The Leipzic "Tageblatt" states that prior to the revolution the ex-King of Bavaria endeavoured to establish a South German Rhine Alliance for a separate peace with ...
Article : 41 words"Out of work, but never so pleased to lose a job in my life," as he himself expressed it, there arrived in Perth by Saturday's goldfields express Captain Hugo ...
Article : 1,507 wordsA report from Treves states that the armistice prolongation stipulates that the two and a half million tons of shipping lying in German ports must be placed ...
Article : 236 wordsWhen our report of the proceedings in the Legislative Assembly closed on Saturday morning the House in Committee was considering the Wheat Marketing Bill. It ...
Article : 1,132 wordsField-Marshal Haig issued the following report on Friday:—"Our advanced troops yesterday crossed the Rhine and began the occupation of the Cologne bridgehead. ...
Article : 138 wordsThe day's work of the Australian troops consists of short formal parades and route marches in order to keep the troops healthy and fit for any emergency: ...
Article : 861 wordsThe large profits of the British Expeditionary Force canteens of which many were established throughout the war behind the lines in France will be ...
Article : 36 wordsFrench and Italian cruisers and a destroyer flotrilla, met the liner George Washington in the open sea, and escorted her through a lane of American battleships to ...
Article : 445 wordsThe Women's Demobilisation Department will probably urge the creation of a standard wage for domestic servants. Thousands of girls formerly employed at shell ...
Article : 57 wordsA fire at Friedrichshafen, on the shores of Lake Constance, partly destroyed a Zeppelin factory. Enormous damage was done. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicie," says that a stranger gets a startling impression that the inhabitants of the Rhine towns are ...
Article : 197 wordsIgnatius Tribich Lincoln the self-confessed spy, who in 1910 was M.P. for Darlington, has been denaturalised as a British subject. ...
Article : 253 wordsThe French flotilla of gunboats and motor launches which is going to the Rhine will be divided into five groups. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the course of the disturbances in Metz on December 7 the German shop windows were smashed and the goods looted. The French authorities acted drastically with ...
Article : 72 wordsA mass meeting held on Saturday night carried a resolution that in the interests of humanity and peace and the safety of South Africa the German colonies cannot ...
Article : 180 wordsGeneral von Kluck, in a recent interview, stated that the Germans had a colossal flag 400 yards square which it was intended to hoist on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. ...
Article : 103 wordsThe "Tageblatt" (Berlin) states that the Entente is preparing an ultimatum to Germany, giving the country the choice of immediately establishing a Government ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. W. M. Hughes is inviting, through the newspapers, British manufactures to establish branches in Australia, pointing out the abundance of raw materials and ...
Article : 63 wordsA correspondent of the London "Daily Express" in Berlin interviewed Herr Ebert, who said that the problem of political development was inseparable from the food ...
Article : 163 wordsReports from Berlin assert that the Allies have refused to despatch foodstuffs to Germany until the Soldiers and Workmen's Councils have been disbanded. It is ...
Article : 53 wordsThe next Australian mail will leave on December 17. via Suez. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe representative of the United Press Association aboard the President's vessel states that Dr. Wilson will confer with the Allied Premiers informally on December 17, ...
Article : 119 wordsMr. Frank Simmonds commenting in the New York 'Sun," on the German propaganda, the purpose of which is to divide the associated Powers at the peace ...
Article : 180 wordsIt is announced that United States shipping has been increased by 617,000 tons since September. ...
Article : 21 wordsA telegram from Berlin states that the differences between the Provisional Government and the Soldiers' Council continue. The latter opposes summoning of the ...
Article : 105 wordsAdmiral Badger, of the General Naval Board, has recommended that it is necessary that the United States by 1925 should possess a navy equal to any other in the ...
Article : 39 wordsPresident Wilson has accepted the King's invitation to visit London. ...
Article : 21 wordsIt is understood that when the Australians arrived at Devonport for embarkation they held a meeting, and protested against sailing without leave. A message was sent ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" states that the French Government has placed at the disposal of the American armies in France its higher ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Berlin papers report that the ex-Empress is again seriously ill, suffering from a mental breakdown. The ex-Kaiser's stables have been ...
Article : 98 wordsThe representative of the United Press Association, telegraphing from Brest, states that the American peace delegation will contend that a league of nations must form ...
Article : 43 wordsSwitzerland on Germany's behalf, has urged the United States to hasten the peace conference because of the fear of famine in Germany. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Allies have sent seperate Notes to Holland regarding the ex-Kaiser. The "Telegraf" anticipates a serious situation, because it expects that Holland will refuse ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. J. R. Clynes, speaking at Nottingham, expressed his inability to confirm the statement that he was going to attend the Peace Conference. ...
Article : 74 wordsMajor-General Kenley has revealed that 5,000 airmen and 10,000 aeroplanes were the basis of the American aircraft Programme. The United States had not a ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. and Mrs. J. Stockdill, of 40 Cowle-street, West Perth, have been notified that their only son, Private Herbert Stockdill who was wounded in September, is now convalecent. ...
Article : 161 wordsGeneral Monash left the Australian Corps recently in order to take up new duties in London as head of the demobilisation scheme. The senior divisional ...
Article : 425 wordsAdvices from Vienna state that Count Czernin, the ex-Premier, explained in an interview that General von Ludendorff prevented peace. Whenever the Allies were ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Norwegian Government proposes that the Danish and Swedish Governments shall take steps to secure Scandinavian representation at the Peace Conference, ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Department of Agriculture estimates the yield of the corn crop this year at 2,582,000,000 bushels, and the wheat crop at 917,000,000 bushels. ...
