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General Hamilton’s List

BRITISH PARLIAMENT PROROGUED History’s Greatest Session ■ I ' AMERICA'S LATEST MOVE RUSSIAN HEROINE'S EXPLOITS

CURRENT WAR TOPICS.

The list of honored New Zealanders published in to-day’s cablegrams is confirmation of the splendid reports oi the gallantry of our men in the sad hut glorious chapter of the war which was written in blood on the shores of Gallipoli. Many a sigh will accompany the reading of General Sir )an Hamilton’s report of those “mentioned in despatches,” for all too often is noted the name of some brave man who was ■ known to us in the flesh, but who now lies buried on the enemy’s shore in a soldier’s grave. Yet pride will overcome sorrow in the knowledge that those sacrifices were not made willingly, but gladly, and if the dead speak in that list to even one shirker and he sees the error of his ways our dead will not have died in vain. The mention of Lieutenant-Colonel Malone will be received with mixed feelings of pride and regret. Recognised as a born soldier who gravitated from the land to the ranks and above them, and who was beloved among men as a pattern of honor, sincerity, and practicability, the name of the Wellington Battalion’s late commander will go down in the history of New Zealand’s part in the war as an example of a true soldier and patriot. It will be a source of gratification, but of another kind, to note the names of other of the Wellington Battalion figuring m the list of the honored. In this connection, one who is intimately known to this district is Corporal Barker, DCM of Cardiff, to whom the peo--pie have ,already had the pleasure of offering their congratulations. The list is a fairly lengthy one,, and among the recipients is our late Commandant of the Forces, General Sir Arthur Godley, whose advancement m the high opinion of military circles all New Zealand' will he glad to learn. — The Emperor Francis Joseph I. of Austria, is seriously ill, and to a man ,of his age—he wa s born in 1830—two paralytic strokes following closely upon each other are almost certain to end fatally. That the death of this monarch, who was born to trouble and has had a life of sorrow, will not make much difference to the trend of events in the great war struggle almost goes without saying, but still with the polyglot population of the country it has been surprising for long that the Empire has held together. That magic link was alone the personal influence of the Emperor Francis Joseph, who succeeded his uncle Ferdinand I. as Emperor of Austria on December 2 1848. The dual sovereignty embracing the empire of Austria and the Kingdom of .Hungary was brought about by the agreement of 1867, when he was crowned King of Hungary. The two States are perfectly independent of each other, possessing each its own constitution, legislature, and executive for most State affairs, hut the bond of union is the common monarchy and a close and intimate political alliance. The beginning of Emperor Francis Joseph’s reign in 1848 was marked by important events. Hungary was m a state of rebellion, but with the aid of Russia it was suppressed, though with great severity, and gradually th e insurrections in the other parts of the Austrian Empire were put down. The re-establishment of the Austrian monarchy was followed by a movement for the union of Germany. The influence of Prussia was steadily increasing, and in 1850 war between Prussia and Austria seemed imminent. But before the supremacy of Germany was decided, Austria entered a war .with Sardinia and France in Italy, and was beaten in two battles in 1859, and in the (peace which followed she lost Lombardy except the fortress of Mantua and Peschiera. In 1864 Austria joined Prussia in wresting Schleswig-Hol-stein and Lauenburg frofti Denmark; cwbut in 1866 the allies fell out and went to war. The famous six weeks’ war settled once and for all the question of Prussian or Austrian predominance in Germany. Beaten at Sadowa, Ans.ti ia was compelled to recognise the supremacy of Prussia. In 1867 the emperor wisely restored to Hungary the constitution taken from her in 1848, and with his consort was crowned at Pest amid great public rejoicings. Aftei the Franco-Prussian war of- 1870-1, Bismarck established with Austria and

movements. But owing to the events in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-8, the friendship of Austria and Russia came to an end, and in 1879 Bismarck signed a close defensive, alliance with Austria. In 1882 Italy 'joined it, and the league has since been known as the Triple Alliance dissolved of course when Italy joined us. The treaty of Berlin, in 1878, gave to Austria the protectorate over Bosni aand Herzegovina, and ui' 5.U58 these provinces were definitely annexed to the empire, while the sanjak of Novi-Bazar, which had been under Austrian military occupation, was evacuated and restored to Turkey. This precipitated another Balkan crisis. Bulgaria declared her independence of Turkey, and Servia issued a call to arms and “appealed to the Powers for protection. Turkey boycotted Austrian goods, and demaxid ed compensation for the provinces, and peace was arranged by Austria’s offer to pay £2,500,000 as compensation, which Turkey accepted.

Russia the Alliance of the Three E™perors ; to preserve the status quo in Europe, and to oppose all revolutionary

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 46, 29 January 1916, Page 5

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General Hamilton’s List Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 46, 29 January 1916, Page 5

General Hamilton’s List Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 46, 29 January 1916, Page 5

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