NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE military news from the Herzegovina during the week has certainly been triumphant for the Turks. The storyof Turkish successes against volunteers, whether from Bosnia or Servia, is always confirmed, and the story of Insurgent successes generally turns out to be mythical. Politically, too, it can hardly be said that the intelligence of the last few days has been favourable. Servia has certainly been held back by Austria, and the victory of the peace party in the Servian Ministry seems for the time assured. We should, however, interpret this restraint favour- ably,- if there were any evidence as yet of concert between the European Powers as to the concessions to be imposed on the Porte if the rebellion is quelled. Hitherto, however, there is but little sign of any such concert, though we still hope that the jealousies which prevent it will disappear before the popular feeling which the detailed accounts of the violence both of the Turkish troops and of the insurgents is certain to excite. Neither Russia nor Austria can be deaf to the horror and indignation which these accounts produce.
