11 APRIL 1923
The Irish Free State Army announced that they had captured Liam Lynch, the chief of the Irregulars, who had been seriously wounded during the arrest.
The development of Empire markets was discussed in the House of Commons, particularly with regards to cotton.
Sir Patrick Ford was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
10 APRIL 1923
Robert Thomas won the by-election for the Anglesey constituency, winning the seat from Independent Labour. Robert Thomas secured 11,116 votes, Labour’s Edward John secured 6,368 votes and the Unionist candidate Richard Owen Roberts secured 3,385 votes.
The Special Constables Bill and the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Bill were read for a second time in the House of Commons.
The Free State Government in Ireland said that they were near to seeing the collapse of the Irregulars.
9 APRIL 1923
Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for War, began an inspection tour of the police forces of Northern Ireland.
The French press reported that the British, French and Belgian Governments had reached an agreement over the French occupation of the Ruhr Valley.
Armed robbers broke into the house of the Coroner in Dublin who was investigating the murder of Mr Bondfield.
Nine members of the Irregulars were killed at Glencar by Irish Free State troops.
8 APRIL 1923
A conference was arranged to discuss ending the strike of farm workers in Norfolk.
It was reported that fighting had broken out in Memel (now Klaipėda in Lithuania) with troops at a standoff with protesters.
The remaining section of Dunwich Church tower was taken down to save it from the encroachment of the sea.
7 APRIL 1923
A £2 million road scheme was proposed to connect Edinburgh and Glasgow, with the Ministry of Transport agreeing to pay for half of the cost.
Thomas Derrig, an anti-Treaty member of the Dail, was shot and badly wounded whilst trying to escape from a CID escort in Dublin.
A car carrying Lord Waterford was shot at in Waterford, but he was unharmed during the attack.
The British Museum denied that they had in their collections a mummy which had supernatural powers following comments made by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
6 APRIL 1923
Frederick Thomson was appointed as the Solicitor General for Scotland.
The death was announced of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who had become known for funding the archaeological investigation of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
The French and Belgian Governments announced that they planned to seize stockpiles of fuel currently located in the Ruhr Valley.
5 APRIL 1923
The German Government made a formal complaint about the civilians that were shot by the French occupying forces in Essen, stating that “the crime committed by French soldiers eclipses all their previous misdeeds”.
Members of the British Labour delegation to Dublin, including Arthur Greenwood, were refused permission to speak to the internees at Mountjoy Prison who had been arrested in the UK.
Fisherman on strike in Aberdeen attacked police with stones and coal forcing a baton charge from the officers.
4 APRIL 1923
The Bolsheviks in Russia confirmed that they had executed Konstantin Budkevich as part of a wider dispute with the Catholic Church.
A motion recommending support for Prohibition was defeated at the Independent Labour Party conference taking place in London.
3 APRIL 1923
Morgan Jones MP said at the Independent Labour Party conference that while British troops remained on the Rhine then French designs in the Ruhr would be prevented from reaching full fruition.
There were forcible demonstrations held by Aberdeen trawler fishermen against the landing of German caught fish, with the police being called to the scene to restore order.
The French took over a motor car factory and a railway station in the suburbs of Mannheim, raising fears in Germany that the occupying forces intended to take the city of Mannheim itself despite previous promises.
Mr Hilferding, the leader of the German socialists, said at an international conference that he agreed that the country needed to pay war reparations, but said that the German territory should be respected. Herbert Morrison, representing the UK Labour Party, said that the French occupation of the Ruhr Valley was in breach of the Versailles Treaty and he demanded them to withdraw.
2 APRIL 1923
The text of the Allies’ reply to the Turkish counter proposals following the failure to reach agreement at the Lausanne Conference was issued and the response was broadly positive.
RC Wallhead delivered his Presidential address at the Independent Labour Party’s 31st general conference in London. He said that the party was now at its highest point of power and influence both nationally and internationally. They condemned the British Government’s position that the Germans were entirely to blame for the First World War, stating that the behaviour of the French was problematic and including their occupation of the Ruhr Valley.
The Labour Party said that they didn’t intend to have a candidate at the forthcoming Ludlow by-election, but they intended to stand at the next General Election.