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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 07, 1870
Page
20
The speaker urges swift, multilingual assistance for the sick and wounded in the war. There is no limit to methods of sympathy as delays cost lives. Readiness to help quickly adds value, and even a day of hesitation can mean many deaths.
In a Times letter from Constantinople dated August 19, the writer argues that Europe’s sixty years of peace ended with the Paris riot and the rise of the empire of peace. War is justified by armaments and ambition, and the author calls for disarmament as the path to security. He warns that without it nations will continue to arm and conflict will escalate, urging rulers to adopt liberty first to secure lasting peace.
The War Office issues circulars detailing new rules for the Volunteer force including schools of instruction at Woolwich Chatham Aldershot Glasgow London and Manchester and the distribution of Snider breech loaders to rank and file under strict conditions. Officers will attend for one month receive five shillings a day and may extend at their own expense with quarters provided when possible.
The milliners craft horror themed finery as wartime ephemera. Ad copy touts Mitrailleuse fabric for endless wear and items like Crab Fritz and Black silk at panic prices. French fashion nods to Revolution and Vendéan hats, with Emigre bonnet favored. ominous tone implied.
Brussels votes 100000f for French and Prussian wounded and to set apart hospitals. Empress Eugénie’s despatch praised, while Prussian proclamations promise safety and order. Reports of Gravelotte and Metz actions, Radziwill, Pemberton, and the Wacht am Rhein celebration mark a turbulent wartime panorama.
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