Berlin, Dec. 19.
The six alleged munition smugglers at Kiel have been acquitted with costs against the State. Throughout the trial the press and public were excluded and were not allowed to hear the reasons for the The accused were four merchants Jand two ex-officers who were charged with attempting to smuggle 8,000, 000 rounds of ammunition ' into in violation of the law iting the export of war material, It was alleged that cases of ammunition, which came from the old Reichswehr stores and were to have been scrapped, were placed aboard steamer at Kiel marked "machinery". According to the prosecution the plot"" was' discovered owing ton case breaking and revealing its contents—Reuter,
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