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Show KING ALFONSO IS DEAD. The Spanish Monarch Dies of Con-sumption Con-sumption Early This Morning. Prince Alexander Whips the Servians Until King: Milan Agrees to an Armistice. The Latest JTews From the British Elections Show the Liberals Are Getting Left. JTIilan and His Army- Demoralized. Sofia, November 24. The Servians attacked at-tacked the Bulgarian center at 4 o'olock this afternoon. They were repulsed and retired in disorder, crossing the frontier at 5 o'clock near Tzaribrod, The' Servians are now retiring re-tiring from their position at Trn. The Bulgarians Bul-garians have advanced to the frontier. Widdin is being shelled by. the Servians, bnt has not been set on fire. The Bulgarian commandant there prohibited the passage oi eigne Austrian tugs. King Milan has decided to abdicate the throne. Austria will occupy Servia in order to prevent the acoesaion of Karoglorgevich. The Russian government has sent a severe note to Servia, demanding that the status quo ante be restored. The Consuls of the Powers at Belgrade have held a meeting at Semlin to consider the situation. It is feared that - A BEVOLUTION WILL BBEA.K OUT And that King Milan will be deposed! The Servians are continuing their retreat and the main army is now in Servian Territory. Terri-tory. The troops seem to be demoralized, and since the recapture of Tzaribrod by the Bulgarians, they have fallen back without offering any resistance to victorious Prince Alexander. The Bulgarians have ocoupied all the positions recently held by the Servians Ser-vians in Bulgaria and are advancing to the frontier. The Servian headquarters are now at Pifot. The first class of Landstrum has been summoned for active duty. After completing, com-pleting, the massing of his army, King Milan will head THE FINAL ATTACK ON THE BULGABIANS. So far in the campaign the Bulgarian losses are 9CQ dead and 2,CCJ wounded, 3E9 of the latter being seveeely wounded. Sixty-four Servian ofheers have been killed or wounded. Five hundred starving Servians have submitted to the Bulgarians on the frontier. London, November 24. A dispatch from Pirot to the Standard says : The Servians are retreating in great disorder, and are trying to make their way across the frontier wherever they can. The demoralization of the men is complete, and discipline is almost lost. The retreat will involve A TEEEIBLE LOSS OF LIFE And great suffering. A Belgrade dispatch says the populace there is enraged at King Milan, and that the name of Prince Karoglorgevich is on every lip. Belgeade, November 25. It is officially announced to-day that King Milan has ACCEPTED THE ABMISTICE Proposed by the Powers. Cattaeo, November . 25. The Austrian government is concentrating troops in Herzegovina. Her-zegovina. One regiment from Lower Austria, Aus-tria, one from Upper Austria and one from Hungary have gone to Bosnia via Sla7onia. The whole force is to . FOEM A inXITABX OOEDON On the frontier of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Montenegrin Official Gazette to-day hints that if Prince Alexander attempts to exeoute his alleged threat to annihilate the Servians, that Montenegro will not remain an indifferent spectator. Vienna, November 25. The Servians bombarded bom-barded Widdin the whole night long, and at 6 o'clock this morning, after being strongly reinforced, they ATTEMPTED TO CARET THE CITY By assault, but were repulsed after three hours' sanguinary fighting. |