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Show TURKS REFUSE TO SURRENDER London, Dec. 4. A Mustafa dispatch dis-patch dated December 3 to the Dally Telegraph says: "Yesterday morning the commanding command-ing general sent two oillcers under a white flag with a demand for the surrender of Adrlanople lie assured each person safety of life and property prop-erty and that the capitulation could be made on honorable terms." A later dispatch says: "The demand for the surrender of Adrlanople was refused, and the bombardment bom-bardment was resumed this evening." even-ing." A portion of the 9,000 Turks captured cap-tured at Demotlca, who arrived at Mustafa Pasha on Tuesday, entrained entrain-ed for Sofia. Two hundred and fifty-four fifty-four officers, including three pashas, ero among the prisoners. The report that cholera prevails at Mustafa Pasha is untrue. A Belgrade dispatch to the Telegraph Tele-graph says the captured guns and rifles have been sent to tho Kraguy-vatz Kraguy-vatz state arms factory. The guns show that the Turkish armament was excellent, but that the ammunition was lert exposed to the humidity and gave bad results. With a little sacrifice sac-rifice of time and money Servia will have 150,000 rifles of the latest type, 24 guns and enough ammunition for a protracted campaign. |