The Times' correspondent at Berlin, who always leaves an im-
pression on his readers of obtaining his Russian news through the German Foreign Office, says the Government of St. Peters- burg has been steadily unfavourable to the insurrection in Bosnia-, until at last it has been attacked for treachery by all Slav papers outside Russian dominion. The effect of these denunciations has been such that the Government wavers, allows letters to be published from the seat of war, and has sanctioned the subscrip- tions for the insurgents which are now being collected in most towns of Russia. Apparently Prince Gortschakoff was alarmed lest the Southern Slays should transfer their friendship to Vienna, where statesmen, though they want peace just now, never forget that the destiny of Austria may be to extend to the south-east, and that an internecine quarrel with the Turkish Slays will not render their government of Turkish provinces any easier. There never was a more obscure bit of history than the action of the Powers in this dispute. Apparently, Russia was hostile, Austria friendly, and Germany neutral, but their parts may easily have been misunderstood. The Dalmatians say the German Consul at Ragusa advised the insurgents to reject all terms short of autonomy.
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