NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 9 March 1923

9 MARCH 1923

Con Moloney, the Deputy Chief of the Republican Army Staff, was captured by Government forces during an attack in the Glen of Aherlow.

The Schutzpolizei in Dortmund were disarmed by the occupying French authorities and then expelled from the area. The French military authorities said that they would investigate a series of allegations made by local Germans of robberies being conducted by French troops.

The Belgian Government confirmed that there had been a series of arrests of communist leaders in the country.

The Chinese Cabinet resigned.