It is obvious that the Austrians are doing very badly.
News comes slowly from the Danube, but that is very largely because it is such bad news. If Austria had won victories, they would by this time bare been trumpeted all over Europe. What seems far more probable is that the Servians have given a very good account of themselves, and have not only prevented the Austrians from overrunning Servia and taking Nish, but have got into Bosnia and Herzegovina, and, with the aid of the Montenegrins on their flank, and the British and French Squadrons on the sea front, are giving the Austrians a hot time in Dalmatia. Even if the accounts of the disaffection of the Slavonic troops are exaggerated, there is at least sullenness and depression, and this sullenness and depression will not be improved by the 'wholesale shootings for dis- affection. This disaffection is not merely confined to towns like Ragusa. and Trieste, but has penetrated much deeper. Reports show a dangerous situation not only in Agram but in Prague.
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