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Show Flgtitluic iu Albania. Loudon, 13. A dispatch from Scutari says fighting has been going on iu the Meridii country, Dervish Pasha having rejected all propositions. proposi-tions. The first day tbe Turks wore beaten, but on the second day they captured the position of Mucla, near Scutari. The result of tho lighting is unknown. A correspondent of tho Manchester Guardian says it is staled that tbe Turkish charge do afUirs at Berlin has telegraphed Safoet Pasha that liismarck advised Turkey to reject re-ject the Russian demands. TURKISH SOLDIERS STARVING. Belgrade, 13. It is stated in official offi-cial circles here that the Turkish army is suffering greatly from want of provisions, and at some places is threatened with starvation. It is fully expected there will be massacres of christians when the Turkish soldiers are reduced to desperation by privation. |