The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-07
FOREIGN

yoRE1aN
The House OF Commons wIflsovt a.
vision passed tbs second reading q
the Irish constitution bill, sitter q Do
bate In Single sitting without strik-
ing Incidents.
Six former cabinet officers and xYmy
officials convicted OF high treason IN
connection with the Greek military DIS
astcr In Asia Minor were executed ut
Athens. The execution OF the con
demned men was BY shooting
The rate Of exchange ON shipments
Of freight between Canada and Tire
United States from Dec. to Dec. II,
inclusive, will be 1872 Of 1 per cent, It
has been announced officially. No SUE
charge will be collected on tntezna-
tional traffic.
Lord Curzon, the British foreign sec
retary, recently authorized an official
statement T. the press that England
supports the American open door.
policy in Turkey and regards the San
Reno agreement for division Of tha
MOsui oil district as null and void
At least four persons were killed
and dozen Injured when the police
used machine guns against band Of
demonstrators who attempted to In
wade the city hall In Mexico City In
protest against the alleged negligence
OF the aldermen In connection with the
water famine In the city.
Miss Mary BLacSwiney, who has been
hunger striking In Mount Joy prison.
has been relessed. Her release came
on the twenty-third day of her strike
She had refused to take food since her
arrest, when she was seized during 4
raid on house in Aylesbury road BY
nationalist troops who were seeking
Eamonn de Valera
At the opening Of the disarmament
conference in Moscow, Maxim Litvin-
off, Russian assistant commissioner Of
foreign affairs, definitely proposed u
reduction of the Red army to 100000
men. He made this conditional, how
ever. on "a corresponding reduction in
the standing armies Of the states on
Russia's western boundaries"
William 7. COsgrave, president Of
the Dali Eireann, said that the execu-
ton Of Erskine Childers was Inevita-
BILE, and added: II fear there will be
many more. We do not want these
executions, and would give anything to
avoid them, but there is no othe4.
course Of opinion. The only people
who can stop them are the irregulars
themselves"
The American doughboys in the
Rhineland are making up purse of
many million of marks with which to
give to German youngsters real
Christmas. The Rhineland post of vet
Grams of foreign wars started the purse
with 100000 marks and every soldier
in the American forces is giving ut
least the equivalent of 81, which Is
more than 5000 marks. Top sergeants
are entrusted with the task Of seeing
that none Of the soldiers forget to con-
tribute. Relief work already has be-
gun among the German poor.
GENERAL
More than 1000 reserve, National
guard and regular army officers gath
cred recently at Baltimore and effected
the organization of the third zone Of
the army Of the United States and
pledged themselves to the principle of
zone army"
More than 200 miners employed by
the Georges Greek Coal Mining Com
pany at Homecoming, Mich, went on
strike in sympathy with fifteen labor
ers who quit work after disagree
ment with employers following wage
dispute. The miners struck despite the
advice of Francis j. Drum, president
of District No. 16, United Mine Work
ers of America.
A plan for direct action by France
as a solution of the reparations ques-
ton has been submitted to full cab
met meeting in the Elysee palace. with
President Millerand presiding. The
plan provides for seizure of the state
coal mines and collection Of the ex-
port taxes in the Ruhr district, togeth-
er with absolute control Of that Sec
ton of the Rhine.
president ODreg0n Is expected TO iS-
sue decree at once lifting the import
duty on beans, corn, wheat and other
cereals into Mexico, according to
telegram received at Ell Paso from Chi
huahua City.
Miss Anna Lentz, who lives on q
farm near Chiffon, Wis, confessed
that she had mailed the poisoned can
dy which caused the death Of Mrs.
Frank Schneider, mother Of eight
children. She has been arraigned on
charge of murder. The confession
was made and signed before Federal
Postal Inspector Niles OF Fond Du Lac.
Byron Ernest Thady, 20 years old,
switchboard man. was awarded the
Thendnre N Vail gold medal for note