NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 14 July 1924

14 JULY 1924

THE German Chancellor, in a statement to The Press with regard to the forthcoming Inter-Allied Conference, expresses apprehension that the result of the Anglo-French agreement at Paris means that many of the hopes entertained of the meeting have been seriously jeopardised.

Zaghlul Pasha, the Egyptian Premier, was wounded, but not seriously, by a bullet fired by a student. The assailant was arrested.

Serious unrest continues in Delhi, where six persons have been killed and many injured. Armoured cars patrol the city and infantry pickets have been posted.

Speaking at a Liberal demonstration at King’s Langley on Saturday, Mr Lloyd George said the record of the late Government was one of unbroken failure. By letting the French invade the Ruhr the settlement of Europe had been put off for two years at least. Mr Lloyd George also spoke on the future of the mining industry and on land tenure.

Addressing a meeting of the National Union of Railwaymen at Selby, Mr C. T. Cramp, Industrial Secretary, said that the N.U.R. would shortly be formulating a new programme. He did not know what it would be because it would be formed by the rank and file.

In the building trade dispute it is stated that any hopes of an early settlement are centred in the report of the Court of Inquiry presided over by Lord Buckmaster.