The Archive · 1928

DISCLOSURES IN ARMS 'TRAFFIC

Forty-Five Arrests Effected by Tokyo Police Tokyo, Nov. 19.

As the result of smart work by the police 45 persons have been round-Jed up since October 12 in couneetion with the smuggling of firearms from Belgium and Germany and exporting them surreptitiously to China and Manchu It is reported that about 10,000 rifles and revolvers and 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition have been! thus traded in the past four years, It is expected that the trial of the persons arrested will take place shortly.—Reuter, SmantzeN raised $2,200 on Armistice Day. At an auction held in the Canton Club the first poppy fell to Mr. Tyson, of the Standard Oil Ca, at LIK. $100. "Other good bids By were:—Mr. M. A. Annett, £9; Mra, T. M. Knott, £11; Captain R. M. Hunt, £4; Mr. J.P. Brenan, £5; Monsieur L. Duchateau, £10; Mr.

Police department, and the rest will either be placed in charge of roclamation work in the Three Eastern Provinces or given adequate travelling expenses to return to. their native homes—Kuo Min,

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