NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 20 May 1923

20 MAY 1923

Andrew Bonar Law, the Prime Minister, returned to London from Paris alongside his son, amidst rumours that he might resign for health reasons. Downing Street said that the Prime Minister was planning to rest for a few days and that he had no immediate intention of standing down.

It was reported that a Russian gunboat had fired on a British trawler which was trading out of the port in Grimsby.