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Show GUNS SMUGGLED 1 A C ROSSRUM ANI A I German and Austrian Diplo- W- mane Couriers Carry War K Munitions Matter Inves- 16 ti gated and Severe 1 1 Measures Adopted. It Paris, April 12. 5am The charge -that explosives and spare parts of ; gunB are belnc carried into Turkey throupb Rumania by German and W, Austrian diplomatic couriers ip made R in a dispatch to the Journal from Bu- ,m C ha rest. It is said that the size f '. and increasing number of parcels car- rled by these couriers recently has S attracted the attention of Rumania fit customs' officials. These ' embassy pouches'' which are P. exempt from customs' examinations. S the dispatch says sometimes weigh II as much as eight thousand pounds and P never less than five thousand pounds I The number of couriers also is con- I slderably larger than usual A dis- f creet inquiry is reported to have re- t vealed the nature of the ' pouches, " g contents. It Is believed that by this I method a considerable quantity of If. ammunition and material has been smuggled into Turkey in the last few I weeks. The severest measures have it been taken by the Rumanian govern- If ment to put an end to the practice C |