SMUGGLED ARMS
THE FRONTIER SEIZURE
DESTRUCTION BY OFFICIALS
LONDON, February 23
A message from Budapest states that the machine guns seized at St. Gothard were destroyed under the supervision of the local magistrate and exports, including an engineer from an Austrian arms factory.
Tho ‘ Daily’ Telegraph’s ’ diplomatic correspondent expresses the opinion that the action will intensify tho suspicions of the Little Entente and complicate matters when discussed by the League Council. [A message received on January 21. stated; There has been a groat mystery about truck loads of camouflaged Italian machine guns discovered in transit at the frontier rail station of St. Gothard. Nobody knew to whom they belonged, and nobody would admit ownership. An Austro-Hungarian Commission that investigated the matter now reports that Poland was the destination. Little Entente circles, however, scoff at this finding-]
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Evening Star, Issue 19799, 24 February 1928, Page 4
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136SMUGGLED ARMS Evening Star, Issue 19799, 24 February 1928, Page 4
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