NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 5 September 1923

5 SEPTEMBER 1923

Benito Mussolini stated that Italy would leave the League of Nations if the body decided against them following the country’s occupation of Corfu.

There were aftershocks in Tokyo following a large earthquake that hit Japan earlier on during the week.

General Smuts, speaking in Pretoria before his departure for the Imperial Conference, said that every ounce of the Empire’s strength should be devoted to securing peace and the recovery of Europe.