Article : 29 wordsIt is expected that Jonkheer van Karuebeek, the Netherlands' Foreign Secretary, will resign owing to difficulties with the Allied Foreign Ministers. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Lambeth Coroner warmly praised the conduct of Private Frank Cosgrove, an Australian, for pluckily rescuing a youth named Lunnon. The latter dashed into the ...
Article : 77 wordsA message from Kimberley states that at the annual meeting of the De Beers' Company last Friday morning the report showed that the revenue from diamonds ...
Article : 83 wordsIt was stated officially to-night that all the detailed lists of released vessels for Australia, and the tonnage forecasts, with the exception of the 16 wheat ships, the ...
Article : 185 wordsThe Pekin correspondent of the New York "Times" states that the Chinese Peace Delegation will ask at the conference for the return of Tsing-tau to China. ...
Article : 71 wordsIn the Netherlands' Second Chamber on Friday there was a lengthy debate on the alleged Belgian designs on Dutch Limburg. The Premier said that the Government was ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the United Press Association states that the State Department has denied the report that the Allies will occupy Berlin. ...
Article : 34 wordsOfficers from Germany are now comfortably housed in Jutland. They include Captain A. Robertson, 21st Battalion, and Lieutenant I. Ward, Flying Corps, both ...
Article : 29 wordsAn Irish delegation has urged the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives to pass a resolution urging the peace delegation to request the freedom, ...
Article : 41 wordsIn view of the recent passage of German troops and material through Limburg Belgium has requested Holland to grant facilities for the forwarding of war ...
Article : 47 wordsA message from Pietermartizburg states that a meeting at Newcastle Natal, has passed a resolution against the retaining of Germans in the Union. The Minister ...
Article : 71 wordsIncluded in the final report of the Wheat Marketing Commission are the following references:— "Gristing Agreements.—The Commission's ...
Article : 649 wordsDr. von Febrenbach, President of the Reichstag, is summoning the Reichstag to meet at Frankfort. Von Hindenburg has promised to send troops to guard the ...
Article : 125 wordsAn aeroplane with a crew of six left Ipswich yesterday, on a flight to Karachi and Delhi. ...
Article : 26 wordsReports from Munich (Bavaria) state that the Premier (Herr Eisner) had a lengthy official conference, with the Entente representatives on December 10, at which the ...
Article : 45 wordsA message from Odessa states that at the request of the inhabitants, the French landed a naval force to restore order and to expel 4,500 German troops, who, ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Minister for Industries (Mr. R. T. Robinson) stated yesterday that he had had very favourable reports regarding samples of oilstones which had been ...
Article : 302 wordsAeroplane firms are converting their machines for peace purposes, and are providing a small promenade deck, state cabins, and sleeping berths. They are planning a ...
Article : 44 wordsMr. Justice Higgins has presented to the Australian War Museum a complete record in photograph of the history of the 8th Light Horse Regiment from the time ...
Article : 56 wordsIn the Chamber of Deputies the Under-Secretary (M. Deschamps) announced that the demobilisation of reservists would begin on December 25. Altogether 1,200,000 ...
Article : 48 wordsAs the result of a conference in London between Mr. Lloyd George and the representatives of the cotton spinners, a basis for the settlement of the strike has been ...
Article : 61 wordsIt is announced that prior to August 150 German submarines and seven Austrian submarines had been sunk. The Germans then had built 331 submarines, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 wordsA message from Laibach states that an American squadron has arrived at Pola, and has assumed command there, including the South Slav warships which are ...
Article : 39 wordsAsked yesterday if he would reply to the statements made regarding the purchase of livestock by the State for soldier settlers, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Clarke) ...
Article : 84 wordsReports from Hamburg state that all the interned British merchantmen in German ports will be assembled at Kiel, where they will be manned by German crews and ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Press Burean has published an interesting review of the activities of the Royal Air Force and the anti-submarine home coast patrol during the last seven ...
Article : 91 wordsA message from Helsingfors (Finland) states that a British squadron arrived at Reval on December 12. ...
Article : 24 wordsA cable message has been received by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) from the Secretary of State for the Colonies stating that, in view of the altered ...
Article : 92 wordsA wireless message from Moscow demands that Berlin should restore the sum of 32,000,000 marks deposited by the Soviet Government in a Berlin bank. ...
Article : 32 wordsA correspondent of the London "Morning Post" narrates how a British prisoner of war reached Tournai after the armistice was signed. He had the word "Germany" ...
Article : 83 wordsFranco-Serbian detachments have entered Budapest the capital of Hungary. ...
Article : 13 wordsCasualty lists 451 and 451A were released by the Censor on Saturday and are published hereunder. They contain the names of Western Australian soldiers, ...
Article : 624 wordsFollowing upon representations made by the Seamen's Union, the Union Steamship Company has agreed to arrange for improved accommodation for seamen on 14 ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Finnish Diet has elected General Mannerheim, commander of the Finnish army, Administrator of Finland. General Mannerheim will visit London shortly. ...
Article : 30 wordsAccording to reports from Vienna, the Czecho-Slovaks have occupied the German-Bohemian towns of Roichenberg, Tranterau and Gablonz. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe British Government has outlined a scheme under which it offers to pay for the higher education of soldiers who are likely to benefit thereby. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 16 Dec 1918, Page 7
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