3 JUNE 1923
The Lausanne Conference reached another deadlock after the Turkish side refused to make any concessions on debt repayments.
The Southern Railway announced that an attempt had been made to derail trains heading from London to Kent by the placing of chairs on the line.
The Skye Raiders accepted the Government terms for their release.
2 JUNE 1923
Mabel Philipson won the by-election in the constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed securing 12,000 votes, with the Liberal candidate Harold Burge Robson getting 5,858 votes and the Labour candidate Gilbert Oliver getting 3,966 votes.
The Restoration of Order in Ireland Bill passed the report stage and the third reading in the House of Commons.
The terms of a Government offer to the Skye land raiders were announced in the House of Commons by the Under Secretary of Health in Scotland.
1 JUNE 1923
Viscount Grey, speaking at the Liberal conference in Buxton, said that he believed Liberal reunion was coming from the rank and file of the party in a perfectly natural and automatic manner. Herbert Asquith also spoke and expressed approval of the comments made by Viscount Grey.
The Prince of Wales was granted the freedom of York.
The Rent Restrictions (Notices of Increase) Bill passed the committee stage in the House of Lords.
31 MAY 1923
The Prince of Wales visited Bradford as part of his industrial tour of Yorkshire.
The Mental Treatment Bill passed through Committee in the House of Lords after the addition of a clause providing that there asylums in England and Wales should in future be referred to as mental hospitals rather than lunatic asylums.
The question of a Liberal reunion was discussed at the annual meeting of the Council of the National Liberal Federation in Buxton.
The railway companies issued a statement, in reply to criticisms over fares, giving reasons why they believed further reductions were impossible.
30 MAY 1923
Earl Russell’s Blasphemy Laws Amendment Bill was rejected in the House of Lords by 68 votes to 8 votes.
The death was announced of Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin.
The Indemnity Bill was discussed in the House of Commons.
29 MAY 1923
Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, was formally elected Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party.
Laming Worthington-Evans was appointed as the Postmaster General.
Éamon de Valera stated that the Republic of Ireland could no longer successfully be defended by arms.
Hugh Pollock, the Minister of Finance, submitted his Budget Statement in the Northern Ireland Parliament.
28 MAY 1923
At the Conference of Lausanne, Ismet Pasha agreed that the Karagatch Triangle should be ceded to Turkey in lieu of reparations payable to Greece.
Austen Chamberlain, writing in reference to the “complete reunion of the Conservative Party”, said in a letter to constituents that “no opportunity was given to us to make our contribution to party loyalty, and no communication from the Prime Minister was made to me until he formed his Ministry”.
Viscount Grey, in a letter to Captain Robson who was the Liberal candidate at Berwick, stated that he believed the restoration of the Liberal Party to a strong position in public affairs is a most urgent and necessary thing for wholesome, sound and progressive policy.
27 MAY 1923
The Turkish and Greek armies agreed at the Lausanne Conference that they would not enter into a conflict with each other.
Violent disorder broke out in Bochum, in French occupied German territory, when rioters stormed shops in the towns. The French military refused to intervene and the local police force, controlled by the French, were also told not to take action. In Dusseldorf, the French authorities executed Schlaegeter after a military trial found him guilty of sabotage.
26 MAY 1923
The new Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin confirmed that he would temporarily also take the role of Chancellor of the Exchequer, with sources stating that it was expected Reginald McKenna would be given the role later on in the year.
Andrew Bonar’s Law resignation list was published, including a Baronetcy for Sir Thomas Horder and a knighthood for CG May who had been the Prime Minister’s medical adviser.
25 MAY 1923
Stanley Baldwin completed the list of his Cabinet with the exception of the announcement of who his new Chancellor of the Exchequer would be.
It was reported that the relationship between Britain and Russia had improved.
A message from the Lausanne Conference said that only drastic action on behalf of the Allies could prevent war between Greece and Turkey.
Raymond Poincaré, the Prime Minister of France, offered his resignation to Alexandre Millerand, the President, but the offer was rejected.