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Show The Servian Situation. I Loudon, 19. The Times in a lead- j ing editcrial article on the Servo- j Turkish conflict says: All that comes . to ua from Belgrade is contradicted from Constantinople, and conversely. When two opposing statements ap- pear on the same day, in the same j columu, tho most tiusting reader can- I not escape from a sonsation of disappointment disap-pointment and irritationgand indifference. indiffer-ence. Wo may therefore confine ourselves to indicating tho main results ot the campaign an they appear at the present moment, and the position the neighboring states have assuinod, or are likely to assume, in consequence. It is certain that the original plan of the Servian invasion has been disconcerted, and though undoubtedly they have fought with the greatest courage, they can make no real impression on the main body of the Turks. Granting Grant-ing the Servian claim that General 1 ehernayefl has suffered no deteat, that ho is still in advance and hax taken means to assure his communications, communi-cations, we still believe that he will, in the end, have to fight for the security se-curity of tho Servian frontier. He has but a small army, aud the Turks probably even now outnumber him. Taking into consideration the neu-mericai neu-mericai superiority of the Turks, the difficulty of moving iu euch a country and the defectiveness of General TcherimyMu's equipment, we must conclude that the war will continue to fringe the Servian frontier. The strangest feature of the campaign is ttie course of t!-,e Prince ol Moute-negro. Moute-negro. His forco is about 30,000 men, largely composed f volunteers from other districts. Ho boasts of great successes; that ho has beaten the Turks or they have retreated before him; that his men would have made the port of Kick useless to the Turks, even if tho Auatrians had not closed it. Ha has eot.erpd Na,!h n.l threatens Mostar, but he is not cooperating with the Servians, unless thero bo something very profound in tho plan of the campaign. The notion that Ihe Montenegrins do not count upon the success ot their allies, and therefore go for what they can get for themselves, begins to orevail. A short time will show the truth. Mean wnilo Ureoce remains eutiriy peaceful, and lioumania balances her demands ou the jwrle by earnest declaration of neutrality, and will probably keep quiet as Joug as she can. |