Today -100: April 21, 1922: Going to succeed because it must succeed

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And in Dublin IRA gunmen shoot up buildings occupied by government forces. Which brand of IRA gunmen they are is unclear, as the ones occupying the Four Courts disavow them.

Lloyd George crows that he has “saved” the Genoa Conference by his threat to Germany that it either renounce its treaty with Russia or withdraw from Conference discussions about Russia. It has chosen the latter. “This conference is going to succeed because it must succeed,” he says. He again accuses Germany of being “disloyal,” which gets more hilarious each time I read it.

British Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill falls off a horse.

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