NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 9 June 1924

9 JUNE 1924

A Paris telegram announced that Frédéric François-Marsal, a member of the Poincare administration, had undertaken to form a Ministry.

Benito Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy, speaking in the Chamber where he won a vote of confidence, said that Europe was suffering from potential disturbances that might provoke crises.

The Constituent Assembly of Iraq, meeting at Baghdad, refused to ratify the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty.