16 JUNE 1923, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE proof that the Prime Minister regards the present discussions on French policy as a turning- point for good or ill is that he is taking longer to come to a decision than he is naturally inclined to take. For a week Paris has been charged with rumours of what Great Britain is going to do. Most of these rest on no serious foundation and may be dismissed. The only fact which we can usefully record at the moment is that on Wednes- day night the Government sent a Note to France. The real trouble at the moment is the rigid, and from our point of view impossible, demand of the French that passive resistance in Germany should cease as a pre- liminary to any negotiations.
