NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 17 December 1923

17 DECEMBER 1923

Raymond Poincaré, the Prime Minister of France, in his reply to the German Chancellor’s invitation to commence discussions, states that France will not consent to any derogation of the rights of the Reparation Commission, or to consider any settlement which would not be in strict accord with the terms of the Treaty.

Lord Reading, the Viceroy of India, expressed at Calcutta his hope that their combined desires for India’s welfare would solve the differences between the Provincial Councils and the Administration.

The National Delegate Conference of the Miners’ Federation have adopted the Executive’s recommendation that a coalfields ballot be taken on the question of terminating or continuing the national wages agreement, and that the men be advised to vote in favour of termination.