* * * Directly the Chancellor began to speak there
was an organized outburst of interruption from the Conununists. Dr. Cuno continued stolidly to read from his notes, and although for some time his voice could not be heard at last stray phrases here and there caught the cars of the Communists and piqued their curiosity. Some of the Communists then began to utter detached criticisms, and when that stage had been reached the organized inter- ruption gradually died away. Dr. Cuno had won. lie said that as a result of the occupation of the Ruhr France was getting less than a fifth of the normal coal deliveries while she suffered from disappointment within and had earned contempt without. Dr. Cuno in his grim way hardly pointed to a ray of hope anywhere. The key of the situation, he said, was with Great Britain, but Germany could not count on that. Consequently, Germany must have faith in herself. She could not possibly accept the French demand that the abandonment of passive resistance must be a preliminary to any negotiations. * * * *
