Of authentic war news there is still practically none, though
according to telegrams from Constantinople there has been a good deal of fighting at the Tcbatalja lines which was favour- able to the Turks. We are not inclined, however, to believe that anything very important has taken place. The point of greatest anxiety at the present moment is Scutari. There is a general feeling in Europe that the prospects of peace will be seriously compromised if Scutari falls before the Powers have got the combatants to agree upon their terms. The Austrians in their present mood are determined that Scutari, which we admit can hardly be described as anything else but an Albanian town, shall go to the new Albania. But if the Montenegrins and the Servians are in possession it will, of course, be much more difficult to arrange this. Meantime there are rumours that what is called " the patience of Austria. Hungary " is exhausted, and that she means to take independent action. According to a telegram from Dr. Dillon, dated Wednesday and published in Friday's Daily Telegraph, the rumours are not mere deductions: "I affirm what I know neither more nor less."
