NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 16 April 1924

16 APRIL 1924

Germany accepted the experts’ report on reparation payments as a basis of negotiations. The British Government said that it would back the report.

The French Government said that it would not withdraw from the Ruhr Valley until financial reparations were received from Germany.

Southampton ship workers decided to return to work on condition that an immediate conference took place to secure uniformity of pay between Southampton and London.