The New York herald., 1875-08-31

Austrian soil number eight thousand, and
are mostly wives and children of the rebels
who have deserted their villages and made
for the hills.
HERzEGovINIAN AUTONOMY.
In Herzegovina the insurgents have formed
a national government under Lynbobratich.
THE POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENCE CORRECTED.
The insurgent leaders have been assured
by their Montene~in friends that very
shortly all Montenegro will come to their
assistance.
sERv1A PREPARING FOR WAR;
In Servia military preparations continue.
At Belgrade the War Office has ordered the
arms and accoutrements of the militia, in
cluding surgical apparatus, to be made ready
for immediate inspection.
THE MnITIAMEN READY FOR ACTION
The Servian militiamen have been directed
to provide themselves with three days food
should they be called out Provisions are
being stored in the fortresses. Arrangements
have been made to seize all the horses in the
country.
OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REBE1L1oNs
SPREAD.
The steady growth of the rebellion may be
inferred from the following passage in the
Montenegrin official journal, the Glas Ger
nagoz:-
"YEARNINa FOR WAR"
The insurrection is fast assuming for
midable dimensions. Symptoms of serious
designs multiply. Men are yearning for war
and oily-tongued diplomacy is impotent to
prevent them. This time insurrection is
sure to result in emancipation. Not the
rulers but the nations will decide what is to
be done.
If the rebellion becomes general Servia and
Montenegro will not be idlespectators Now
or never
ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATION OF THE INCREASED
WAR SPIRIT.
1AC A)CAlih correspondent VI bn6 LWtcS
telegraphs that Northern Bosnia is involved
in full rebellion against the Porte.
The insurgents of Herzegovina have estab-
ished national government.
Montenegro and Servia are actively prepar-
ing for war.
The official press of Montenegro does not
conceal its sympathy with the movement.
THE REGION IN REBELLION.
The war speck is again on the Eastern horizon The
world is called to look upon another Of the
long series Of convulsions which have for seventy
years, portended the demise of the 'Sck Man Dama-
tia Montenegro and Crete have of late years. given us
in turn a sample Of these throes To-day Herzegovina
challenges the attention Of Cabnots and for SO small
strip of territory enjoys Importance of which DOS
siby its inhabitants hardly aware As no question
gives anxiety to the various governments of Eu.
rope than the Eastern one and other IL fraught
with such vast issues, the HERALD to-day gives It's
readers map OF the theatre Of the present and pos
sibe future conflict well brief geographical and
political sketch Of the same
Herzegovina Is herself but a small factor In this oues.
tion She important simply as representing the SYM
pathes and aspirations Of the entire Slave population of
Southern Europe; but she is more prominently and
Immediately engaged in conflict with the Porte she will
be dealt with FIRST
HERZEGOVINA AS 1T IS.
Herzegovna--i e., the Duchy Turkish Hersek) the
most southern and southwestern portion Of the ealet
Of Bosnia As will be seen from the map IL bounded
on the north and by Bosnia the south by Mon
tenegro, on the west and southwest by Dalmata and
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