10 MARCH 1923, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HERE 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......

It Is The Absence Of New Events In The Rhineland,

not their occurrence, that is focusing the public opinion of the world upon that area. By the middle of February the stage of "waiting for something to turn up" had been reached......

Meanwhile, The "european Bloc" Scheme Of Which We Heard So

much last week seems to be dying down. It was, for the moment at any rate, killed, it is said, by the admirable realism of Signor Mussolini, who refused on reflection to become......

The French Have Occupied The Harbours Of Mannheim And...

and the station and Customs offices of Darmstadt. They have been extremely active in the already occupied area. We quote the admirable sum- mary of their operations from the......

In Berlin, Dr. Cuno, The German Chancellor, Made His...

speech. His theme was passive resistance and its indefinite prolongation. Negotiations must come from the French. The Times report adds :— " Only in the most veiled and guarded......

It Was This Situation That Faced The House Of Commons

on Tuesday when Mr. Ramsay MacDonald brought up a motion for the creation of a Parliamentary Committee of Foreign Affairs, which could discuss the Ruhr with similar Committees......

Meanwhile, In Paris And Berlin The Public Opinion Which Will

in the end control the respective Governments is being manufactured. The French Press continues to settle the configuration of Europe with its usual vivacity, realism, and......