NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 31 January 1923

31 JANUARY 1923

General Jean Degoutte, the French military Commander in the occupied Ruhr Valley, warned the Germans that they would take sterner measures against the country unless there was a change in the reparations policy. French sources said that they weren’t intending to take over more territory given the difficulties they were having keeping control in the Ruhr Valley.

The Irregulars continued their attacks in Ireland, attacking and burning down the mansions of Lord Mayo and Sir Horace Plunkett.

The death of Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, was announced, a Scottish Peer who had also served as the President of the Football Association for 33 years.