The insurrection in Dalmatia against Austria is taking the form
of a regular Slav demonstration. In a manifesto just issued by the Insurgents, they declare that privileges guaranteed to them by treaty have been violated; that they will defend themselves to the last, and that if they fall, the Bosnians, Montenegrins, and all men of the Balkan States, "will measure their military power with the Austrian troops." They quote Mr. Gladstone as favourable to the emancipation of the Balkans "Irons a foreign and brutal dominion," and claim Czar Alexander and General Ignatieff as "well disposed." The Austrian Govern- ment, which has now one-third of its entire Army in Bosnia and Dalmatia, has confiscated the Viennese journal which repro- duced this manifesto, and although successful in the plains, is evidently greatly perplexed. The insurrection is troublesome, from the number of men it employs, but the real danger feared at Vienna is lest the Montenegrins and Servians should assist the insurgents. In that event, measures must be taken which might bring Russia into the field. At present, both Servia and Montenegro hold aloof, but the insurrection is not suppressed.
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