Today -100: February 3, 1923: Of fascist colonial wars, ruhrs, war debts, small cottages, and Bruces

NYPD Commissioner Enright ends the stationing of cops in cabarets, restaurants and dance halls to enforce Prohibition, patting men down for hip flasks and tasting their drinks. Owners of those establishments agree to enforce it themselves and to stop serving at 2 am.

Mussolini’s first colonial military action: he sends troops to Libya to put down some rebellious chiefs.

Germany calls off the railroad strike in the Ruhr and the Rhineland. Ruhr coal mines are still closed.

The US and Britain come to an agreement on Britain’s war debts to the US. Something about bonds. Harding is strongly opposed to the idea put forward by some congresscritters to use the money for a bonus for veterans, because fuck those guys.

Sir Horace Plunkett says “a small cottage will do me for the rest of my days.” To which the IRA replies, probably, “Yeah, we can burn that down too. Easier, really.”

The Communist International and Soviet trade unions announce a fund for a “world-wide” fight against fascism.

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He’s the Commonwealth Treasurer and is also in charge of the sheep dip.

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