The St. Johns herald., 1921-10-06
FOREIGN


 London that neither Lloyd George, the prime minister, nor Lord CurzOn, the
 secretary for foreign affairs, will at tend the Washington conference on dis
 armament and Pacific problems, in
 view of impending developments in do-
 nestle politics.
 Six soldiers of the American army
 of occupation in Germany were killed
 when a military lGrry was struck by the DOrtmund- Frankfort express, said dispatch to Paris from COblenz. Cob
 lenz is headquarters of the American army of occupation.
 1 Contract for construction of a great bridge over the Yellow river on the
 line of the Peking HankOw railway has just been awarded a Belgian concern.
 Its bid was $1O,5OOOOO. Four Ameri- can bids were entered. The bridge is to be more than mile and half long.
 The Quest, the small ship on which Sir Ernest ShackletOn will explore the unCharted sections of the South Atlan- ic, the Pacific and the Antarctic seas, left the Thames on the start of her twO-year voyage. Large crowds gath cred on the docks to wish Sir Ernest and his party successful voyage.
 The British government has dis patched a strongly wOrded note to Moscow calling attention of the soviet government to alleged serious breach es of faith involved in the pursuance by the Russians throughout central Asia and AfghaniStan of a campaign of intrigues against Great Britain.
 The Dutch parliament was opened by Queen Wilhelmina amidst scenes of disorder. A demonstration was carried out in the street before the parliament building. Anti-militariSt shouts were raised in the parliament hall itself, and the reading of the speech from the throne mOmentarily was drowned in the tumult.
 Maximilian Harden, Germany's most famous journalist, has cancelled his proposed lecture tour of the United States. Herr Harden announced that heart weakness had compelled him at the last minute to fOregO his plans. He was under contract to deliver lectures n many cities in the United States.
 The strong feeling against the ultra conservatives in Germany, which has manifested itself since the recent mur- der of Matthias Erzberger, is believed to be the cause of several members of the HOhenzOllern family leaving Ger many and going to DOOrn, where they are expected to remain with former Emperor William until they consider | that conditions in Germany are favor able to their return. GENERAL
 County Attorney Marvin Schurlock | was attacked and whipped, by Mrs. NJ. | l.. McCracken at Beaumont, Texas, be- | cause the recent grand jury failed to | indict a woman who, Mrs. McCracken | alleged, shot at her. Schurlock was not injured.
 The committee of fOrty-eight an- it is organizing new pOliti- cal party to enter the 1922 congress SiOnal campaign. Solution of the rail- road problem, reduction of national ex- penditures and relief from taxation by providing new and legitimate sources of revenue, were stated to be its chief aim.
 First official action by authorities against the activities of the Ku Klux Klan has been taken in Chicago. It came in the form of definite declara- ton from Chief of Police FitzmOrris that parades of members of the klan or other organizations whose members appear masked will not be permitted In Chicago streets.
 A mother was arrested in Aurora, H., on complaint of her two daugh- -ers, who charged her with the murder of their father. The mother, Mrs. Frances Balchunas, 34, was taken with John PetrOska, 2, whom the girls, Helen, IS, and Frances, 14, charge is ler sweetheart. They said the mother turned on the gas the night of June 6 ast, as their father slept The woman declared she was innocent.
 Addressing the convention of the Minnesota Anti-salOOn League at Min leapOlis recently, Congressman A. J. Tolstead of Minnesota stated that his fife had been threatened on his depar- ure from Washington. He said he vas warned in letter that he would lever take his seat again in the House." The national industrial conference ,oard, an organization of twenty or