14 APRIL 1923, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE immediate centre of interest is not this week, as it has been for so long, the general European situation. The Franco-German 'war of wills is incon- testably entering on a phase of negotiation. Following the German offer in Dr. Rosenberg's speech, we have had M. Loucheur's visit to England and a slight but perceptible shift of French opinion towards the possi- bility of negotiation. We deal with the issues involved in our leading columns.