NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 23 March 1923

23 MARCH 1923

Lord Newton led a debate in the House of Lords regarding a reduction in the size of the Upper Chamber and a discussion was had about a reform of the Lords. Lord Curzon questioned the hereditary principle, saying that two thirds of the Peers who had a right to sit in the Lords had little interest in the work that was carried out.

The negotiations between the National Liberals and the Independent Liberals on a view to reunion of the parties broke down.

Wilhelm Cuno, the German Chancellor, urged those in the French occupied Ruhr Valley to continue a process of passive resistance.