Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-29
MELBOURNE And
SYDNEY FILLED
With SOLDIERS
Men Training for Front and
Wounded Home on FurIough
Seen on Every Hand

hlLO, Dec. "a AuSITdlld Is one
sea of khaki clad men," declared a re-
Gently returned Hiloite, land the war
spirit overpowers everything else.
Nearly everybody has relative at the
front in Europe, and many people are
mourning the loss of brother, father,
cousin or some other relative, Still,
the principal topic is the talk about
the what is regarded in Australasia in
eyitable defeat of the Teutons and
Turks Everybody seems to think
that Lord Kitchener's famous remark
about three years war will be about
right, and preparations are being made
for just such period or more time il
necessary.
I'm every large center and many of
the smaller ones are to he seen men
in camps They are being drilled and
trained in preparation for their going
to the front whenever needed. There
are thousands of men in training and
the spirit shown by them is one of abb
@solute confidence
ION the streets of Sydney and Mel
bourne can be seen hundreds of
wounded men who have returned from
the front. They are cheerful enough
trenches. The war spirit is wonderful
and the Australians are rallying to
the assistance Of their mother coun-
try in a manner that shows that all
the talk before the war of Australia
cutting the painter was born of the
imagination of those who liked to de-
ceive themselves as to the true state
of affairs.
See Few American Newspapers.
There is a hostile feeling in some
quarters toward the United States but
it is not general. Very few Australi-
ans see any American papers, and
they have formed their opinions upon
certain articles that have appeared
from time to time in the press after
being instigated by agents for the Ger
mans who wished to see a GOODNESS
come about between the Australians
and the Americans. Recently there
have been more articles appearing in
the press to show the part the United
States has taken in the supplying of
the necessary munitions of war. and
there is a change in public opinion. /
Many Australian and New Zealand
born persons of German and Austrian
parentage have been attempting to
leave the country, but able-bodied
men have to give very satisfactory
reasons before they are allowed to
board any ship as passengers.
Conditions throughout Australia
are good. The big drought that did
SO much damage to the pasture lands !
and thereby caused the death of hun.
dreds of thousands of sheep, has brok.
en-, and there have been general rains |
in all districts. Still. the price of |
household necessities is high, in fact |
higher than ever before, and the taxes
have so increased that many people |
can hardly make ends meet.
There is decided campaign being |
waged against any German goods. and |
although none are, of course, coming |
in nowadays, the stocks that were
purchased before the war began are |
against. Germany has |
lost a big trade customer In Austria
lasia and New Zealand.
"At Sydney ard Auckland the ports |
where the Canadian-Australian steam
ers call, the greatest precautions are |
taken to Insure the safety of the ves-
sells from any possible attack by bomb |
throwers or dynamite fiends. The |
ships are watched very closely and no
one without pass Is allowed to go |
near them. AT Suya, Fiji, the same |
conditions exist, and every possible |
care is taken to see that no crank |
makes any attempt to harm the yes
sells.
"Just to show how lax the Aus
tralians were regarding the enemy
within their gates it may be stated I
that, months after the war had be-
gun, a full blooded German still re-
tanned bis position as lighthouse keep
er on the South Head entrance to
Port Jackson. Other Germans were
retained in many government posi-
tiofls until the people forced the gov
eminent to discharge them.
ct Is now believed in Australia that
there was plan on foot to have the
German cruisers that were afterwards
chased from South Sea waters to the
Falkland islands where they met their
fate lombard Sydney and Melbourne
and take possession of the seapOrts
The plans included an uprising by the
Germans located in Australia and
general capture of important points,
as we'll as q huge ransom to be paid
Germany. These plans, like those re.
lating to Vancouver, were upset by
the British navy, assisted by its sister
fleet from Australia"
Other reports from Australia say
that the British Empire, as represent.
ed by the southern branches of the ma.
ton. is more closely consolidated now
with the parent country than ever be.
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