NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WE regret to say that as we write on Friday the news comes that the armistice, of which we have written at length in our leading columns, has come to an end and that fighting has now been renewed. We shall not, however, attempt to alter our original handling of the matter, for it is quite possible that another twenty-four hours may see a renewal of the negotiations. We are not hopeless of peace even now. In any case the Turks now know the terms on which the Allies will stop the war, and therefore they will be able to treat in the future with less loss of time than if there had been no preliminary conversations. No doubt the fable of the Sibylline Books holds good, and they are liable to have the terms raised against them. Still, as long as the local situation is not changed by a Turkish defeat there will not be any important alteration in the proposals of the Allies.
