GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14523, 27 November 1912, Page 9

GENERAL NEWS.

TROUBLESOME REFUGEES. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 25. The British merchantman Orsis, carrying six hundred Salonica refugees, ran short of food. The refugees menaced the captain and crew, and on arrival at Constantinople the armoured cruiser Hampshire was sent to guard tho Orsis.

PRINCE OE ALBANIA

BUCHAREST, November 35. An Albanian-Mahommedan deputation has arrived, seeking the King's consent to the nomination of Prince Charles as Prince of Albania when tho Principality is created.

PANIC ON BERLIN BOURSE. BERLIN, November 25. The Bourse is in a state of panic. WEEK-END ALARMS CONDEMNED

LONDON, November 25. Tho "Standard" considers that the week-end alarms concerning the international situation did not justify tho action ot a section of the English and Continental Press in adding to the gcare by giving prominence to rumours intended to influence the Bourses. The action was reprehensible.

SAN STEFANO CHOLERA CAMP.

CONSTANTINOPLE, November 25, A Greek lady has joined Miss Alt at the San Stefano cholora camp. Major Ford, an American, is the only volunteer doctor in the camp, but Mr Philip Secretary to the United States Embassy, and Mr Maurice Baring, the well-known author, aro assisting.

THIRD BATTLE SQUADRON.

LONDON, November 25. The Third Battlo Squadron has returned to Malta from tho East. This movement is interpreted as duo to tho easing of tho Balkan situation.

CHOLERA SPREADING

(Received November 2Gth, 11.15 p.m.) LONDON, November 2<5. Tho correspondent of tho "Daily News" at Semlin, Hungary, reports that cholera is spreading north, and has reached Bulgaria. Tho news is strictly ceusorocl. Several hundred cases have occurred at Mustapha Pasha, where tho sanitary and hospital arrangements aro dangerously inadequate. Tho school has been converted into a hospital. Many arc lying on tho floor. Tho corpses aro often untouched for twenty-four hours. At Maritza the water is contaminated.