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Show T13E WiK. j London, 2S. It is said that Ruauia' ha given orders for 100 torpedoes to , be dispatched to the Black sea and ' the Danube. The liueo'mn government govern-ment is resolved if possible to destroy or drive aw;iy all Turkish monitors i in or near the mouth of the Danuoe, and then assume the ofleniive with the ironclads they have at Nicolaefi and some torpedo vessels now constructing con-structing at at. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, 28. Grand Duke Nicholas telegraphs that the difficult and complicated task of crossing the Danube is achieved. S;stova and the surrounding heights are in our hand. Gen. Dragomirofl's division with the mountain artillery was the first to cross. Ttiere are now (evening (even-ing of the '27th) on the other side the eighth army corps and the fourth rifle briftade; the thirty-tilth division is now crossing. I nvate dispatches announce that the Russian headquarters have been' transferred to Simnitza. Flags are j flying all over St. Petersburg, ar,d a solemn service of thankaciving has ' Constantinople, 28. In the chamber cham-ber of deputies to-day, the president announced tliat he had received orders from the sultan to declare the session of the chambers. The deputies depu-ties would, however, continue to hold their positions as representatives, and it was possible that they might be assembled for extraordinary besaion to deliberate upon a satisfactory subject, It is thought this expression was meant to allude to a passible conclu-j siou of peace. Vienna, 28. In the lower house of tho rpu;hrat,h tho minister nresideut said no ofleneivo or defensive alliance1 with-Germany had been reluaed, because be-cause none had been asked by Germany. Ger-many. He added that government still maintained its declaration of neutrality. neu-trality. Its relations with tcreign powers were tho same, and there was no occasion for the mobilization of defensive forces. Should events, how-over, how-over, reuiler reinforcement of troops on the frontier necessary, government gov-ernment reserves to itself the power to take such measures as tho protection of immediate interests on the frontier might require. The fact that government govern-ment has hitherto deemed these meas ures unnecessary and from the regard re-gard for its financial position, was a guarantee that it wouiu nui uuupi them prematurely, nor to a greater or less extent than necessary. Bucharest, 28.- Bulgarians in the Dobrudecha are arming against the Turks. The fourth army corps from the interior of Russia is now entering Rou mania via Belgrade Caltaro. All Turkish regulars in Herzegovina have been ordered to march to Albania, whither stores and provisions have been dispatched from all districts between be-tween Metkavich and Mostar. Erzeroum, 28. A Russian column 15,000 strong arrived before Khoras-sim Khoras-sim in the rear of the Turkish centre. Captain Mehemed with a brigade has occupied ivukrikoi, to the went of Khorassan. Nine hundred and eight wagons with ammunition have been sent to Mukhtar Pasha's csmp. |