Friday, October 21, 2022

Today -100: October 21, 1922: The burden is off my shoulders and my sword is in my hand


Lloyd George tells a crowd seeing him off at the train station, “I am a free man. The burden is off my shoulders and my sword is in my hand.” He portrays his position as country v. party: “When the country gets through its troubles we will have the dog fight, but until then let us stand by the old country.”

German Chancellor Joseph Wirth tells the Reichstag that there are at least two murder plots against him.

A mob in Camden, Tennessee seizes a father and son who were convicted of manslaughter and lynches them. The article fails to mention their race.

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