The House of Commons carried unanimously an address congratulating the King on the prospect of a victorious peace. Mr. Bonar Law (the Leader of the ...
Article : 224 wordsThe following Belgian official despatch was [?]ned last night:—"The occupation of Ant[?]p has been completed. To-day the [?]ps took possession of the outer forts. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News Agency (London) says that the Entente countries have threatened to cut off Holland's food supply in the event ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says that, while no further details regarding the President's prospective visit to Europe have been ...
Article : 359 wordsCaptain Persius, the well-known German naval writer, has published in the Berlin "Tageblatt" some sensational revelations. He says it was only the misty weather and ...
Article : 250 wordsPerth vied with her sister capital in the open-heartedness of her welcome to the French Mission yesterday, and in the result she gave the visitors a reception ...
Article : 591 wordsAfter negotiations with the Entente Powers, Holland has allowed some 25,000 disarmed German soldiers to cross the frontier at Limburg for thei homes. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe situation in Holland has been rendered stable for the present, but it was dangerous on Wednesday night, when M. Troelstra summoned the Queen to abdicate, ...
Article : 78 wordsThe first batch of repatriated soldiers under the terms of the armistice have been sent from Hull to a camp in Ripon. They include five Australians. Several ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is announced officially that General Petain is establishing the French headquarters in Metz, and that French troops will occupy Vienna, Prague and Budapest. ...
Article : 63 wordsOwing to an alteration of the arrangements, the German war vessels will not leave their bases until Wednesday. They will arrive in British waters on Thursday. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Commandant of the Australian administrative headquarters, London, cables details in regard to the return of prisoners of war on their release by ...
Article : 169 wordsGeneral Pau and the members of the French delegation had a triumphal progress through the streets of Perth on leaving the railway station. Preceded by the ...
Article : 296 wordsMr. G. H. Perris, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" on the French front, says that within a few hours of the arrival of the French in ...
Article : 167 wordsThe formal reception of General Pau and his colleagues on the railway station was not a spectacular affair. The ceremonial had been reserved for the exterior of the ...
Article : 185 wordsThe political correspondent of the London "Daily News" foreshadows from trustworthy information the arrangements for the Peace Conference. The Imperial War ...
Article : 324 wordsThere is a growing feeling that the ex-Kaiser's presence in Holland is a menace to Europe. Home newspapers demand that he should be extradited and put on trial. ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Canadian Victory Loan of £100,000,000 was over-subscribed by £35,000,000. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe War Office authorities say that the military situation does not admit of the commencement of the demobilisation scheme except with regard to the limited ...
Article : 42 wordsA message received from Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay, Cape Colony) says that the news concerning the armistice has caused a remarkable revival of the ostrich feather ...
Article : 73 words"If you want any token of what is in the hearts of the people, look around you!" Well might the Premier point to the memorable scene outside the railway ...
Article : 1,463 wordsThe disorderlines which has occurred in connection with the German evacuation is due largely to many soldiers who have surrendered, having refused to leave France. ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is reported officially that the mine sweeper Ascot was torpedoed and sunk with all hands on November 10, off the north-eastern coast of England. Fifty-three ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says that, according to statistics published in a Federal bullentin, the war, up to the date of the signing of the ...
Article : 62 wordsThe situation in Germany has become further confused. Ex-Prince Eitel (the second son of the ex-Kaiser) is remaining in Potsdam, and issuing proclamations ...
Article : 42 wordsThrough a misunderstanding on the part of someone, what was intended to be a review of the troops in the procession from a stand in front of Trinity Church, St. ...
Article : 344 wordsThe British Admiralty authorities announce that the British merchant tonnage losses in October totalled 84,000 gross, and the Allied and nautral combined 93,000. The ...
Article : 59 wordsThe British Official Press Bureau notifies that Mr. W. M. Hughes sent the following message to Field-Marshal Haig:—"The Government and the people of ...
Article : 194 wordsLord Robert Cecil (the Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) said in the House of Commons last evening that the armistice provided for the release of all ...
Article : 119 wordsOn arriving in Perth yesterday morning. General Pau handed to our special representative, who accompanied the members of the French Mission from Northam, the ...
