NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 6 August 1923

6 AUGUST 1923

The Belgian reply to Britain on the matter of German war reparations was published, which was broadly in support of the French position.

Calvin Coolidge, the new President of the United States, said that he intended to continue with the personnel from the Warren Harding administration.

W. T. Cosgrave, the President of Ireland, said that he supported flogging as a punishment for robbery.