London vid Bombay, Jan. 14.
According to telegrams from Constantinople the Turkish troops fare gradually dispersing the Be-dain in the Kerak country.—Reuter.
*,°The Kerak districts lie between the Dead Sea and the Syrian Desert, A Constantinople telegram to "The Times," dated December 16, states
of ik has been relieved. A large force be is reported to have barned station and the Government stores at Mi The lose of life is unknown, Detailed accounts of the fighting at Kerak have pow been received. It appears that the rebels rose on December 4 under the command of cousin of the Deputy for Kerak, and Ranpeel ores Tork they met, ' The majority of the Government employees escaped into the fort, which was then attacked, The attack was repulsed, and the garrison made " sortie.and saved the Governor, the Commandant, and other officials who were in danger. The rebels then barned the Government buildings and blockaded the fort, but retired on the approach of the relieving force. Three officers, thirty-one soldiers, and forty-coven civiliane, mostly Turks, wore killed, The Christian population was untouched, A telegram dated December 18 said that official te': grams scribe the succersfal surprise of Kersk to the treachery of an Arab in the Gendarmes, who opened the gates of the town at night to the rebels. A column from Dersa has repaired the Hediaz railway as far as Kalast-el-Hasa, The town of Ma'an is believed to have been captared, as well as the station, by a force of rebels who are reported as 12,000 strong.—Ed, Jan. 17.
Telegrams from Constantinople state that the Government has decided to dispatch eighteen battalions immediately to Yemen against Imam Yahya, who has stirred up a large combination of
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