The following British official despatches have been issued:— London, Nov. 30 (11 p.m.).—"After a violent bombardment the enemy, with strong ...
Article : 743 wordsA meeting of leaders of the Unionist Party, including Sir Edward Carson (a member of the War Cabinet) and Mr. Walter Long (Secretary of State for the ...
Article : 433 wordsIt is announced here that contingents of the National Guards, comprising men from every State in the Union, and numbering 27,000, and also aviators, have arrived safely ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" writes that President Wilson, in his message to Congress, may refer indirectly to Lord Lansdowne's ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that Italy fears a German blow via Switzerland. The Allies, he says, cannot afford to allow foodstuffs to enter ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Dutch newspapers comment on Lord Lansdowne's letter, which they regard as a hopeful message that may lead to an early ending of the insanity of continuous ...
Article : 40 wordsMr. Otto H. Kalm, the well-known international financier, in a strikingly patriotic American speech on September 27, before the members of the Chamber of Commerce ...
Article : 620 wordsAn official despatch received from the British headquarters in East Africa says:—"General Northey's troops are concentrating westward of the Mohesi Valley, ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that Lord Lansdowne's views have been received calmly by one leading officials, who are suspending ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is reported that the Inter-Allied Conference has agreed to take action in order to meet the Russian situation. The general question here is, "What are ...
Article : 106 wordsThe 360th 361st casualty lists have been released by the Censor, and are published below. They contain the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with ...
Article : 1,555 wordsThe Canadian newspapers, with a few exceptions, have denounced Lord Lansdowne's letter as likely to afford very great encouragement to Germany. The newspapers ...
Article : 46 wordsPresident Wilson has sent the following message to Roumania:—"The United States will continue to assist courageous Roumania. We will support her after the ...
Article : 51 wordsRegarded Impartially the whole crisis is (wrote the Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" on September 18) not so alarming [?]s it may appear. ...
Article : 275 wordsThe German newspapers publish Lord Lansdowne's letter on their front pages, and they express the opinion that it is the beginning of reasonableness in ...
Article : 53 wordsIt is reported here that some Dutch ships will trade between the United States and Australia under an agreement which has been arrived at by the Dutch Mission ...
Article : 46 wordsOnly one-fifth of the Russian army supports the Bolshevik armistice. It is reported that General Kaledin has surrounded Rostoff on the Sea of Azoff, in Southern ...
Article : 80 wordsBaron von Kuehlmann, the German Foreign Minister, speaking in the Reichstag yesterday, said that those demanding war to the bitter end had declared ...
Article : 252 wordsA French mission has arrived here from France to visit va[?]cus large centres, and emphasise the necessity for the Allies to win the war. ...
Article : 37 wordsLord Robert Cocil (Minister for Blockade, and Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) was interviewed yesterday concerning Lord Lansdowne's action, and ...
Article : 119 wordsDr. Harold Williams, the Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," telegraphs that Ensign Krylenko met with a hostile reception when he attempted ...
Article : 99 wordsA Greek destroyer attacked and, it is believed, sank a German submarine on Thursday. ...
Article : 15 wordsThere is no more interesting chapter in the great war that that dealing with the collapse of Russia (remarks a London authority). She was bought with German ...
Article : 166 wordsThere has been a great rush of investors to the "tank" in Trafalgar-square. The subscriptions for "tank" war bonds received on Friday included £100,000 from a ...
Article : 196 wordsMr. Austen Chamberlain speaking yesterday in Northampton, maintained that negotiations at this stage were impossible. Germany would always be one of the Great ...
Article : 72 wordsReports have reached this city to the effect that M. Kerensky has been arrested. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe London "Daily Chronicle" announces that the Bolsheviks in Petrograd polled about 400,000 votes, the Cadets (the Constitutional Democrats) 250,000, and the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe other day some of us were at the battalion headquarters just by the front line, when we noticed several newspapers on a table inside a pill box. They were ...
Article : 201 wordsBaron von Kuehlmann (the German Minister for Foreign Affairs), replying to a question asked in the Reichstag, said that the rumour that Roumania had asked ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) telegraphs:—"The Administration, while approving of the proposal as to a restatement ...
Article : 69 wordsThe following official despatch has been received from the British headquarters in Palestine:—"Since Tuesday the enemy has carried out ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Danish newspapers consider that Germany would never have negotiated with the Bolsheviks if the latter had had the remotest possibility of retaining control. ...
Article : 64 wordsThe German Fatherland Party has petitioned the Reichstag to oppose any movement for a general truce, believing that it would be advantageous to Britain. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe newspapers here condemn in a practically unanimous tone the letter from Lord Lansdowne. They declare that there is nothing new in his suggestions, and that ...
