NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 16 May 1923

16 MAY 1923

An important date took place in the House of Commons on the Anglo-Russian relationship. David Lloyd George and Herbert Asquith said during the debate that they broadly agreed with the Government’s proposals.

The French Government seized control of numerous dye works in the Ruhr Valley, extending the area that they had seized in lieu of war reparations.