21 OCTOBER 1916, Page 2

The Russian news during the week has been satisfactory, though

not sensational. From the Southern Trentino the news is good, as also from the region of the Isonzo. It was stated in the earlier part of the week that the Austrians are growing very uneasy, as well they may, about Trieste, and that the archives were being packed up and sent to Vienna—the first stage of evacuation. We are bound to say that nothing could cause us such exquisite pleastire as to hear that the red, white, and green flag was flying en the Citadel and that the Bersaglieri were swinging down the streets of Trieste to the cry of " Avante Savoie I "