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16 JUNE 1924

Exceptionally difficult conditions have compelled the Everest Expedition to fall back from the higher levels of rest and reprovision before resuming the attempt to climb the mountain. An account of the latest misfortunes to befall the Expedition is contained in a dispatch from Lt-Col. Norton.

Édouard Herriot, the new French Premier, formed his Cabinet. General Nollet, President of the Inter-Allied Mission of Military Control in Germany, becomes War Minister.

Ramsay MacDonald, in a short speech at Elgin Station on his way to London, said that he hoped this week to meet the French Premier.

David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, was elected first President of the new Welsh Liberal Association.

15 JUNE 1924

The media speculated that the Labour Government would be forced to go back to the country in later 1924 to secure a stronger mandate.

Ramsay MacDonald said that he expected his Government and the new French Government would have “a complete friendship”.

The Board of Trade said that there had been a record increase in overseas trade.

14 JUNE 1924

Gaston Doumergue, President of the Senate, was elected President of the French Republic.

General Dawes was confirmed as the Republican candidate for the Vice-President of the United States.

Stanley Baldwin, the former Prime Minister, addressing the Association of Conservative Clubs in London, pleaded for the spread of Unionist doctrines.

13 JUNE 1924

President Coolidge was nominated by the Republican Convention as candidate for the Presidency at the election in Autumn.

The election to the Presidency of the French Republic was scheduled to take place at the Palace of Versailles.

At the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva, questions relating to Russian, Greek and Armenian refugees were considered, and it was decided after discussion to adopt the proposal of the High Commissioner that the International Labour Office should deal with the future settlement of refugees.

The appointment of Colonel William Robert Campion as Governor of Western Australia, in succession to Sir Franci Newdegate, created a vacancy in the representation of the Lewes Division of Sussex in Parliament.

12 JUNE 1924

Lord Ashfield, on behalf of the London Underground railway companies, issued a warning to the strikers that unless they reported for duty within one day then it would be assumed that they had left the service.

A letter formally announcing his resignation of the Presidency of the French Republic was sent by Alexandre Millerand to the Senate and Chamber. In a message to French citizens, he described the action of his opponents as a “fatal precedent” and stated that he sought to resume the struggle for the liberty of the French Republic.

By 36 votes to 25 votes, the Iraq Constituency Assembly ratified the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty.

11 JUNE 1924

Following a hostile vote against the new French Government led by Frédéric François-Marsal, President Alexandre Millerand announced his resignation.

The Presbyterian General Assembly of Canada voted by an overwhelming majority in favour of the Bill providing for the union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches in Canada.

Following a rumour that the Sikhs intended to sacrifice 150 children, there were riotous scenes in Calcutta. Six deaths were reported, together with the burning in the streets of taxi-cabs belonging to Sikh drivers, many of whom sought police protection.

DC Thomson, the son of an Edinburgh doctor, was adopted as the prospective Liberal candidate for South Edinburgh.

10 JUNE 1924

The Republican National Convention for the nomination of Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates opened at Cleveland, Ohio.

Fierce fighting took place between Government forces and the insurgents in Albania.

More tube drivers returned to work and the strike’s impact started to diminish.

9 JUNE 1924

A Paris telegram announced that Frédéric François-Marsal, a member of the Poincare administration, had undertaken to form a Ministry.

Benito Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy, speaking in the Chamber where he won a vote of confidence, said that Europe was suffering from potential disturbances that might provoke crises.

The Constituent Assembly of Iraq, meeting at Baghdad, refused to ratify the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty.