14 JUNE 1923
Earl Birkenhead said in the House of Lords that socialism was growing in strength and raised the matter of Trade Union levies for political purposes.
Lord Curzon, the Foreign Secretary, wrote in response to the Soviet Note that the Soviet Government has complied with the essential conditions of the British demands.
A wooden open-air ward at the Ministry of Pensions Hospital at Highbury, Birmingham, was destroyed by fire with two patients losing their lives.
13 JUNE 1923
Henri Jaspar, the Belgian Foreign Minister, said that his Government were in solidarity with France on the subjects of war reparations and the occupation of the Ruhr Valley.
A party of the British section of the Palestine Gendarmerie was ambushed by brigands. Two men were killed immediately, with another dying later of their wounds.
The Finance Bill was discussed in Committee of the House of Commons, with an amendment for the repeal of the McKenna duties being rejected by 238 votes to 164 votes.
12 JUNE 1923
The Government said that the German note on reparations payments would be discussed within Cabinet, although it would take several days until an announcement was made in Parliament.
There was disorder in Dortmund following the shooting of two non-commissioned French officers.
No agreement was reached at the Lausanne Conference on the Turkish debt conference.
The Government’s debt reduction policy and tea/beer duties were discussed in the House of Commons.
11 JUNE 1923
The death of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom was confirmed. She was the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and had been born in May 1846.
A coup d’etat took place in Bulgaria with the armed forces overthrowing the democratically elected Government.
David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, said that the real trouble of the world was the enthroning of force above right. He said that until there was a new temper in the world, he despaired at civilisation.
9 JUNE 1923
Speaking to the Chatham and Canning clubs in London, the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin spoke of the need of developing the Dominions and more evenly spreading the population of the whole Empire in the interests of the denser population in the UK who must have trade or starve.
The Matrimonial Causes Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons by 257 votes to 26 votes.
It was reported that Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, the fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was unconscious and in a serious state of health.
8 JUNE 1923
Germany confirmed to the Allies that the country accepted the need to pay war reparations and said that they would accept the report of an impartial international body as to the amount and method of payments.
The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Bill passed the report stage in the House of Lords.
The Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Bill passed the second reading in the House of Commons with a majority of 164.
7 JUNE 1923
The Restoration of Order in Ireland (Indemnity Bill) and the Rent Restrictions Bill passed their third reading in the House of Lords.
The Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Bill was discussed in the House of Commons during its second reading.
The French and Belgian Governments agreed to a programme of fresh measures to increase the pressure on Germany to make war reparations.
6 JUNE 1923
It was reported that a massage received in Paris from Berlin states that Germany’s new reparations offer is based on annual payments rather than specific fixed amounts.
The Marquis of Salisbury stated that the Government’s view was that the establishment of a Singapore base was essential, after being questioned by Viscount Wimborne who suggested that there should instead be an investment in the air force.
A vote of £44,655,246 for the Ministry of Pensions was discussed in the House of Commons and then agreed to.
5 JUNE 1923
The Restoration of Order in Ireland (Indemnity) Bill was read for a second time in the House of Lords.
The Agricultural Rates Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 286 votes to 127 votes.
Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, said in an interview with a Paris newspaper that Anglo-French difficulties could be adjusted and that if the two countries co-operated then wider problems in Europe could also be resolved.
Juan Soldevilla y Romero, the Archbishop of Zaragoza, was assassinated.
4 JUNE 1923
The result of a trade union ballot in the building trade on a proposed extension of hours during the summer months was rejected by a large majority.
A formal apology was issued by the six Skye land raiders to the courts.
Benito Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy, received a warm welcome during a visit to Venice.
Governor Smith signed the Bill repealing prohibition enforcement in the state of New York.