NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TT is stated that Prince Nicholas of Montenegro has ordered
a complete and immediate reform of his military system, so that the entire population of his Principality may be ready for action at the shortest notice. The intelligence, which comes from (Constantinople, is held to indicate that the Prince, who has so recently been in direct communication with the Czar, expects great events to occur immediately. We should rather imagine -that he has obtained some money to spend on rifles, and -wishes to be ready for emergencies ; but he must, at the same time, be well aware of the intrigues intended to revolutionise Servia, and proclaim him Prince there. These intrigues are going on -so boldly that Vienna believes in a revolution as immediately at hand. If it arrives, her statesmen will be compelled to decide whether they will occupy Servia or will come to some secret arrangement with Russia for a division of spoil. The German Government either believes in the danger or wishes Austria to accept terms, for Prince Bis- marck's agents in the Press are warning the Viennese that Russia is arming at full speed.
