| Show BY telegraph i r pitr K 1 western UNION TELEGRAPH LINE F 0 it E r G N tut Itt RANGOON NGOON 12 advices advises just received from Al andalay mandalay state that the burmese have retained the steamer which was sent to Al mandalay andalay to bring away the europeans and threaten to bum hum her if she attempts to leave the foreigners are not allowed to leave the tile british expeditionary force under general Pren degast will cross the frontier of burmah on next sunday the flotilla is now ready and comprises arises 45 steamers flats and floasin floating flo atin I 1 batteries at teries the latter being fitted 0 out ul from six of the largest barges each of the floate floating batteries carries two 60 bounder howitzers howit and are attended ey by armed launches twelve 25 biege guns suns are mount edl on the the steamers the force numbers men camp followers mules and tw two elephant batteries king theebam has issued a proclamation declaring he will not accept the absurd propositions of the indian government ern ment and therefore declaring war he promises personally to lead his troops and calls upon his subjects to fight for the defense of their country and religion the euro Earo europeans beans beaus are not to be molested until the invaders cross the frontier when all will be slain many europeans are leaving mandalay unhindered the italian consul will remain for the present CALCUTTA IS 13 lord dufferin viceroy of india has ordered gen gencen bien mieu tergast der gast commander of the burmah expeditionary force to invade forthwith and proceed with all haste to capture mandalay the british forces will now cross the frontier immediately recent dispatches f from rom rangoon state that the inhabitants of districts of burmah where no large garrisons are maintained are greatly alarmed over the reports that thai king abebaw has subsidized dacotah to cross the frontier and begin plundering and murdering at the first note of war the dacotah are robbers who work in large gangs and are noted for their bold exploits having neither baggage nor commissariat these bands travel with marvelous speed and it will be hard f for fon or the british troops to catch them BERLIN 13 the five german amer icons cans whose expulsion from the island of fahr yahn was recently ordered by the german government were expelled under the law of 41 which has been revived and which does doea not allow foreigners to settle or even to beside temporarily pora rily at that place unless the local authorities permit them LONDO LONDON X ia 13 government has ordered the governor of goldbath Cold bath fields prison to treat mr stead editor of the fali fall mail vall gazette as a first class misdemeanant deme anant PARIS 13 the french courts have pronounced renounced a divorce between madame Nicoll nl and the well known tenor manchester 13 harwoods Ila iia cotton mills at balton are arc burned loss tomoo je D DUBLIN 13 the nationalist convention at armagh today to day rejected parness Par nells neUs nominee for member of parliament and selected a journeyman tailor of armagh named biair blair the convention was a strong one LONDON 14 A dispatch from belgrade says sacs it IV is officially announced that the bulgarians Bulga rians havitz attacked the serviano ians at velsina Vea sina king milan accepts the act as a declaration of war peace is therefore ended at 6 this morning KI king n III ill milan has assumed command of the servian army active operations will begin at once later the servian army has commenced moving movlud forward and an advance on sofia is anticipated the tile troops display much enthusiasm BELGRADE 14 dispatches Des patches f from rom the front state that s harp sharp fighting ha has 8 occurred between the advance edards ua d of the servian and bulgarian Buiz bulz arlan arian armies on the road between tein and blashia Bla the buican Bulsar lans ians retired the servian army is marching arching in in three divisions on sofia general her ner katovitch vat commander of the left ivin wing general Lesh yania of the right wing and king milan of the centre the the rhe whole force is expected to concentrate at sofia on november ad the roads are covered with snow A servian division is marching from direct on sofia they will probably have the first decisive battle of the war early tomorrow to morrow when they are expected to reach a difficult and rocky gorge of the Dragon lar defile where a number of bulgarian battalions have been concentrated and where a stand may be made LoN los LONDON box DOX 14 the thi declaration of war by servia against bulgaria caused a depression in the london stock market english railway securities and european bonds fell two per cent LONDON 14 A dispatch from belgrade this eveylne even everil everli ine lne liz states that kin kinz king I 1 R milan bodaj today to day dax I 1 informed the powers that servia h has s declared war against bulgaria arla aria because bulgaria arbitrarily attached a position which the division of the kings troops held in the servi servian an territory terri territory torf torT opposite the bulgarian frontier king milan has also issued a proclamation which is in substance as follows servia cannot allow bulgaria which has already proved a had neighbor to disturb the balance of power poser in the balkans to her exclusive