NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE breaking up of Austria-Hungary from within has made this week memorable. The Bohemian Slays and the Southern Slays in Croatia have carried out a bloodless revolution and declared their independence. The Austro-Hungarian Generals commanding at Prague and Agram have placed their troops at the disposal of the new national authorities. The Bohemian leader, Dr. Kramarzh, provided only with a Bohemian passport, has gone through the Austrian lines into Switzerland to consult with his countrymen who are still in exile. The authorities at Vienna and Budapest are evidently unable to interfere with the revolting Slays. Moreover, the Austrian Germans have proclaimed them- selves an independent State and have set up a provisional Assembly ; as their " State " is to include Northern Bohemia as well as Lower Austria, they are involved at the outset in a conflict with the Bohemian Slays. The Emperor Charles is trying to come to terms with Count Karolyi, the leader of those Magyars who want an independent Hungary free from German influence and friendly to the Slays. German troops have been sent to the Hungarian capital to support the ruling faction of pro-German magnates led by Count Tisza, but the Germans are as unpopular in Hungary as they are in every other country, and their presence may stimulate the Nationalist movement which they are intended to check.
