PISTOLS FOR TWO.
POLISH TRAGI-COMEDY. GENERAL'S POOR SHOOTING. WARSAW, June 16. A dramatic duelling episode is reported. General Szeptycki, formerly Jhief of the General Staff, refused to shake hands with Count Skrzynski, the former Foreign Minister, because the latter did not shelter him against a personal attack made upon him by Marshal Pilsudski, the new Minister of War. The friction resulted in a duel with pistols. On the duelling ground both men stood back to back, then advanced seven and a-half paces and wheeled round. General Szeptycki fired and missed his man. Thereupon Count Skrzynski threw down his pistol, saying:
"When I pull the trigger I always hit the target. I refuse to kill you. If anyone else in Poland believes he is justified in shooting mc he is welcome to dp it."—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 7
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