BORROWED GUNS
What I take to be a hopeful sign so far as the Balkans are concerned is the news that the British Minister to Hungary, Mr. Owen O'Malley, is contemplating asking for leave, shortly, says a writer in the London "Daily Telegraph." He wants to pay a visit to his native Ireland to see how the new home which he is building on the West Coast is progressing. Mr. O'Malley likes to pretend to be a recluse.. But he is, after only eight months in Budapest, one of the most popular members of the Diplomatic Corps. His cultured manner and keen sense of humour have won him the esteem of Admiral Horthy. The two men have a common bond —both are good shots. Recently the Regent invited Mr. O'Malley to a wild boar shoot at Godolo, his. country estate fifteen miles outside Budapest. Mr. O'Malley's guns were in Ireland and he had to borrow a pair from his Second Secretary. Even with these unfamiliar guns, however, he acquitted himself with remarkable skilL
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 66, 18 March 1940, Page 16
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173BORROWED GUNS Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 66, 18 March 1940, Page 16
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