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...direct and absolute commands issued recently by British Emperor George V was cabled to Santa Barbara, Calif., into the harbor of which steamed, last week, H. M. S. Durban, carrying Prince George, youngest son of Their Majesties, in his technical capacity of a mere Naval Lieutenant...
Prince George, fourth son of Britain's George V, was assigned to the war boat Durban, last week, as "an interpreter in French." George V, the second son of Edward VII, was merely commander of H. M. S. Melampus when the death of his elder brother, now known as the Duke of Clarence, made him Prince of Wales, later King-Emperor...
...noise of drums. Drums-but was it drums that beat among the trees, roaring up the dirt path, nearer in the night? A motor-cycle leaped out of the circle of woods; another followed; white men with pistols untied the writhing woman, took the witch-man, the warriors into Durban, tried them in court and put them in jail, saying that they had been guilty of disorderly conduct, at midnight, in the jungle, while tom-toms rustled and torches veered...
...side of the strikers and began to steal the members of the regular union. Throughout the Commonwealth the strike spread rapidly. Australia was affected at once. There Tom Walsh led the insurgent seamen. Last week 33 ships were tied up at Melbourne. Twelve liners were unable to leave Durban (South Africa). Newcastle (New South Wales), Cape Town, Rangoon (Burma), Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch (New Zealand) were all affected...
...Federal Government in Australia took measures against the strikers. Walsh and other strike leaders were summoned before the Deportation Commission. In South Africa, Premier Hertzog, sitting perilously atop a coalition Govern-hands off. It was reported that 700 Lascars had shipped from Bombay to man the vessels at Durban...