From the • Russian front comes no news, and this
probably, nay, almost certainly, means preparation for new advances. It should be noted, however, that the position of our allies in the Caucasus continues to improve. Erzeruni is by this time eompletely invested. Its fall should come quickly, as it is full of fugitives. The attack on Salonik is still delayed. No one is anxious to tackle the job, and one seems to overhear scraps of talk like that of the creatures in Alice is Wonderland: "Here, Bill !. catch hold of this rope, Will the roof bear ? Mind that loose slate. . . Who's to go down the chimney ?—Nay, I sha'n't. .7nu do A.—That I won't, then ; Bill's to go down.—Here, Bill ! the master says you're to go down the chimney ! " Bill is of course Bulgaria, but Bill has all the appearance of going to turn surly in spite of his "gloriosus miles" of a master. We of course' are longing to be attacked. Let us hope one thing—that . the Allies will not forget the main lesson of Torres Vedras. When Wellington was unsuccessfully attacked, or when his enemies, on coming up to his lines, did not like the look of them and marched .off, he instantly issued forth, followed them up, and attacked them. rerb. sap.
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