Article : 518 wordsCount Witstum, speaking in the Saxon Diet, declared that the Reichstag's resolutions of July 19 did not correspond any longer with the military situation. He ...
Article : 80 wordsDr. Harold Williams, the Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," says that M. Trotsky has refused to allow Britishers to leave Russia until ...
Article : 133 wordsA Welsh committee, including Mrs. Lloyd George (the wife of the British Prime Minister) is raising £150,000 for a memorial of North Wales heroes. It will consist of ...
Article : 79 wordsThe following wireless German official messages have been intercepted by the British Admiralty:— Berlin, Nov. 30 (4.30 p.m.).—"There was ...
Article : 155 wordsThe following French communiques have been issued:— Paris, Nov. 30 (11.30 p.m.).—"The artillery was fairly active north of Chemin-des ...
Article : 155 wordsThe following official bulletin has been received from the British headquarters in Palestine:—"The enemy rushed our advanced works on Thursday night on the ...
Article : 77 wordsIf Count von Hertling (the German Imperial Chancellor) intended that his speech should influence the Inter-Allied Conference he will be disappointed. Mr. Lloyd ...
Article : 90 wordsIn connection with the Electoral Reform Bill, the Government proposes that the electoral disqualification of conscientious objectors should be limited to a period of ...
Article : 59 wordsTravellers who have arrived at Haparanda from Petrograd assert that the Bolsheviks will be unable to retain power long. All classes are starving. M. Lenin has ...
Article : 65 wordsCardinal Leo Adolphus Amette (Archbishop of Paris) presided yesterday at a special meeting of the episcopate, which decided to urge the resumption of ...
Article : 53 wordsIt is announced officially that the Government has appointed a committee, with Sir Boverton Redwood as chairman, to consider the question of employing gas ...
Article : 106 wordsCount von Hertling's speech has impressed the Dutch newspapers favourably, and is interpreted to mean that the Central Powers are prepared to accept a peace ...
Article : 51 wordsThe special correspondent of the United Fress Association (U.S.A) at the British front reports.—"The Germans launched a very heavy counter-attack on the Cambra ...
Article : 292 words"I saw flying machines put together in 20 minutes in the United States," said Mr. H. Hoyle, a former New South Wales Minister for Railways, who returned to Sydney ...
Article : 179 wordsRussian circles here ridicule the story of the Grand Duchess Tatiana's escape, and suggest that it is a sheer fabrication. It is certain that she has not arrived in London, ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Federal Treasury announced to-day that to meet the wishes of many people who will be receiving payments for their wool and who desire to invest in the war loan. it ...
Article : 212 wordsLord Derby (Secretary of State for War), in a message for the Christmas number of the Overseas Club's publication, says: "Let us look forward with confidence, this ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Government is registering the retail butchers with the view of controlling the consumption of meat. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Home and Foreign Produce Exchange, on behalf of a number of firms which advanced cash for considerable quantities of butter in Australia between August and the ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Stockholm correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) alleges that the Russian provinces are on the brink of an anti-Bolshevik revolt, and that ...
Article : 46 wordsThe following Italian and German official bulletins have been issued:— Rome, Nov. 30 (3.40 p.m.).—"Artillery fire, particularly at Melette, and on the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe speech made by the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) before the members of the Million Club took the form of a comprehensive survey of the ...
Article : 433 wordsMr. James W. Gerard (formerly American Ambassador to Germany), in a speech which he delivered yesterday, declared that, in his opinion, there was no possibility of ...
Article : 78 wordsOne of the chief implements of Leninic pacificism was "fraternisation." Those of the Bolshevik leaders who are sincere—and no doubt there are some such—were ...
Article : 520 wordsAt the St. Andrew's Day festival held by the Royal Scottish Corporation in London on Friday, Mr. James Ian Macpherson (Under Secretary of State for War), ...
Article : 149 wordsThe conference between delegates from the Congress of Trade Unions and representatives of the Labour Party to be held in Nottingham in January will consider a ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" at the British front, telegraphs:—"There was a violent German bombardment on Friday ...
Article : 81 wordsThe New York "World" publishes a cartoon showing Lord Lansdowne offering a white flag to John Bull, and the latter refusing it contemptuously. The "World" ...
Article : 112 wordsA report has been received from Rome to the effect that the Teutons are converting the invaded portions of Italy into a second Belgium. They have placed women ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. Bonar Law, in a letter to the Scotish War Savings Conference, said:—"I am surprised that there is any belief in Scotland in the possibility of a partial ...
Article : 58 wordsIn an official report Sir Douglas Haig states:—"We took prisoners during November 11,551 Germans, including 214 officers. We also captured 138 guns, including 40 ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. George Bernard Shaw, the novelist and playwright, in a speech, which he delivered to-day, said that after the decisive battle of Waterloo peace had to be ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 3 Dec 1917, Page 7
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