13 MARCH 1909, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE latest news on Friday in regard to Austria-Hungary and the reception of the Servian Note is not as favour- able as that received in the earlier part of the week. The Note declares that Servia, has no intention of provoking war With the Dual Monarchy, nor does she want to alter her legal relations with it, but desires to continue on terms of reciprocity to fulfil her neighbourly duties. The question of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a European question, and it behoves the Powers to arrive at a decision thereon. Servia, "trusting in their wisdom and justice, places her cause without reserve in the hands of the Powers, as a competent tribunal, and consequently on this occasion demands from Austria-Hungary to compensation, territorial, political, or economic."