NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 10 February 1923

10 FEBRUARY 1923

Liam Deasy, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the IRA, who had his death sentence exchanged for being able to influence a surrender of the Irregulars had his efforts rebuffed by Eamon de Valera. Liam Lynch, the Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army, said that “Deasy’s action has brought about no real change in the Republicans’ position, the fight will go on, even if there are only 30 men left to conduct it”.

Two members of the Irregulars were shot dead by the National Troops following their raid of a Post Office in Poleberry.

Archbishop Georges, the Head of the Polish Orthodox Church, was assassinated in Warsaw and his murderer arrested.

The German Minister of Finance said that the French occupation of the Ruhr Valley meant that was now more difficult than ever to present a budget that had any real value. The mark was currently at 40,000 to one pound, with inflation running rampant in Germany and with few signs of being able to bring it under control.