100 Years Ago

NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 25 September 1923

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.