NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE news at the end of the week in regard to the situation in South-Eastern Europe is by no means reassuring- The Austrians are making very strong protests at Constanti- nople against the boycott of Austrian goods, and it is even stated that their Ambassador will be recalled on Decem- ber 3rd unless the Turkish Government take measures to stop the boycott. At the same time, war preparations are said to be going on actively in Servia and Montenegro, and it is reported that many Servians desire not to wait for the spring, but to begin hostilities, because it is asserted that winter fighting in the Servian mountains would place Austria at a disadvantage. Another suggestion is that Servia and Monte- negro should jointly occupy the Sandjak of Novi Bazar, lately evacuated by the Austrian troops. If this were done with the tacit agreement of Turkey, the move would be explicable enough from the South Slav point of view; but we doubt whether the Turkish Government would be able to give such tacit assent.
