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Newspaper
Armidale Chronicle
Location
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 19, 1919
Page
4
The article cautions that reducing weapons and private munitions would align with a lawful covenant. It argues that nations honoring treaties prevent world conflict and limit war to contained traits, avoiding a predatory plunge into a wider war that could threaten global order.
Armidale Repatriation Committee learns repatriation regulations repeal. Wallomombi Welcome Home League plans Friday gathering with medals to be awarded. Local motor prosecutions include a driving incident with fines. Ministerial visit canceled affecting Armidale High School inspection. Giant sunflowers impress gardeners with extraordinary size. Soldiers memorial site suggestion discussed for Beardy and Faulkner streets. Vagrant thunderstorms miss Armidale. rainfall reports vary. Motorcycle club forms after a successful ride to Uralla Lagoon. Armidale Net School Band performances praised for short existence and rapid progress.
A magistrate adjourned the case of Tony Getta charged with cash drawer shortage at the Halfway Department after testimonies from E M Jodien JP and constable Eagieton. Prolonged evidence described breakfast, unbolted doors, and missing funds totaling around £2 16s, with multiple porters and a roommate named Smith implicated in the banknote trace.
The blind tea merchant ex Trooper G Coates sent the last list of tea orders to Mrs J J Bllis who reports altering another list. To view the general desire to avoid public parading the committee postponed the social feed for the Soldiers' Club Rooms on Monday evening to a later date.
Telegraphic summaries report fresh influenza cases in Victoria and Adelaide with totals rising to 3605 in Victoria and 88 dead in the state. Widespread notes cover wages during closures, commissions into the epidemic in New Zealand, mask debates for judges, hotel reopenings, Auckland tramway wage talks, and a ferry hazard warning. Obituary notes include J. B. Richoleon, former NSW legislator.
Reuter’s Vancouver report notes Germany accepts terms for an armistice extension and an Allied Commission plans to send a mission including a British general to arrange a settlement between Poles and Ukrainians. Poles defend Limbers with limited troops against better equipped Ukrainians. Belgian troops arrive at Ghent to protect administration amid Sparizriat activity.
A Berlin telegram reports Marshal Peel refused to extend the two hour response window for the amended armistice. Meanwhile the Entente Naval Commission has reached Kiel.
Reported notes warn that delays in disarming certain submarines may lead to their breakup if not completed by the 47th. Bolsheviks desert window and bombardment by British warships cited as consequences. British occupy Angora and Kenneth amid shifting neutral status under the League. President Wilson's remarks to American correspondents frame liberty of the seas as dead under a League regime.
The Fossian position dominates discussions as Winston Churchill and Henry Wilson join the Council. Many resolutions target German expansion and Syria, with amendments to the League Covenant under review before a plenary session in three to four weeks. Two official texts exist in French and English, the French version being the final one for interpretive disputes.
The King's Speech sparks debate over proportional measures for workers and social welfare. Labour drafts amendments criticizing omissions and calls for a dedicated conference on industrial unrest involving miners, rail, and transport unions, affecting nearly two million workers. The Leader urges Parliament to back constitutional labour unity while reports claim Canada’s premier may engage as a new ambassador.
A Durham Castle correspondent reports that the national deputation learned there would be no sail by the British ship. They pressed for passages on a non-British vessel at the soonest possible date, seeking safe passage amid shifting arrangements.
New York learns from Paris that renewed pressure will be exerted on the War Council for immediate intervention in Russia. Lord French urges action against the Bolsheviks on a large scale while Americans maintain a policy of limited military engagement.
Stockholm correspondent reports that Nadel’s arrest dealt a blow to Lenin’s plan to win over the German proletariat and dampen Spartacist ardor. Radek used Berlin as a center aided by funds. documents showed a plan for proletarian rising in Germany with SPD involvement.
The report describes a broad insurrection against Bolshevik rule with strong forces led by Tarse and Haat Gepomny. Coordinated attacks from Lato press the regime as Bolshevike prisoners face the Winddu crackdown, signaling widespread unrest and a dangerous security crisis.
The text reports a harsh German stance during a food aid dispute, detailing a military command that refuses entry to American members of the Food Commission and blocking provision shipments. It notes tense border crossings and strained relations at the front, with unclear names and dates due to garbled OCR.
A newspaper note commends Jellicge’s explanation of the Jutland report as seamanlike and forthright. It rebukes premature critics and suggests the navy’s traditions were preserved, noting the error spared the enemy fleet from total destruction.
A Tokyo sourced Japanese report states the government limits peace delegates to press for Japanese administration of the Marshall and Caroline Islands. The note highlights Tokyo’s stance amid postwar pacific adjustments and territorial claims.
Ukalhead of Continua reports Mr Jefimes is held by Peturis. Poles and Lithunians describe their tense positions as ghoul Lenmibere. Hostilities may persist without urgent action from the Peace Conference.
The Times Welsingfare correspondent reports Bolshevik leaders violently quarrelling over the Prinkge invitation. Lenin at Moscow Envies warned that communism would be crushed unless fresh methods are adopted and said they would gain nothing by skipping the conference.
Paris receptions of the League covenant mix caution with hope as France calls for a ready international army to guarantee security. France warns that without American and British guarantees and rapid mobilization within fourteen days, the League risks failure amid postwar armament strains and German aggression. Britain may back the request, but President Wilson opposes passing the proposal in the Senate.
Analysis of debates on the Covenant within the League of Nations includes support for the White Australia policy and concerns over its implications. The article notes that Japan may question the philosophy while recognizing that the Anglo Japanese Alliance could be altered. Delegates praise the Covenant as a world approval mark, with differing national positions reflected by Dominions representatives and Mr Hughes.
Master J. Delaney of Glen Innes son of J. Delaney and De La Salle Colleen Anni dote, achieved fine passes in November exams scoring high in Mathematics Hea ven and History with Chemistry Latin and French at higher standard. He earned a bursary to Sydney University and qualified for a cadet position with the Survey Department ranking fourth of 30. Previous intermed exams yielded strong marks and he placed second in the state in a public service exam.
Reported plan shows Armidale to be included in a broad Northern tour visiting major towns every ten months to promote eye service growth in the Commonwealth. The Red Cross benefit event scheduled for March 1st was postponed, and a hot weather pattern persisted across the state with several towns setting new records. A report from Wellington New Zealand mentions a police incident and a soldier named Sohen Tanwren. further details remain unclear due to fragmented text.
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