NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Insurgents in the Herzegovina have had apparently some successes during the week, to set off against their reverses, and in the district of Zubei they appear to hold their own. But without the interference of Servia and Montenegro their military cause is certainly hopeless, and even with that interference, unless the war became general, they would have but a doubtful chance. That Roumania, under the influence of Prince Charles and his Mini- sters, is holding steadily aloof, is certain, and that the best chance the insurgents have is not a military one, but the interference of the Powers whose influence is still holding- off Servia and Montenegro, we confidently believe. The Con- sular Commission has left Mortar, finding the insurgent leaders determined, as well they might be, not to venture there; and they are now going through the disturbed districts, listening to the alleged grievances, and trying to bring the rebels to a state of mind more favourable for obtaining administrative concessions. That any concession short of the grant of a certain limited autonomy will not meet the case, is obvious enough. But if it be true, as was telegraphed to the Pall Mall on Thursday from Berlin, that "Russia categorically insists at Constantinople upon immediate concessions and reforms in the Herzegovina,"—we may infer that Germany and Russia are pulling together, and that some concession of the kind will probably be secured.
