Admiral Stark's Ships and Armament and an American with Wooden Legs At the instance of Mr. L. G. Husar.
District Attorney for a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Captain Lawrence D. Kearney on a charge of smuggling an unusually large consignment of arms and ammunition. The warrant is dated June 23, 1923, and reads: "That on or about December 26, 1922, and several days subsequent thereto,—Laiwrence D. Kearney did wilfull and unlawfully within the cerritorial boundaries of China without permission import, keep and transport arms and ammunition."
It will be remembered that a the time of the arrival of Admiral Stark's fleet of Russian vessels and the 1,900 Russian refugees, donsiderablq—conjecture. was. aroused in Shanghai as_ to the disposal of the vessels and armament. From the information now in the hands of the District Attorney full details of their whereabouts is now known.
Mr, Husar stated to a repre sentative of the North China Daily News"? on Monday that his office had been investigating the situation for more than a month and at last success had come.
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