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Show ITALIANS REPULSE TURKSHASSAULT Neither Side Communicates With Washington on the Subject. of Peace. WASHtNGf ON, Nov." l'l. The' slate department has heard from Turkey .Or Italy nothing that would suggest an extension ex-tension of the goot) offices of the United States 1o tcrtninate the present, war since the nollllcatlon from the Italian government, of the annexation of Tripoli. That notification was accompanied by an Intlmutlon that tho good offices of one of the signatory powers of The Haguo convention would be welcomed. As it was conditioned upoiitho acccpt-nnco acccpt-nnco as a fact of the annex:ition of Tripoli, tho state department did not feel free to movrj in tho matter, for any cuch overtures by tho United States to Turkey Tur-key would foil within the category or Intervention, which tin state department has poplllvely refused to take. Dispatches from Tripoli at the Ilalian embassy today say that a battalion of Turks attacked tho Italian troops yesterday, yes-terday, but was repulsed, leaving five dead on the Held. The Italians reported two wounded. A second assault waa repulsed re-pulsed by the Italian troops without loss of life. , Todny the Italian man of war nardo shelled Fort Alforna on the western coast. At nonghazl, Dcrna. and Tobruk. Where now troops have arrived, thc silu-atlon silu-atlon Is reported ne unchanged. Turks Need Ammunition. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Tho Turkish forces aro united In front of Tripoli, with added strength of artillery, hut with little. ammunition, according to dispatches received re-ceived at the Italian embassy. Tho birthday of King Victor Emmanuel Emman-uel was celebrated In Tripoli yesterday, leading Araba expressing their allegiance-to allegiance-to tho Italian sovereign. The authorities distributed money to tho poor In the mosciucs. |