NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 21 February 1923

21 FEBRUARY 1923

In the House of Commons, a Liberal party amendment to the Loyal Address suggesting an immediate and drastic curtailment of British responsibilities in Mesopotamia was defeated.

The Second Reading of the Industrial Assurance Bill was agreed to in the House of Lords.

It was reported that Colonel Svejevski was sentenced to death for a plot to kill Vladimir Lenin.

Army headquarters in Dublin announced that the national troops had captured more groups of Irregulars, including some who were attempting to loot the Post Office at Knockmore in Fermoy, County Cork.

The Dean of Durham condemned plans to allow vicars to become Members of Parliament, stating that “they could not possibly do their duty in the House of Commons”.