30 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

/11HE news from France is the best we have had since the begin-

ning of the war. Our daily successes in overcoming the most complicated and formidable obstacles ever placed in the way of an attacking army by military science are quite amazing. We know now with a certitude which is beyond the questioning of even the most misgiving and captious mind that final victory is ours to take if the Allies hold together, keep undimmed their present splendid resolution, and commit no wanton blunders. We do not say that final victory is by any means near. We do say that it will be our own fault if we do not secure it in the long run.