Second Edition TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 November 1912, Page 3

Second Edition TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

HI KI.ttCTUIC TELKGIIArU-COI'VIiIUHTj rPHK l'KKS'j ASSOCIATION-] tttcioived This Day, 11.0 a.m.) WLNTICU STOKES. LONDON, Nov. 20. A severe gale is raging in the Chauiii'l laud on the west wast. The wind i-nust'd the colUip-su of a cr.mo in Vickers and Maxim's .shipyards at Harrow, and two persons were killed and twelve injured. The steamer St. Patrick foundered at Star Point. Live jier.suus were drowned. The actions of the sea cause great erosion on the coast at Phyl (NWth Wales'). This threatens to destroy the railway. THE WAlt. CON'.STANTIXOPLK, Xov. 2i>. I'hili]). Tclio wjts one of Koosevolt's Uoiiirh Riders, failing to >.sA on the Foreign Red Cnviconl Society which undertook tlie work of dealing with cholera at San Stefano, formed a small liody of volunteers to assist Miss Alt. who ho.uaii work without waiting for the other;-:. The Rov. Air Frew, a. Scottish clergyman, .joined (ho lwind. Several Turkish Red Crescent doctors are now organising cholera camps. Vast shelters ;uo boini;; erected ami the majority of the dead have already licon buried in shallow trenches covered with (|iiieklime.

Adrianopie is regarded as the stumbling block in the peace negotiations. The Bulgarians insist on its capitulation. The Turks determinedly oppose this. ST.' PF/nWSBTJTU;. Nov. 2(5. The ■Minister for Foreign Affairs states that reports published in the NVueste Zoitiintr. in reference to Russia's alleged hostile intentions towards her neighbouring States and her military prepartions ato entirely untrue. BELGRADE. Nov. 20. While official circles regard the position as critioal. it is declared that the responsibiltios of the situation has hoc-n shifted to Rt. Petersburg and Vienna. The semi-official paper the Ramon Prava discusses the ensp of M. Proohaslen Cwho was missing) in conciliatory language towards Austria. AT WESTMINSTER. LONDON, Nov. 20. -Mr Ainery (I'niouist) in the Houseof Commons, on the Homo Rule Bill, movuil to reserve power over customs and excise. Every Inderal power, he contended, reserved these powers to the central authority. The J!t, Hun. Herbert Samuel (Post-masici-(.ieneral) said the Bill did not give power to tax articles not iucluded in the British tariff. The amendment wu snegafived by 305 votes to 107. ENGLAND A NO) THE WAR, The various embassies in London deprecate, pessimism, although they hold that the situation ia difiic-rilt. The Powers were workup together tor peace, and the Embassies consider .that the war is criminal and insane. Nobody wants it. England has done much to unite the Powers, who endorse her attitude. BMIITJN", Nov. 26. A more hopeful feeling is prevalent. The Kaiser has induced Anstriia to consent to a conference on Adriatic and Albanian questions. SOFIA, Nov. 26V As a precaution against cholera no more wounded are boing brought into the city.