Show REVOLVERS SMUGGLED OVER THE BORDER OF GERMANY INTO RUSSIA Berlin March 11 llAn An active trade in smuggled arms at Prussia and at KaUsch Kalisch Russia was broken up this week by b the joint action of ot the time Prussian and Russian police The rhe arms Intercepted consisted chiefly chI fly of the poorest quality of revolvers worth wholesale There Is no evidence that the smugglers were agents of the revo rere revolutionists or that they were connected with any organization They were merely adventurous travelers who wh sell goods on the time other side of the border at or per cent profit with ith little risk ort oil this side Of the frontier al although although a though those caught aught In Russian terri tern territory territory tory are severely punished This illicit trade has always existed but increased to large larg proportions dir dur during dirIng ur ing the recent months Such revolvers are now abundant in iii any an Polish city but bu tare are becoming dearer farther in the frontier The rime arms anne are concealed in inmany inmany inmany many ways in goods sent into the country in crates packages of cloth and bunches of ot bananas The rhe x of German commercial travel travelers ers era is that buyers of goods frequently request that ten ton to twenty revolvers be le concealed d in their packages not be cause the merchants are ale to the government but because l it is re regarded regarded regarded as a good business Some firms have been quite willing when the cus customers tastes were known to throw in ina Ina ina a few revolvers and boxes bo es of cartridges as an inducement Indu ement to buy bu |