NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE insurrection in the Herzegovina is attaining larger pro- portions. The Turks win no successes, the insurgents are well armed, and the influx of Slays from Bosnia, Dalmatia, and Servia is incessant. A few skilled guerillas have arrived from Italy, and there is a probability that Prince Nikita of Montenegro will go on a visit to Vienna, in order to enable his mountaineers to join the insurgents in a body. The districts of Bosnia adjoining the Herzegovina are up, and the Porte has found it expedient to repudiate Dervisch Paella's order allowing all Mohammedans to arrest all Christians, lest the war should assume a religious character. Of course the Minister of Foreign Affairs pronounces the proclamation a forgery, but that statement is for foreign con- sumption, and it may be acted on all the same. The 'Dirks seem unable to move their troops, it is said for want of money, but the important point in the conflict now is the attitude of Servia. The elections there have resulted in a complete victory for the Radi- cals, the Radical leader has been called to power, and if he has the nerve to offer Prince Milano the alternatives of action or expulsion, the insurrection will be aided by the Servian militia, at least 60,000 good men. Their accession would be followed by a general rising of her Northern provinces against Turkey,—which, successful or unsuccessful, would bring that power one step nearer to destruction.
