ILLEGAL ARMS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 9

ILLEGAL ARMS

’ DENIAL BY BRITAIN. i '— 5! USE OF DUM-DUM BULLETS. I ITALIAN NOTE TO THE LEAUL'E. ' | (omen: Wireless.) {Received May ‘23. 1.0 p.m.‘t I'tL‘GBY, May 22. V The League of Nations to-day pub- ‘ iished the Italian Note concerning the ' use or dum~dum bullets by the .\hys--1 sinian armies. f Press messages from Geneva state . that the Note and its accompanying it- ‘ lustrations refer to the British manufacture or some of the illegal am--5 inunition which came into the pos--1 session of the Italian troops. 5 The full contents of the Note have - not reached London. but in yiew at l the categorical statement made to the 1 League by the British Government on 5 February 4 and repeated several times in the House of Commons, as well as i of the description given by the 3 Foreign Secretary in a parliamentary l statement. of the resort to the fabri- ' cation of evidence to support the al—legations. they have not been renewed. - As to the presence of sporting am- ? munition of British manufacture in Abyssinia the position was very fully I explained in the earlier part of Mr 5 Eden‘s last statement in the House. lie ‘ reminded the. House that in .\hyssinia ;' cartridges of all kinds had long been .' used by Ric inhabitants as currency. and that. big game was hiintcd there i and in adjacent territories. ‘ He emphasised that neither Brittslii I industry nor the British Government‘ was responsible for these facts.l Relevant considerations were: it) i That strict control was exercised byi Ithe British Government over all ex—i ’ ports of arms and ammunition, and an] export license was required for every consignment; and (‘2) that no such‘ license had been, or would have been. granted in respect of ammunitioni which was to 'he exported to a foreignl government and which fell within the prohibitions ot‘ the Hague Convention. Bullets With Old Marks. 3” lidcn recalled how in it comiiiiinii'atiuii to ilic League in respect of itiii‘. i'oriiii’r Italian allegations the, iliritish ti-oreriiiiient was able in show. [conclusively that the ili'itlsli-niadcl fem-[ridges illustrated in the italinn [evidence had been manufactured in some cases over 20 years ago. 1 According to the Italian .\‘ote .\lar—i shat Badogiio reported the capture of 2000 dum-dum bullets at Lake Ashangi subsequent to the pursuit, most or them bearing marks or British manufacture. . Tile British firms concerned say that ‘ such marks were discontinued in 1913., LOPEZ'S RIM. NAME. FORMEHLY A MAGICIAN. WORK FOR ITALIAN EMBASSY __. United Press Assn—Else. Tel. Cnpyrlxhl. LONDON, .\[ay 21. The Daily Herald says it has traced Lopez. the originator of the dum—dum bullets allegations. and that his real name is ilenry Lawrence Bernstein. lie was born in Melbourne in 1872 and changed his name to Law-l rence at the time of the Great War. and “for business reasons" to many others since then. Formerly Bernstein was a music hall - magician, says the paper. Last week he was telling lnqulrers he had met‘ Colonel Mezler at a. hotel in the Strand, but the colonel had gone abroad. The facts are that Bernstein was living at Merton. a suburb of Lon—don, at an address Colonel .\lezier used in communications with the Abyssinian Legation. Bernstein admitted his identity to a representative of the. Herald after a two hours‘ visit to the War Office. where he rully revealed to intelligence otllcera his six months' work for the Italian Embassy. Yet. when Mr Arthur lienderson asked in the House of Commons if the police were aware of the man‘s whereabouts. Sir John Simon. Home Secretary, replied: “I should not thinlm so." The Herald adds: ”Bernstein has‘ been at .\lerton for several months.l except, when he visited .\lr Bates ail Birmingham. lie said the Italians did] not pay him a penny apart from his} expenses. That. was \\iiy he broke. away from them." A CAREER 0F FRAUD. l CAN llii BE lilfil’Ull'l‘liD? LAST 01" CASE NUT iii-in‘tit. l -——- i United Press Assn.——Eie-.-. Tel. CUDD'TIIDL (Received May 23. 11.10 amp) LONDON, May 22. Neither the Victorian Agency-Lien-eral nor the tioiiiiiionweulth olllciuis have any record 01' the Austl‘llllull 1‘31" our of Henry Lawrence. who posed as tioionci Lopez. 'l‘heir am ““5 lllltt sought in thc iiiitllil‘." leading up L 0 Mr Anthony i-chn‘s exposure on May S. 1 it is understood that Lawrence. its! a British subject. \‘tlllllul be di‘lJUl‘lf‘d fl'oltl Eiiuiziiiii. but imiuirics at ”10 "\dr Lti'ih‘t‘ and the, HIIIIII' Ulticc ilidi-'.iic that the List til" iiii- «also has not )"I iiccii licoi'il. ‘ I Uiic pi‘i‘tiiitll‘li) iii' the I'it\l". is that; despite the fact. that the iicti\itic.~ oi I iLOItL‘Z or l.ii\\ri‘iii'c were so ‘.\eli iknmvii to 15l'lii>i| ttllll inrcipii dip-v. iniacy lie was able to get away with .thc tilllll—tillili trick. ! ‘ Lawrence offered his services iiii~ partially. Ilusshui diplomats knew I iliiiii :it the time ut‘ the Xinuvict‘f letter i in 1921. when he \\‘us distrusted as mi ugvnl pi-i_i\'ocal('tii'. i