Austria has consented to the abolition of the status quo
in Tur- key, and is about, we believe, to occupy Bosnia and the Herze- govina. We have given elsewhere Count Andrassy's explanation of her policy, and have only to add here that on the 12th inst. Count Andrassy, provoked by some German and Slav opposition in the Delegations, uttered a most significant sarcasm. He was old enough, he said, to remember many wars, and always before them the fear expressed had been, " Which province will Austria lose now ?" He was happy to find that on this occasion the only dread expressed was lest Austria should gain one. He added that hitherto the desire of the country had been for peace at any price, and that he saw patriotic zeal in the new reproach that Government had not been decided enough in its policy. The speeches of the Austrian Chancellor and the fall of Plevna have produced deep depression at Pesth, where they desire a Turkish victory, lest the Slays should become strong.
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