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Show TURKEY GIVES ITALY FULL SATISFACTIOFJ British Consul Released and the Italian Flag Saluted. LONDON", Feb. 7, 1U:-10 p. m. 'o further fighting in Egypt is reported. Turkish account of that which ha;: already occurred there refers to it as au eucouutcr of vanguards, and adds that tbc battles arc still in progress. This probably is a delayed announcement. announce-ment. The Itnlian report of the return of Baron Buriau, the Austro-Ifimgariau foreign minister irom his visit lo the German emperor, says that the Anstriau cabinet found tho results satisfactory, but were not inclined to give Trentino to Italy and part of Transylvania to Rumania as the price of continued neutrality neu-trality on tho part of those countries. Turkey has at last given Italy satisfaction satis-faction "for tho Hodeida incident. The British consul baa beea released and the Italian flag saluted. English refugees from Constantinople declare that the former German cruiser Goeben, now owned by Turkey, was so badly damaged by striking a Turkish Turk-ish mine that it will be impossible to repair her at Constantinople. This virtual loss of the service of tho Goe-ben Goe-ben reduces the Turkish fleet to a stato of inferiority ay compared with the Russian. Black sea fleet, which -is about to be strengthened by a new dreadnought constructed at iSebastopol. It is believed that when this ship joins the Meet Russia will attack the Bos-pborus Bos-pborus and the Black sea, while the allied fleets attempt to force the Dardanelles. Darda-nelles. Pope Benedict's prayer for peace was read in all the Catholic churches in England and Prance today. COUSTANTINOPLE. via Amsterdam Amster-dam to London, Feb. 7, 10:35 p. m. The official statement issued today by the government says: "Our vanguards arrived in the region re-gion east of the Suez canal and drove back the British outposts against the canal. Battles took place around Is-mailia Is-mailia and El Kantara, and aro still proceeding. ; J LONDON, Feb. 7, 11:25 p. m. Four torpedo boats of the allies have bombarded bom-barded the Turkish forts in the Dardanelles, Dar-danelles, according to an Athens dispatch dis-patch to the Exchange Telegraph company. com-pany. One hundred and seventy-four shells were discharged and two ammunition ammu-nition depots were set on fire. |