11 NOVEMBER 1923
It was reported that Adolf Hitler, who had taken part in the Bavarian coup, had escaped the area after being shot.
The Prince of Wales left a wreath by the Cenotaph in memory of those who had died in the Great War. There was what was called at the time a “Great Silence”.
10 NOVEMBER 1923
A revolt took place in Bavaria led by Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialists, with the support of General Erich Ludendorff. In what became known as the Beer Hall Putsch, 2,000 Nazis marched on the city centre of Munich but were stopped by the local police.
At the final meeting of the Imperial Economic Conference a resolution was carried emphasising the need for the speedy establishment of an efficient wireless service, and urging the Governments of the Empire to act at once to remove causes of delay, while providing “safeguards against the the subordination of public to private interests”.
9 NOVEMBER 1923
The French Ambassador in Berlin was instructed to call the German Government’s attention to the serious concern which the French Government felt about the situation in Germany.
An extension of the Preference on Dominion wines was announced on behalf of the British Government at the Imperial Economic Conference. Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame stated that in event of duties being imposed upon malting barley and hops the Government would give a Preference to the Dominions.
8 NOVEMBER 1923
Neville Chamberlain, defending the Government’s fiscal policy during a speech in Preston, said that he did not think that anyone would be deceived by what he called the crocodile tears of Herbert Asquith.
Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, visited his native county and was presented with the freedom of the City of Worcester.
Further cases of foot and mouth disease were reported in the West of Scotland.
7 NOVEMBER 1923
Sir Arthur Balfour, President of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, spoke in Edinburgh on the effect of the reparations problem on trade, and said the time had come when Great Britain must speak plainly to France.
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Postmaster-General, speaking at Birmingham, commended the Government’s fiscal policy as a means of relieving unemployment.
A referendum in the Canadian province of Alberta has resulted in the rejection of Prohibition, after a seven year trial of the system.
6 NOVEMBER 1923
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in Leeds, criticised the position of the Labour party with regards to the new fiscal policy.
It was reported in the United States that Great Britain, Italy and Belgium had reached agreement in favour of a free and full inquiry regarding reparations by a Committee of Experts.
In the first of the polls under the Scottish (Temperance) Act, Falkirk voted for ‘no change’.
5 NOVEMBER 1923
Telegrams from Paris and the Rhineland reported a change in the attitude of Belgium towards the Separatists, who were being disarmed in the Belgian zone.
David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, said in a farewell speech in New York that during the war he had stood for the ruthless prosecution of it; after the war ended he was for the ruthless prosecution of peace.
Bishop Walpole, speaking in Edinburgh, made a plea for the reformed public house [designed to appeal to the whole family and not just men] and said that he didn’t feel that prohibition had been successful.
4 NOVEMBER 1923
It was reported that there had been a plot to assassinate David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister.
The body of Andrew Bonar Law, the former Prime Minister, was cremated at Golder’s Green in London.
3 NOVEMBER 1923
Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, gave a speech in Manchester giving further details on safeguarding the home market, combating unemployment and ensuring cheaper supplies of raw material.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in Cardiff, referred to the policy of protection and said what was intended was a general tariff on imported manufactured goods.
It was announced in the German press that the Social Democrats had decided to withdraw from the Reich coalition Government.
2 NOVEMBER 1923
Speaking in Nevers, Raymond Poincaré, the French Prime Minister, said that now wasn’t the time to change their line of action with regards to the German reparations situation.
At a meeting of the Imperial Economic Conference, resolutions were passed with regard to the immunity of State enterprises from taxation, commercial facilities, reciprocal enforcement of judgements, including arbitration awards and patents.
Two more cases of foot and mouth disease were reported in Renfrewshire.