RIFLES IN BEER BARRELS.
ATTEMPT AT GUN RUNNING.
The attempt by Germany to send rifles of French make concealed in beer barrels to Tripoli, discovered in Venice, says a lteuter special message from Home, is causing general indignation in Rome. The Uermanophiles aro doing their best to soften tho. bad impression, declaring that. the rifles are intended for Arabs in Egypt and. Tunis to bo used in a rising against Great Britain and France. This, however, has not succeeded in placating tho resentment against what is considered as a gross affront on the part of a country which, besides professing to regard herself as allied to Italy, is at the present moment making strenuous efforts to induco Italy to maintain her neutrality— a neutrality which Germany herself is violating by attempts at contraband traffic. Such attempts aro daily discovered and can be traced to the Central Umpire. Seven hundred sacks of sulphur were discovered in Venice, containing over 3 per cent, of copper, and therefore suitable fee tho manufacture of explosives..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15912, 8 May 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)
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171RIFLES IN BEER BARRELS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15912, 8 May 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)
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