NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 4 February 1924

4 FEBRUARY 1924

The letters sent between Raymond Poincaré, the French Prime Minister, and Ramsay MacDonald, the new Labour Prime Minister, showed that both Premiers expressed a wish for continued co-operation between France and the UK to solve the current international problems.

The Congress of Soviets at Moscow passed a resolution on the subject of the British Government’s recognition of Soviet Russia. The Congress notes with satisfaction that “this historic step was once of the first acts of the first Government in Great Britain chosen by the working class”.

In connection with the dockers’ demand for increased wages, Mr Bevin, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, received a letter from the National Union of Railwaymen promising co-operation in event of a strike.