NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 14 February 1923

14 FEBRUARY 1923

Andrew Bonar Law, the Prime Minister, speaking in support of the King’s Speech laid out the differences between the French and the British on the German reparations policy and the occupation of the Ruhr Valley by the French.

Harry Gosling and Arthur Henderson took their seats in the Commons for the first time.

The customs houses of Wesel and Emmerich in Germany were taken over by Belgian troops.