The St. Johns herald., 1922-12-21
FOREIGN


 connection with the Greek military dis
 aster in Asia Minor were executed al Athens. The execution of the con.
 demned men was by shooting.
 The rate of exchange on shipments l of freight between Canada and thC
 United States from Dec. l to Dec. 14 inclusive, will be 1-32 of per cent, fl has been announced officially. No sur. charge will be collected on interna. tiOnal traffic.
 Federal troops of Mexico have res cued H. K. Wereker, superintendent of the Aguila oil COmpany's camp at TiacOlula, Vera Cruz, who was kid naped and held for 10000 pesos ran- som, according to a war office an nOuncement. He is British subject
 American tobacco buyers are being held up and robbed in western Thrace. The latest robbed are R. J. Wortham of Henderson, N. C., who was deprived of money and jewelry while travelling by automobile from Drama to Kavala, and J. J. Harrington of Rocky Mount N. C., who was robbed on a road from Seres to Saloniki.
 At the opening of the disarmament conference in Moscow, Maxim Litvin- off, Russian assistant commissioner of foreign affairs, definitely proposed a 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"
 The prohibitlonists of SchOenberg, a suburb of Berlin, having been prevent ed by the police from holding an open air meeting engaged a flock of sand wich men to parade the streets with placards denOuncing the evils of aIcO- hol. This aroused the ire of the sa- lOonkeepers l distillery employees, who gave the sandwish men a severe beating.
 William T. COSgrave, president of the DaiI Eireann, said that the execu- ton of Erskine Childers was inevita- ble, and added: "I fear there will be many more. We do not want these executions, and would give anything to avoid them, but there is no Othe- course of opinion. The only people who can stop them are the irregulars themselves"
 The American doughboys in the Rhineland are making up a purse of many million of marks with which to give to German youngsters a real Christmas. The Rhineland post of vet erans of foreign wars started the purse with 300,000 marks and every soldier in the American forces is giving at least the equivalent of $1, 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. 
 Seven men, including two former | prohibition enforcement agents, con- victed of substituting 160 barrels or | ginger ale for Canadian whisky while | the shipment was being moved from a New York railroad station last April, | were sentenced by Federal Judge | Mack to two years each in Atlanta oenitentiary. The enforcement men, Harry Meade and William Walsh, also were fined $2,000 each.
 Hundreds of the worlds fine cattle were led into the arena at the Inter- national Livestock Show at Chicago Or Judging, under the direction of J. N. Strickland of Yorkshire, England. 9len Phares of Shelbyville, Ind, won he sweepstakes in the junior corn contest at the hay and grain show held n connection with the live stock ex- position. Region winners were: Re ,ion l, Donald StOltz, Park City, Iont. Region 6, Paul Hoffman, Tiff, Colo. Other winners at the show were: Cow peas: Fred GothrOpe, Proctor, Colo. Hard red winter wheat; John Howell, MOntrose, Colo. White spring wheat, John Howell, MontrOse, Colo. lard red spring wheat: R. O. Wyler, SasE, Can.
 President ObregOn Is expected to is- iue a decree at once lifting the import luty on beans, corn, wheat and other cereals into Mexico, according to telegram received at Fl Paso from Chi luahua City.
 A plan for direct action by France IS a solution of the separations Ques- ion has been submitted to a full cab net meeting in the Elysee palace, with President Millerand presiding. The Dlan provides for seizure of the state oal mines and collection of the ex- ,ort taxes in the Ruhr district, tOgeth- r with absolute control of that sec ion of the Rhine.