10 MARCH 1923, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THERE is little doubt as to what is this week the dominant motif in public affairs. The country is demanding that the Government should govern. On two gfeat issues—a European and a domestic—insistent pressure has been put upon the Cabinet to formulate a definite, precise policy. In Parliament attention has centred on the British attitude to the French invasion of Germany. In the country the decision of three important by-elections has turned on the housing of the people.