100 Years Ago

7 NOVEMBER 1923 Sir Arthur Balfour, President of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, spoke in Edinburgh on the

6 NOVEMBER 1923 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in Leeds, criticised the position of the Labour party with regards

5 NOVEMBER 1923 Telegrams from Paris and the Rhineland reported a change in the attitude of Belgium towards the Separatists,

4 NOVEMBER 1923 It was reported that there had been a plot to assassinate David Lloyd George, the former Prime

3 NOVEMBER 1923 Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, gave a speech in Manchester giving further details on safeguarding the home

2 NOVEMBER 1923 Speaking in Nevers, Raymond Poincaré, the French Prime Minister, said that now wasn’t the time to change

1 NOVEMBER 1923 It was announced that the funeral of Andrew Bonar Law, the former Prime Minister, would take place

31 OCTOBER 1923 The death of former Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law was announced. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, said

30 OCTOBER 1923 The British Cabinet decided to wait for the views of the United States following the speech made

29 OCTOBER 1923 Raymond Poincaré, the French Prime Minister, expressed his willingness to accept the appointment by the Reparations Commission