The news from the East of this week is of
trifling importance. The insurgents have rejected the armistice, though Mr. Disraeli says they show an " inert sympathy " with it ; Servia retains her Militia on the frontier, and is asking, as the price of peace, the addition of Old Servia ; the Prince of Montenegro is sending away all women from his territory, and asking for a port ; and the atrocities in Bulgaria continue. The Constantinople corre- spondent of the Daily News says these atrocities are infamous, the Bashi-Bazonks having destroyed 37 towns and villages, in which they have slaughtered all women and girls above 10 years of age. Philippopoli, in particular, a town of 400 houses, was destroyed, its men massacred, and its women either killed or carried away, without any accusation of disloyalty, merely because the town was Christian and rich. The outrage was ordered by the Pasha in command of the district. The Turks say they can now deal with their subjects, for England protects them against Russia. The British Parliament, in fact, which allows this to be believed, is responsible for the atrocities in Bulgaria.
