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  2. MINISTERS IMPUGNED.

    Major-General Frederick Maurice, late Director of Military Operations (who is the "High Military Authority" whose weekly summaries of the war situation have been widely read) has written a remarkable letter, which has ...

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  3. THE BATTLE FRONT.

    The following official reports dealing with the latest operations on the West front have been issued:--SIR DOUGLAS HAIG-- ...

    Article : 328 words
  4. "FIVE HUNDRED" DAY.

    It has been decided to inaugurate what will be known as "Five Hundred Day" throughout the city and suburbs on Friday, May 17. The aim of the promoters is to make such ...

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  5. SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    That it is desirable that steps should be taken to augment the funds of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, New South Wales ...

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  6. LOYALTY TO THRONE.

    The Presbyterian Assembly of New South Wales yesterday carried the following motion, all the members standing and singing the National Anthem:-- ...

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  7. PEOPLE OF THE EAST.

    A Message from Moscow announces that recruits of the Red Army on May Day carried banners Inscribed, "Remember Brest-Litovsk." It is clear that the Russian proletariat ...

    Article : 381 words
  8. IN PALESTINE.

    Jericho, Sunday.--By dawn this morning an operation cast of the Jordan was completed which brought into our hands nearly 1000 prisoners (Turks and Germans), depleted the ...

    Article : 809 words
  9. THE LETTER.

    First (writes Major-General Maurice), Mr. Bonar Law on April 23 said that the extension of the British front in France had not been dealt with at Versailles. This ...

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  10. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

    A London message intimates that the casualties for the past week numbered 38,000. ...

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  11. IRELAND.

    The Manchester "Guardian" states that the Government intends to go straight ahead with Home Rule and Irish conscription. An order applying conscription will probably be issued ...

    Article : 445 words
  12. AMERICANS STAND FIRM.

    American Headquarters in France reports:-- "The Germans delivered a heavy gas attack on the Americans in Pleardy. They preceded the attack with 15,000 mustard shells. The ...

    Article : 66 words
  13. ROUMANIA'S PEACE.

    A Roumanian communique states:-- "The peace treaty of Roumania with Austria, Germany, Turkey, and Bulgaria was signed at Bucharest this morning. ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. WAR.

    Captain-Chaplin Wilson is on the war path. He has been on it. so far of course as his functions would permit, in other lands. But he is right on it now. He wants £1000. . ...

    Article : 686 words
  15. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    Zurich messages report that the internal conditions in Austria-Hungary are critical and there have been many risings with revolutionary tendencies. The Government, after ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. MR. CHURCHILL'S OPTIMISM.

    Mr. W. S. Churchill, Minister for Munitions, in acknowledging the patriotic resolution of the National Brass Workers and Metal Mechanics' Society recording the fighting forces' bravery ...

    Article : 153 words
  17. HERTZOG'S DISCLAIMER.

    Colonel Kelly, V.C., in the course of a recruiting speech at Johannesburg, asserted that General Hertzog and the leaders of the Nationalists had stated that they would assist ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. RUSSIAN SHIPS IN SEA OF AZOF.

    A German official message states:-- "Russian ships bombarded harbor establishments at Mariupol (on the shore of the Sea of Azof)." ...

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  19. SHIPS AND SUBMARINES.

    The American steamship Tyler (3928 tons) was torpedoed and sunk off the French coast on May 3. Eleven lives were lost. A message from an Atlantic port states that ...

    Article : 110 words
  20. ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    Corporal Haythorne, an Australian war prisoner repatriated to England, says that he saw Australian prisoners carried in from working behind the German lines suffering from ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. ENGLISH GIRLS' PROBLEM.

    Mr. A. Rendall, M.P.. in an article in the "Star," protests against the army regulations preventing the parents or relatives of English girls obtaining their soldier suitors' records ...

    Article : 121 words
  22. CHARGES AGAINST ARMY OFFICER.

    Twenty-five charges against LieutenantColonel Mackay. Assistant Provost Marshal, western command, were heard at Westminster before a court-martial. The charges relate ...

    Article : 104 words
  23. ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "World" states that an American scientist has invented a bullet capable of piercing the armor used on German tanks. Large ...

    Article : 42 words
  24. GENERAL CABLES.

    Colonel Elliott, of the 12th Battalion, has received the first grade of the Legion of Honor. Brigadier-General Carton de Wiart, V.C., has again been wounded. This is the twelfth time, ...

    Article : 174 words
  25. GERMANY'S POISONOUS PROPAGANDA.

    The insidious, yet powerful, propaganda work of the Germans has been repeatedly emphasised in various ways. It is a form of attack that is little noticed at the time, yet its results ...

    Article : 209 words
  26. SENATOR GARDINER AND THE WAR.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Referring to the statement of Senator Gardiner in the Sydney Domain on Sunday, that "the cessation of fighting by the Allies alone would be ...

    Article : 152 words
  27. AMERICAN SENTIMENT.

    At Washington, General Bell, in a speech, declared that Germany "must be conquered. Nothing but Germany's unconditional surrender will convince the Teutons of their unfitness ...

    Article : 45 words
  28. SUCCESS CLAIMED FOR BULGARS.

    An Official German report states:-- "The Bulgars repulsed strong English detachments, which attacked south of Lake Doiran (Macedonia)." ...

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  29. NICARAGUA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY.

    Nicaragua (the largest State of Central America) has declared war on Germany. This republic broke off diplomatic relations with Germany on May 19. 1917. ...

    Article : 36 words
  30. GENERAL ROBERTSON'S NEW APPOINTMENT.

    The "Daily Chronicle" anticipates that General Sir William Robertson (late Chief of the imperial General Staff) will succeed Viscount French (who is now Lord Lieutenant of ...

    Article : 40 words
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