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Show THE EAM'I'itX WAR j Athens, 20. A new Greek army corps is forming in Tm-i.ily. Constantiiiopic, 26. A council had br'cn established at the war office to direct military operations. Moscow, 20 Intelligence from Epa toria announces that most of Hie wealthiest families have fled to Sim ferapol and other towns in tho interior. inte-rior. All simps are cloned. The rcadtttcad ia diverted, all merchant tibips having left, iuid the small j vcfnels havo been bunk or hauled ! ashore. Loudon, 26. Turkish sympathizers hero are panic-utricken by tho announcement an-nouncement tiiat Mukhtar l'aaha removes his headquarters to Erza roum. This is a practical acknowledgment acknowl-edgment that the attempt to incite serious Circassian demonstration against the invaders' flank has failed. It also means the abandonment of Kars to its fate, because it has already been outlUnked, and because of his probable inability to hold theSuugatou passes against the Russians for want of heavy guns in position, in which case Erzeroum itself must soon fall and the Turks retreat entirely from that section, as tho alternative of capture. The Turks have bpen thoroughly outgeneralled. It is difficult diffi-cult to see how even desperato valor can retrieve their misfortunes. Al ruady the Russians hold the key to all tho Black sea coast in Asiatic Turkey worth fighting for, |