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13 SEPTEMBER 1923

Gustav Stresemann, the German Chancellor, made a keynote speech saying that he wanted to resolve the situation in the Ruhr Valley and on the matter of war reparations. He suggested placing pledge mortgages on private property to give real guarantees on repayment.

Benito Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy, said that the firm attitude of the Italian Government had prevented intervention on the part of the League of Nations into the Greek dispute.

Southern Rhodesia became a Dominion of the British Empire.

12 SEPTEMBER 1923

The French Government stated that they were expecting an approach from Germany over the situation in the Ruhr Valley and war reparations.

Six people were killed and ten were wounded in a unemployment disturbance in Dresden.

The Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades Federation has decided to apply for a ten shillings weekly advance on the wages of men employed in shipyards.

London milk prices were arranged at a meeting of the Joint-Committee of milk producers and distributors.

11 SEPTEMBER 1923

It was reported in Berlin that there were plans to begin direct negotiations between the French and German Governments.

The Irish Free State was admitted into the League of Nations.

Sir Henry Dobbs succeeded Sir Percy Cox as His Majesty’s High Commissioner for Iraq.

10 SEPTEMBER 1923

Raymond Poincaré, the Prime Minister of France, said that the country would not leave the Ruhr Valley until they had been paid.

The Japanese Government stated that nearly two million people were homeless in Tokyo and Yokohama.

The Greek Government agreed to the conditions contained in the Note from the Ambassadors’ Conference.

9 SEPTEMBER 1923

The submarine that sank in Hong Kong harbour was successfully refloated.

Foot and mouth was detected in a number of farms in the Cheshire area.

The death of William Frederick Hickes Beach, the MP for Tewkesbury between 1916 and 1918, was announced.

8 SEPTEMBER 1923

The Ambassadors’ Conference has addressed a note to Greece on the subject of the Janina murders. A copy of the note has been sent to the League of Nations Council.

David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, said that the Government had suffered a rebuff at Geneva and he said that Liberal unity was essential.

At the Trades Union Congress a resolution from the National Union of Railwaymen was passed urging that organised workers should demand a six hour working day.

The death was announced of Sir Edward Ridsdale, a former MP for Brighton.

7 SEPTEMBER 1923

The Trades Union Congress at Plymouth passed a resolution urging the Government to use its mediatory influence with the Italian Government with a view to “the utilisation of the machinery of the League of Nations to prevent another international catastrophe“.

An outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease was confirmed near Torquay.

Eighteen people were reported killed following a railway collision near Hanover.

6 SEPTEMBER 1923

The Italian delegate at the League of Nations Council maintained that the body was not competent to decide the appeal made by Greece.

The Italian Ambassador to Japan was reported to have died in the earthquake and subsequent fires. Parts of Japan were placed under martial law as hundreds of thousands of people were feared dead.

5 SEPTEMBER 1923

Benito Mussolini stated that Italy would leave the League of Nations if the body decided against them following the country’s occupation of Corfu.

There were aftershocks in Tokyo following a large earthquake that hit Japan earlier on during the week.

General Smuts, speaking in Pretoria before his departure for the Imperial Conference, said that every ounce of the Empire’s strength should be devoted to securing peace and the recovery of Europe.

4 SEPTEMBER 1923

The League of Nations confirmed that they had received a statement from the Greek Legation following the occupation of Corfu by Italy.

The Fourth Assembly of the League of Nations opened in Geneva.

Lord Leverhulme announced at a meeting in Stornaway that he was quitting the region and would be gifting the Isle of Lewis to the people. He had purchased the island in 1918 and had intended on making it an industrial town and fish cannery, but there was opposition due to land resettlements.