The Times correspondent at Belgrade sent to Tuesday's paper an
account of the re-entry of the Serbians into their capital. When they broke down the bridge across the river many Austrians were still south of it, and, according to the latest estimate, one hundred and fifty officers, ten thousand men, and four hundred and fifty transport waggons were taken at that point. The Austrians had removed loot from the richer houses in Belgrade, and took women and children away with them as captives. This last is an astounding state- ment. When Austria acts like Babylon and carries people
bodily into captivity, it is surely time for some neutral country which is a co-signatory with Austria of the Hague Conventions to ask whether Austria and Germany mean or do not mean in future to abide by their pledges. The corre- spondent adds that the Serbians have won another crushing victory since the re-entry into Belgrade, and that the Austrian army which invaded Serbia is now utterly broken. The change in the situation is one of the most startling things in the history of war. Four weeks ago every one supposed that Serbia, in the German Emperor's elegant phrase, was "finished with."
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