100 Years Ago

15 AUGUST 1923 The by-election result in South Portsmouth was announced with the Unionist party holding onto the seat. Herbert

14 AUGUST 1923 The German Government announced that it was ceasing the repayment of all war reparations saying that the

13 AUGUST 1923 The Cuno Government in Germany resigned leaving Gustav Stresemann to become the new Chancellor. The British Government

12 AUGUST 1923 The British Government sent a note to the French Government saying that it disagreed with its foreign

11 AUGUST 1923 The media reported that the increase in food prices in Germany compared with wages was causing great

10 AUGUST 1923 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, in a message to the Unionist candidate at South Portsmouth, said that it

9 AUGUST 1923 Wilhelm Cuno, the Chancellor of Germany, said that the French demands in connection with the Ruhr valley

8 AUGUST 1923 The Government said that Cabinet would discuss tomorrow their response to the French note on German war

7 AUGUST 1923 Limits on trading foreign currency were lifted in Germany, leading to the mark falling to 7,500,000 to

6 AUGUST 1923 The Belgian reply to Britain on the matter of German war reparations was published, which was broadly