NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tr is understood that the Government will pursue for the I. moment a waiting policy, and that the Opposition will criticise its past conduct rather than directly censure its present attitude. As we have explained elsewhere, the Tories object to the armed coercion of Turkey, and the Liberals find that action of any determined kind is viewed with dis- favour by their commercial supporters, who are weary of the long stagnation in trade. It is probable therefore that Parliament will await the final decision of the Russian Govern- ment, which can hardly be delayed beyond the 1st March, before pronouncing any definitive opinion. Meanwhile the Government will be asked almost daily to explain some part of its policy, or of its past action at Constantinople.
