CHIVALRY
FRICTION RESULTS IN DUEL. “I REFUSE TO KILL YOU.” (Rec. 7.20 p.m.) Warsaw, June 15. General Szeptycki, ex-Chief of General Staff, refused to shake hands with General Skrzynski because the latter did not shelter him against Marshal Pilsudski’s personal attack. The friction resulted in a duel. Both stood back to back, advanced seven and a-half paces and wheeled. Szeptycki fired and missed, whereupon 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 me he is welcome.” —A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 19898, 17 June 1926, Page 7
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