Introducing into the Reichstag the Mass Levy Bill, the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann Hollwegg, said that their enemies as yet did not desire peace, as they were ...
Article : 178 wordsA Russian official report states that in the wooded Carpathians we took possession of Hudaka heights with one hundred prisoners. The battle is proceeding on ...
Article : 328 wordsMr. Jeffries, Athens correspondent, says: The garrison is withdrawing inland, but the arms, munitions, and provender of the two regiments have been left. ...
Article : 160 wordsThe advance proofs of an interview with Colonel-Chaplain Rentoul. of Melbourne, which will appear in the London "Times" and "Belfast Witness," indicate that in the course ...
Article : 336 wordsThe Local Government Board has circularised the military tribunals to the effect that the Government should decide that every man under 26 is more valuable in the forces ...
Article : 214 wordsAccording to Paris reports the Roumanians are holding up the enemy west of Bucharest, where a most violent battle is developing, on a considerable front, showing a complete volte ...
Article : 79 wordsGeneral von Tschepsund-Woidendach. ex-Commander of the English Rhenish Corps, has been appointed Governor of the occupied part of Roumania. The other Central Powers are ...
Article : 34 wordsIt is reported from Syra that the French have arrested the German, Austrian, and Turkish Consuls, and are transporting them to their respective countries. Two Greek ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Reichstag passed the third stage of the Civilian Compulsion Bill by 235 to 19, after heated discussion. A section of the Socialists denounced the ...
Article : 43 wordsNews from Roumania reveals that the Germans are only 10 miles from Bucharest, and are approaching the city's last river-line, which is six miles from the forts ...
Article : 249 wordsThe funeral of the Emperor Francis Joseph was accompanied with, great pomp and splendour, and attended by representatives of Allied and neutral States. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Kaiser has telegraphed to the Imperial Chancellor, expressing his great delight at the adoption of civilian service The people, he says, are filled with such a uniform ...
Article : 80 wordsNo details are available of the battles believed to be raging round Bucharest. It is reported that Falkenhayn is directly attacking the city from the southward and ...
Article : 187 wordsIn the House of Lords to-day in the course of a reply to Lord Peel, Lord Derby, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, made a statement concerning the ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Admiralty changes have caused general satisfaction, especially. in the House of Commons, where it is hoped the personnel of the new board will include an Air Lord for the ...
Article : 145 wordsMr. Jeffries, "Daily Mail" correspondent at Athens, states that firing began near the The sion station at the terminus of the Piraeus line, between French sailors and Greek troops. ...
Article : 130 wordsAn express train from Vienna, conveying many who were returning from the funeral of the Emperor Francis Joseph, came into collision with a slow train from ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, has returned to London from his tour through the United Kingdom, and says he was received with overwhelming kindness ...
Article : 76 wordsIn the Bulgarian Parliament the Premier stated that prior to Roumania's entry into the war, Bulgaria offered not to attack Roumania if Roumania woud give the Dobrudia ...
Article : 46 wordsA meeting of Reuter's Telegram Company unanimously ratified the agreement by which the Hon. Mark Napier, Lords Glenconner and Peel and Sir L. S. Jameson ...
Article : 104 wordsAn Athens correspondent reported that at Samos a German submarine attempted to enter the Straits and was fired on by the land batteries. It fled on the approach of ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Russians are again closely in contact with the invaders on most of the front, and are particularly hard pressed southwards of Bucharest. ...
Article : 163 wordsAll important suction of the English press is dissatisfied with Mr. Balfour's retention of the position of First Lord of the Admiralty. The "Manchester Guardian" does not ...
Article : 109 wordsM. Propoff, the new Russian Prime Minister, has sent a message to Mr. Asquith expressing the hope that the indissoluble Anglo-Russian friendship will be strengthened ...
Article : 163 wordsThe United States Government has requested, the British and French Governments to reconsider their decision not to grant a safeguard to Count Tarnowski, the new Austrian ...
Article : 93 wordsReuter's Athens correspondent stated on Saturday that the King had agreed to surrender six batteries of mountain guns. Admiral du Fournet, agreeing, immediately ...
Article : 304 wordsIn reply to the Dutch representations as to the sinking of the Blommersdyk on the American coast, Germany has agreed to pay compensation for the ship and ...
Article : 119 wordsAt a meeting in London of business men to urge greater determination in dealing with the submarine menace, Lord charles Beresford said that the navy was never in better ...
Article : 172 wordsGeneral von Blume, writing in the "Kolnische Volk Zeitung," states that the Central Powers intend permanently annexing parts of Roumania with the object of protecting ...
Article : 213 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at Washington states that it is reported that the refusal to grant a safe conduct to the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador has dismayed the ...
Article : 73 wordsTwo violent Germano-Bulgar counter attacks on the new Serbian positions, north-west of Grunista, were generally repulsed with severe losses, though the enemy regained a ...
Article : 51 wordsDr. Stresamann, an innuential German National Liberal, interviewed by a neutral journalist, states the German industrialists view calmly the Paris economic resolutions. ...
Article : 112 wordsThe supervisor of the mails of the A.I.F. states that 90 per cent, of the letters of the Australians are delivered without delay, seven per cent delayed till re-addressed, and 3 per ...
Article : 171 wordsMr. Culvert, "Times" correspondent at Serbian headquarters, states that fog ami rain hinders operations north-east of Monastir, but the British transport service is ...
Article : 129 wordsA section of the press continues to express dissatisfaction at the retention of the position of First Lord of the Admiralty by Mr. Balfour, stating that the natural sequence ...
Article : 115 wordsAn Austrian communique claims to have broken the Roumanian resistance south-cast of Petesti, south and east of Campolung, and captured many thousands of men and a large ...
Article : 279 wordsReuter's Athens correspondent states that King Constantine spontaneously offered in October to surrender to the Alies the bulk of Greece's war material and Runs as ...
Article : 115 wordsTwenty-five stokers belonging to the s.s. Makura rioted on the deck yesterday prior to tho steamer's departure for Sydney. Several of the sailors of the Makura and ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Massey. Prime Minister of New Zealand, has returned to London. Upon being interviewed me said that his visit to the Battle Cruiser Squadron was the ...
Article : 87 wordsA French journalist who recently visited Serbia reports that he saw a remnant of last year's Serbian army, consisting of haggard and ragged guerilla troops. They lived in ...
Article : 93 wordsThe people's boycott against the prices of foodstuffs for the purpose of reducing the high cost of living have been startlingly successful. Thousands of Thanksgiving Day ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Paris Budget Commission is tabling a supply report this week. The credits amount to nearly £345,000,000. The expenditure since the war inclusive ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Greek Minister in Paris has resigned in consequence of the events in Athens, over which the newspapers are very indignant. They demand a speedy, unforgettable punish ...
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1931), Sat 9 Dec 1916, Page 12
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