NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 13 March 1923

13 MARCH 1923

The Home Secretary was asked in the House of Commons why the Government had assisted the Irish Free State with arresting so many Irish rebels. He replied that evidence was provided to the Home Office that there was a quasi-military organisation with revolutionary aims which the Government felt was a threat to national security.

Tensions rose in the occupied Ruhr Valley following the shooting by French military of two men who had been alleged to have killed two French officers. In the confusion following the shootings the French military shot five more German civilians.

Archibald Boyd-Carpenter was confirmed as the new Financial Secretary to the Treasury.