Show MY JAY HUE ON 01 I 1 5 MERSINA ae I 1 austrian ships reaby to 83 V I 1 gin bombardment t i PORTE MUST SOON I 1 ihas has one difore day in w which aich to comply with the demands of the aus aug tro hungarland it Is belleree Bell ered tile the sultan will H hold old out oat until the last moment and then I 1 yield ilis his easy victory over greece ilas has completely turned his head ondon london T nov 17 it acears thit that tho the statement tat ement made yesterday in a cell dis dispatch Datch from vienna that the I 1 turkish government in reply to tile the demands ot or baron do de cailee the auit I 1 tro t 0 1 hungarland i un g a alan E ambassador m b as s a d 0 r to t ahie the P porte 0 r t e h had a d agreed gree d t to 0 s salute a 1 u to th the e A aus 1 1 flag atter after dismissing the vall vail ot of adna and the Alia lessart of 0 mersena for indignities offered to the Aul austrian trian was premature the P porte orte has not yet yielded to the Au Aust llan demands dispatches from vienna announce that up to midnight tuesday no inu mat mallon I 1 lias has been rec elied ed of the intention to n I 1 I 1 vi I 1 ot of the turkish government to a dismiss the offending officials or to ea salute a I 1 u to the flag if however the austrian demands aro are not compiled with by noon tomorrow thursday daron baron de calico will leave constantinople and the austrian ships mill ill bombard mer bler bills the 11 vienna fenna correspondent of oc tile times says ays it la Is now expected that the sultan will hold out until the last moment and then yield which may appear to be a clever ettoke ot of allelo acy and something for the turkish 0 III caal press dress to boast abdul harold ham ill Is evidently just now in a 0 frame of 0 mind e a 1 cu 1 a ta d t to 0 i inspire n sp ir 0 s serious e rl ou s c concern 0 n ee rn 1 hla f 1 a e easy a q y vi victory c to r y 0 over v er t the h e L greeks re e k s t together ca with indulgence he was waa accustomed to expect from germany until lately completely turned his head the neue neu africa presse says that earon le de calico calice has seized the th opportunity ot of demanding demand lne from the porte bin binding ling assurances respecting other matters concerning the austrian company which works the oriental railways ian and d relative to M alch representations have already been made repeatedly at constantinople TROUBLE IN IM NIGER REGION town of kong Xong capital ot of kingdom 1 of sons kong razed paris nov ag A special dispatch to tha th journal brines serious news aroi from n tho the niger region west africa in oi 01 der to punish the inhabitants of 0 the town ot of kong capital of the kingdom of kong kon in tho the Ma region of upper guinea tor for their refusal to supply ills hla troops with provisions chief damory ory has raze the town for several weeks the french I 1 newspapers havo been calling upon the government V to send a expedition out ag against chief damory who on au gust brust last hui and routed a french detachment of native troops hell bent t to occupy territory chich lie he had offered to evacuate of 0 the french and forty four men were killed xong kong Is a rich and fertile dependency of the french ivory coal coa L rf it the report published by the paris J journal Is confirmed tit the french government clome it will have no alternative to such a pu punitive nitie expedition im as the french press has been urging it to undertake damory who Is known knoma as Sar samada nadu and w ho was formerly known as tile west maedl Is a a tib on a large scale a w N wholesale liole hole sale slave hunter ile he first came into contact the french in 1021 but in the two years war which hiel followed he was repeatedly defeated in the latter port part 0 f IS ISM I 1 he catriel lit his slave raids far to the south into rato capturing it and 11 d do straying stroy ying lne Fa bawa lodl the capital of sull manla mania and tile the gre treat a t emporium for the trans niger r trade the alie vast tract of country was devo stated thousands of natives were slain thousands more were cold into slavery and the country was so de populated that trade came to it a standstill a and 11 11 the colony ot of sherri leone was waa reduced to the verge of bankruptcy these conquests brought damory a fresh accession of strength and in issa ho be again commenced operations against tile the french provinces on the north to tio severe die defeats feats however brought him to terms tand and in february wil lie he signed i a treaty or of peace with mith tho the french in which he recognized till that t the river niger was the boundary I 1 between e ills his territory and that ot of the french TEAR FEAR A GREAT FLOOD st SL petersburg in danger from being inundated st petersburg nov 16 all day long ions a nerce fil ree wind from tile the sea bea has driven the waters of 0 the neva up stream aal and hooded flooded the canals the suburban iban islands and outlying positions of 0 the city several bridges have been swept avay and ami the hood flood continues to rise threatening to nathau m a grave brave tlona at fro frequent qUent intervals intel vals cannone are fired at the fortress to keep the inhabitants gilr 9 p m thou the vand antl Is now nov abating and it Is possible that the expected great may be averted |