NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 7 June 1924

7 JUNE 1924

It was feared that the situation with the London tube strike was going to worsen.

The question of common action by Britain and the Dominions in questions of foreign policy was discussed in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister and David Lloyd George taking part.

Vivian Phillipps, speaking in Oxford, referred to the “suicidal tactics” of the Labour Party in splitting the progressive vote which, if continued, would establish fully in the saddle the forces of Protection and reaction.

The Reichstag adopted, by 247 votes to 183, a motion in support of the German Government’s declaration that the Expert’s report is a suitable basis for a speedy solution of the Reparations question.