addan ad van tace tase 11 he then alludes to what lie he calls uhe the lh unjustifiable bulgarian custom duties on the frontier the unlawful seizure of and the encouragement by bulgaria of the servian rebels condemned for high treason king milan lilan evidently refers to peko the chief Pa the servian radical leader who was expelled by hing king milan ulian from the copies of the revolute revolutionary 0 n ii proclamations signed by these me men n a and n ryd distributed throughout servia were recently found by servian officials and the latter claimed they were disseminated by the revolutionaries under bulgarian protection this bulgaria denied claiming they were many miles f from rom the servian frontier interned in a fortress kin king milan also alludes to the alleged ill treatment of the servian emigrant emigrants in bulgaria the blockade of the tile frontier i bv by Bul bulgaria garla Farla and the alleged attacks by undisciplined bulgarian volunteers on the servian people and the troops in conclusion the king says 1 I cannot suffer these intentional provocations pro vocations and therefore adopt the policy of open hostility which has been forced upon me bv by bulgaria servias just cause cans now rests on the arbitration of arms the bravery of her tier army the protection of the almighty and I 1 rely upon my peoples patriotism SERVIAS FORCES the various forces of of servia are as follows field army men with guns reserve formations men with 34 guns reserve army or landwehr 52 32 men with guns landstrum lands Landa trum men or a total of officers and men and guns the infantry is armed with the manser rifle improved by major I 1 melovan and which has a calibre of 1015 millimetres milli metres the artillery is variously armed with muzzle loaders and krupp guns the total cavalry force f orce included in he above numbers is men MILITARY FORCE the bulgarian field army of infantry 1400 cavalry two regiments tents and one company of artillery of 2340 men a battalion of engineers of aso men a detachment train of 2000 men and a f force of gen of 1600 men or a total ot of adf men with I 1 4 guns uns the infantry is armed with berlin rifles and batteries have krupp guns nuns n uns and guns of the latest russian pattern the reserve force consists of there are twelve battalions of landstrum of COS men each or men making a total of wom mom WOW men there is no want of arms but there is scarcely a sufficient force of cavalry and artillery the cavalry numbers 1500 men the scarcity of officers since many of the tile russian officers returned home is also a serious matter prince alexand alexander eris Is an able and energetic soldier THE easters EASTERN ait alt ARMY aly lly comprises men of the first levy of the second of the re berve and men of the active service making a total ot of the number of officers available is 18 altogether ether out of proportion to the number ier ter of men there is no scarcity of arms as there are about kruka berdan and oom GOW oooo martini alenri rifles in the province the artillery consists of four guns the bulgarian B ul arlan arian arsenals at Rust chuk and contain a good supply of arms uniforms and equipments the ar arsenal senal senai at rust chuk is turning out berdan cartridges per eer ter dar daf day in addition to ammunition for hor for the artillery KILLED AND WOUNDED A dispatch from pinol says in the fight near VlIs vils sinia sInla three bulgarians Bulga rians including the prefect of tein were killed and seven were wounded and that four serviano ians were wounded cannonading CANNO the serviano ians commenced operations by a vior vi vigorous or ous attack on the bulgarian position tio at cannonading Canno still continues later the serviano ians descending from the hights of Dast chini chint and hla hia dences have hase occupied the bulgarian villages of Miloslaw tze beell beeline Ze eline e gard and the in the tien district they met with no opposition no serious achion action has yet occurred the bulgarian troops have left for the frontier while others are advancing by forced marches from eastern roumelia the serviano ians have made no hostile move in the direction of ol widdin giddin prince alexander has telegraphed to the sultan asking his intentions tent lons ions in regard to the inte integrity writy arity of he ottoman empire prince alexander jn in an order of the day to officers and mei men of his army says king milan has declared war against us and nas ordered the servian army to invade bulgaria our servian brethren instead of assisting us wish to ruin our country show conr courage now and defend your mothers wives sisters and homes pursue and ana annihilate annihilate the cowardly treacherous otts oits enemy let forwand forward dl be your battle battie cry brethren and may god aid us ul and grant us the victory r it is officially announced that a force of bulgarians Bulga rians on thursday atta attacked eked a body of serviano sers laus ians near the serviano ians returned fire ten bulgari ans were killed or wounded and several of the serviano ians were wounded in consequence of the attack of bulgari ans the cabinet on friday decided to declare var war the servian troops have captured arnand irn and aud have occupied the heights MANY KILLED AND WOUN WOUNDED DED deb the servian army crossed the bul bui B ul garlan