It is announced, by a telegram from Pere, dated the
19th inst., and forwarded to the Theyraph, a pro-Turkish journal, that the Sultan has finally rejected the Convention with Austria sub- mitted by that Power and accepted by his Ministers. Ile will, it is believed, issue only an froth:, a document which, as the word implies—an froth: is a written expression of "will "—has none of the permanence or contract character of a treaty. If this statement is well founded, it is most important, for Austria—which has already lost much prestige, through her partial failure in Bosnia—cannot retreat from her enter- prise. She must go forward, and the movement may end at any moment in a declaration of war on Turkey. It is stated, by an authoritative witness, that the Austrian statesmen are convinced of the complicity of Constantinople in the Bosnian resistance, that they have discovered evidence which proves this, and that the late remonstrances of Count Zichy have been of the most threatening character. We question the complicity either of the Porte or the Sultan, but undoubtedly a powerful party in the capital sees no hope except in war.