Article : 177 wordsThe princes of the small German principalities of Schwarsenberg-Rudolstadt and Schaumburg-Lippe have renounced their thrones, and republics have been established ...
Article : 26 wordsIt is announce officially that Ambassadors Chinda and Matsui of London and Paris respectively) will represent Japan at the Peace Conference. ...
Article : 28 wordsPrivates E. J. Amy (Port Melbourne, 29th Battalion), J. F. Bayes (Adelaide, 32nd Battalion), D. Ferry (Sydney, 25th Battalion), and A. J. Whittington (Western Australia, ...
Article : 54 wordsThere was an enormous demonstration in Berlin on Sunday to celebrate the revolution. Thousands of troops marched in procession, singing the "Marseillaise." ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) has telegraphed to President Wilson:—"My beartiest thanks for your cordial and kindly message. I am certain that the ideals ...
Article : 73 wordsRear-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey (commanding the Australian Navy) has, on behalf of the Australian Fleet, sent the following message to the Australian Imperial ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is expected that Count Michael Karolyi will be the first President of the Republic of Hungary. [Count Karolyi is one of the most ...
Article : 197 wordsIn spite of their "Privations," Berlin people indulged in racing on November 10. A race meeting announced for November 12 was abandoned only because a van ...
Article : 71 wordsGeneral Petain has been created a Marshal. ...
Article : 15 wordsSpeaking in Cooma to-night, the Premier (Mr. Holman) referred to problems of peace, and said that while he was not in a position to declare the final decision ...
Article : 313 wordsThe fact that the Kalgoorlie express yesterday contained the members of the French Mission was well recognised all along the line. Not only did every town ...
Article : 801 wordsThe "Matin" announces that the French Government contemplates arranging a great pageant to celebrate victory and the redemption of the stolen territories, ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. James Macpherson (the Deputy-Secretary of State for War) announced in the House of Commons that the total British and Dominions's casualties in all of the ...
Article : 63 wordsThe old Town Hall never looked gayer than it did yesterday morning, when a civic reception was tendered to General Pau and the members of the French Mission by the ...
Article : 1,614 wordsRioting continues in Baden and Wurttemburg. Soldiers who have returned from the front are plundersing shops and farms for food. They peasantry are greatly ...
Article : 139 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Waldorf Astor, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, said that the Food Controller was aware that international ...
Article : 52 wordsThe New York "Times" comments editorially on the Australian Senate's resolution opposing the return of the Pacific islands to Germany. It says: "It is ...
Article : 150 wordsHaving been asked to make a statement as to the Government's policy of improving overseas trade, Sir Arthur Steel Maitland (Parliamentary Secretary of the ...
Article : 135 wordsEvents in Holland are shrouded in mystery. The latest telegram relating to the political situation is dated Thursday, and it is feared that a grave crisis ...
Article : 317 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette" says:—"Only a people destitute of honour and shame could show such an abrupt change from bullying to cringing as is exhibited by defeated ...
Article : 47 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day Mr. Reidy (Nationalist) moved:—"That in the opinion of this House the dominions must be permitted the fullest constitutional ...
Article : 207 wordsMr. Herbert C. Hoover (the Administrator of Food) declares that it is unnecessary for Americans to deprive themselves of a single mouthful of food in order to feed the ...
Article : 56 wordsThe British Admiralty authorities announce that a thirty-six miles oil pipe installation has been opened linking up the Clyde and the Forth, for the purpose ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Riverina is due in Sydney to-morrow morning with five or six hundred troops aboard, as well as passengers. ...
Article : 24 wordsCanadian clubs and other organisations throughout Canada have telegraphed to the Prime Minister (Sir Robert Borden), who is in London, to insist an exemplary ...
Article : 46 wordsNew Zealand prisoners of war are arriving in Britain. Sir Thomas Mackenzie (the High Commissioner for New Zealand) says that the New Zealand military ...
Article : 47 wordsThe military authorities desire to thank the following for services rendered with their motor cars on the occasion of the disembarking of invalids on the 18th inst. :— ...
Article : 69 wordsA French communique issued on Tuesday stated:—"Our advance continues, amidst marked demonstrations of joy on the part of the populations. The material ...
Article : 47 wordsThe House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Bill regulating wages on the war time basis for six months. ...
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