2 OCTOBER 1923
Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, opened the Imperial Conference in London.
German nationalist forces attacked Government troops at Küstrin, 50 miles east of Berlin.
Seventeen people were killed during disorders at Dusseldorf with charges of brutality made against the Prussian police.
1 OCTOBER 1923
Raymond Poincaré, the Prime Minister of France, said that Germany’s latest proclamation was grudging and part of an inevitable truce. He said that execution was now key and that the France would be watching Germany’s actions.
The Secretary of State for Scotland, replying to a deputation from the Lewis District Committee, declined to sanction the appointment of official representatives to serve on the Trust to which Lord Leverhulme has offered to hand over the landward part of the Island of Lewis; and said it was impossible to entertain the proposal to give financial assistance to the Trust to meet a deficit on the working of the estate.
30 SEPTEMBER 1923
Sir Louis Newton was elected as the new Lord Mayor of London and he had served as a member of the City Corporation since 1905.
Funerals began for the 40 men who were killed at the Redding mining disaster.
29 SEPTEMBER 1923
Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Secretary of State for Scotland, spoke about the housing problem in Edinburgh and said that the best resolution was likely the block building of standardised housing.
There were indications that the boilermakers’ dispute was near resolution.
Reuter said that the situation in Germany was not regarded with undue alarm.
28 SEPTEMBER 1923
Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, said in a speech in Northampton that his meeting with the French Prime Minister had helped restore the atmosphere of confidence which for some time had been lost.
Herbert Asquith said at a speech at the National Liberal Club in London that the question of reparations and inter-Allied debts should be submitted to an international tribunal.
Corfu was evacuated by the Italians.
27 SEPTEMBER 1923
Friedrich Ebert, the President of Germany, said in a proclamation to the German nation that passive resistance was being abandoned in order to preserve the life of the people and of the State.
Martial law was declared in Bavaria.
A meeting of the British Cabinet was held at which Franco-British relations and the Ruhr Valley situation were discussed.
The death of Aubrey Herbert meant that a by-election would be held in the Yeovil division of Somerset.
26 SEPTEMBER 1923
It was formally announced in Berlin that the heads of Federal States of Germany have unanimously agreed to end passive resistance, but at the same time safeguard the unity of the Reich.
The Redding coal mine at Polmont flooded with 73 people caught up in the tragedy and with only 21 having been rescued alive at the time of reporting.
William Cosgrave, the President of Ireland, said that the industrial disputes in the Irish Free State were causing major financial harm to the country. He said that the days of “wonderful prosperity” during the war were over and the population would have to get used to fewer luxuries.
25 SEPTEMBER 1923
It was rumoured in the French press that the capitulation of the Germany army in the Ruhr Valley was now imminent.
General Smuts, the Prime Minister of South Africa, has arrived for the Imperial Conference. In an interview, he stated that the South African Government was in complete harmony with the policy of the British Government on European questions.
It was confirmed that 123 people had died in the previous week’s Persian earthquake.
24 SEPTEMBER 1923
The death was announced of the Marquis of Ripon.
The death of Charles Harvey Dixon meant that a by-election was called for the Rutland constituency.
Revolutionary activities continued in Bulgaria, with martial law still in place throughout the entire country.
An explosion in a Polish coal mine killed 36 people.
23 SEPTEMBER 1923
Martial law was declared in Bulgaria after serious fighting took place in the country.
Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, gave no statement of his discussions with the French Prime Minister and Downing Street said the matter would first be discussed at Cabinet.