"EUROPE NOT FOR US."

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 1927, 19 November 1912, Page 3

"EUROPE NOT FOR US."

MOSQUES FULL OF REFUGEES

j London, November 11. All the mosques in Stambul and tho suburbs are full of refugees who ' nro eager to get to Asia Minor. "Europo is not for us" is the keynote of their cry. They will not return to the villages, and they say that if the Government will give them land across tho water they will go. Many have already taken their departure. Tho influx of people to the capital is already beginning to tell its talo. Kapine, pillage, and massacre are becoming more and more frequent, and the populace is in a state of fearful suspense. MODERN WARFARE. WOUNDS THAT DO NOT KILL. London, November S. After examining a thousand of tho wounded lying in Belgrade hospitals, Professor Jcdlicka has expressed his i surprise at tho remarkably quick 1 manner in which tho wounds have i healed. Ho characterises the modern rill© as a weapon which disables but 'seldom kills. PANIC IN THE HAREM. SULTAN'S TREASURES DESPATCHED. London, November 8. The Treasures from the Sultan's palace have been secretly despatched | to another place. i A vessel is waiting with steam up day and night to carry the Sultan and his court and tho ladies of his j harem. A state of panic exists in the royal household. BULGARIAN ASPIRATIONS. WANT ONE (TURK EACH. London, November 8. Eight hundred Bulgarians havo arrived at Liverpool from Canada, en routo to the battlefields. They were afraid that the war was over, and when they were infrmed that hostilities wero continuing they embraced in hilarious delight. They display tho greatest anxiety to kill at least one Turk each. BALKAN RULERS' TITLES. KING OF ALL THE SERBS. London, November 8. A message from Berlin announces that the new titles of tho Balkan Sovereigns will be: Emperor of Bulgaria, King of MontenegrOj King of Albania, and King of all the Serbs. It is also stated that the Triple Alliance intends to mako the Duke of Abruzzi King of Albania.

A MIGHTY FLEET. POREEGNERS WATCHING TURKEY. SPECIAL TO THE SYDNEY SUN. London, Nov. 11. The international fleet in Turkish waters now includes: — Great Britain. —Eight battleships, five cruisers, one gunboat, ten destroyers. France. —Five Cruisers. Russia. —One cruiser. Austria. —Three battleships, two cruisers, two destroyers. j Holland. —Two cruisers. Spain. —One cruiser. MISSION OF MEDIATION. SERVIA AND AUSTRIA. London, Nov. 11. M. Daneff, president of the Bulgarian Parliament, has undertaken a mission of mediation at the instance of King Ferdinand. He has arrived in Vienna, and has had consultations with Emperor Francis Joseph and Archduke Francis, heir-presumptive to the throne. The president is strivng to ascertan a baso of compromise between Servia and Austria, but pessimistic views have been expressed as to his success.

The Vienna correspondent of The Times, however, say that Austrians holding high offices, including miltary men, who can speak with authority, consider that it would bo difficult to inspire the Austrian army with the warlike enthusiasm that would be necessary for a modern conflict, if the question at stake were merely that of throttling Servian commerce.

WIRELESS AND WAR. SHIPS IN TOUCH WITH HOME. London, Nov. 12. The British warships in the Dardanelles aro in constant touch with the Poldhu wireless station in Cornwall, England. But with this improvement in communications has arisen an obstacle. The warships of the nations all want to get through to their Governments at the same time, and messages have thus been blockedNow the different interests have agreed to telegraph at specified times.