Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1910 — A Russian Scare in Australia. [ARTICLE]

A Russian Scare in Australia.

“Russian scares” were at one time common in Sydney and Melbourne. Once, when Australia was not yet connected with the Old World by telegraph, a mail steamer from London beat the record in smart passage, and to signalize the event she fired off all her guns as she advanced up the harbor of Melbourne. But the Melbourne authorities misconstrued this demonstration and, feeling sure that the Russians were really coming at last, promptly mobilized all their military and naval j-esources before they discovered their mistake.