CHOICE OF WEAPONS
"I WILL GIVE HIM FIRE TO EAT"
LONDON, July 12. Mr. Dickinson is a well-built man, six feet tall, living at Highbury.
Interviewed, he said: "If this fire-eat-ing fellow wants to eat fire I will give it to him to eat. He can have the choice of weapons." Mr. Dickinson lived in Australia for 17 years.
A cable dated July 6 stated that an Italian, Captain Fanelli, had challenged Major C. R. Attlee, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, to a duel in any neutral country with any weapons. He objected to Major Attlee's remarks in Ihe House of Commons on the ItaloAbyssinian dispute. Major Attlee declined Captain Fanelli's challenge, declaring that duelling was a barbarous and obsolete method of liquidating quarrels and put a premium on the bully. He explained that he criticised only the Italian Government and did not refer to the Italian people. His remarks did not exceed the freedom of speech recognised in Britain. Captain Fanelli was not satisfied, and was persisting in his challenge.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 12, 13 July 1935, Page 9
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172CHOICE OF WEAPONS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 12, 13 July 1935, Page 9
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