garian frontier at 10 0 clock this morning in in three divisions at Klis sura and Breg opa they met with no resistance in crossing sharp fighting occurred at irn on the Vlis vils sinia sinla road and at Kuti many diany were killed and wounded on both sid gid sides esThe the bulgar bulgarian i ans aus retreated at all points the e entire servian army is now in bulgarian territory berlin 14 the north german gazette maintains that the fact that servia has declared war against t bulgaria will not alter the prospects of the mhd balkan conference Phllip Philippo polls 14 great excitement and enthusiasm prevails in this city troops are being hurried forward to the defense of sofia and the war f fever ever which recently died out is again at its hl highest liest blest pitch besth 14 when the announcement of the servian declaration of war was made by the nung hung hungarian arlan arian delegation it was greeted with cheer upon cheer for servia Vlis sinia 14 A skirmish has bas taken place near here between bulgarian and servian troops eleven men killed and twenty wounded ane bulgarians Bulga rians have retired from tein Tsar brod Kle ruria and bregovy Bre gova LONDON 14 the extraordinary liberal campaign which is being made in scotland by gladstone is comparatively ignored despite the adverse criticisms by tile the london dailies on Glad stones treatment of ozithe the lish ment issue it cannot be denied that he has largely succeeded in satisfying the churchmen in england the probabilities are that gladstone will yet succeed succeeding in in making the irish question the malu main maln on ong before election day even now many politicians affect to see his edinburgh irish speech over topping his diz establishment efforts 1 in importance its effects on the home rule party is very marked the leading Parnel lites already manifest indications of a desire to cometo come to terms with the grand old man alan several of Par nells organs openly advocate such an alliance united ireland Par parcells nells neils own organ insists that the tha home rule question is recognized by all the tho first statesmen of great britain as the leading issue of the hour in british politics 1 and says from whichever party its settlement comes the settlement will probably be a mere wrangle over details this latter utterance must be considered important it was undoubtedly inspired by the great irish leader and was probably meant to convey to the league the information that the irish party managers no longer consider themselves ob obliged lied to the conservative party for the accomplishment of their ends but have succeeded in reaching a position in which their chances for a good deal elsewhere are sufficient clent to warrant at least a declaration of independence with irish help the liberals would possess an absolute certainty of restoration parnell would lose bothin nothing but gain ain aln everything LONDON londos 14 the excitement in germany over Bis maicks continued enforcement of his edict of exile of russion poles from prussia continues unabated great relief committees have been sent to assist the unfortunate exiles at aali Ll inberg aberg posen Pos enand and cra cow the relief committee at the latter tercita city reports 2000 poles in one settlement were recently recently ordered to settle settie up their affairs t there er a and quit prussia without delay the majority of these are roman catholics and many of them have resided so long iong in prussia that they have forgotten their nativity and language they have all been compelled to sell seli their property in haste and a nd speculators have hav e taken such an advantage of the situation that very little of the property thus forced upon the market has brought one fourth murth of its value to make matters worse russia has issued an order tue th e entry of these exiles into its dominion unless they can prove they were born bora therein in consequence there are at present encamped at one place on the frontier no less than poles penniless homeless and most able without the right to move forward and with imprisonment at hard labor staring them in the face it if the they y dare fare deturi return to cracow chacow the relief committee denounces the expulsions as inhuman and unlawful it quotes from the great german authorities Lef flere and Blunt to show that the edict of expulsion was issued by the german chancellor in violation of the german constitution of 1671 which lodged with the alone and not with the crown the right to banish aliens from the empire the innumerable stories of cruelty inflicted upon tens of thousands of unoffending poles under the edict of expulsion are producing in germany a widespread f feeling eeling of bitterness against bismarck berlis BERLIN 14 the german colonization society ha decided to raise a capital of one million marks with which to found colonies in south america 15 great activity prevails at PhIlippo Phllip polls polis trains filled with soldiers singing patriotic songs are constantly leaving for fur the front T the b e p people veople eo pie th throughout hout t the h e country n manifest a 1 fe st g great r ea t ent enthusiasm sias in T the he troops a are r e gratified a tiff ed a at t en caging in a warfare for the first tj time 6 wit 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