thursday while patrolling ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Clan Line is purchasing the Britain Steamship Company for £2,75,000. The Britain S.S. Company, Ltd., is portion of Watts, Watts, and Co., Ltd., London, ...
Article : 47 wordsOttawa advices state that a Government wlreloss message from the Magdalen Islands reports that the steamer Simeoc, 013 tons, was abandoned in a storm. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Holman) left Sydney last night for Melbourne, where, at the invitation of the Victorian National Committee, he will speak in advocacy of the Government's ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 10 Dec 1917, Page 7
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