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Eyewitness Tells Of Shooting
Pact Parleys Meet Impasse
LONDON, June 0-It is reliably.
LONDON, June 4.-G. Kirkwood, learned that the British Cabinet's an eye-witness of the alleged attempt Foreign Policy Committee has found to shoot the Duchess of Kent, told on
several of
of the Moscow proposals
exclusive story to "United Press' of uncond that the Committee
the incident.
It is
Further delay to the establishment of a triple entente therefore appears inevitable, although authoritiative sources discount romours of an in- minent breakdown in negotiations.
Mr. Kirkwood was driving through objects primarily to Russia's demond Belgrade Square with his wife when for French and British guarantees to EDWARD DAVIES SYKES, broker, he saw a man sitting on the side. Estonia. Finland and Latvia. appeared before Mr. R. Edward at walk with a shotgun in his hand. the Centrul Magistracy this afternoon "At that moment a shot rung out charged with (a) obtaining $1,250 It burrowly missed by ears. by falsely pretending that a tender "I asked the man what he was do- made by Rellence Motors had beening. He did not reply. necepted by the Milliary nuthorities
A British spokesman to-day retter- and (b) obtaining $1,000 by fasely mass, and raced him back to Belgrade tisht polley to immore the wishes of "I then drove to the nearest police-
ated that was contrary to Dri- pretending that a tender made by Ro-Square. ilance Motors had been accepted by "The man was still there, holding to war in their defence without their the Baltic States by promising to po hte military authorities.
the bicycle on which he had ridden consent.-United Press. to the Square."
{
Mr. O. E. C. Marton und said,
prosecuted
fired from opposite No. 1 Belgrave Duchess Interviewed
It is understood that the gun was The complainant, Mr. W. A. H.Square, which is two doors from the Duff, with his brother, Mr. J. H. house of the Duchess,
LONDON, June 6-The Duchess of Private detectives assisted in the Portarlington, who was accompany- Duff, are Directors of Rellunce
search for the bullet, whle his being the Duchess of Kent when the Motors Ltd.
"Mr. W. A. II. Duff first met Sykes leved to have struck the house and shot was fired, said this morning: to have fallen between the railings this meeting early this year. At
"Her Royal Highness and i went Sykes Informed the
in front of the basement. DUIT brothers that he had several propositions he
The man was inter detained. He the Duchess's car.
to a cinema shortly before D a.m. in had in mind, but could not do any Englishman who recently returned 11.20, a detective accompanying u
Ex described.
Д middle-aged thing unters he had the necessary home from Australia. Police are still on the return journey. There was. "We departed from the cinema at financial backing.
that he had withholding his name-United Press. however, nothing significant about "Sykes pointed out 'put over quite a number of pro fitable transactions previously, and
this, produced documents to prove it.
The Duchess left me at my house eliminated them as successful tender-in Chesham Place, and then drove to Belgrave Square.. If anything hap- pened while 1 was with the Duchess we were both unconscious of the fact
"He managed to convince Messrs.ers. Duff that it was due to bad luck that
was reduced to his present cir he was cumstances.
G.O.C. Mentioned
I.R.A. Man Held
"On March 3 he again called on-United Press. "During this meeting he mentioned both brothers and said that one of casually that he was in a position to the chief clerk in the R.AS.C. office lender
for contracts for hire of motor had shown him a letter on which ap- vehicles to the military authorities. peared, the signature of General He said that the contracts were at Grassel.
DETROIT, -une 0-Sean Russel. "He claimed that the contract had leader of the .R.A.. is reported to present held by two firms the Hong- koug Hotel Lid and United Delivery actually been accepted, Sykes added have been taken into custody by the Ltd., and he told the complainants that it had not only been nreepied but U. S. Feder) against. He is reported that if they were interested he would the terms of hire were the same as to be held incommunicado. Police probably secure a contract for them. those quoted by him."
offer no information-Reuter, On March 7 and 14, proceeded Mr. Marion, Sykes managed to obtain the two sums of money from the Duft brothers on the strength of having received the military contracts.
Great Excitement
On March 15, a letter was written to him, asking what had happened. He was given two options-firstly, to
"On February 28 Sykes went to the Duft brottiers in a state of great excitement and he said he had learnt of a new contract with the military authorities, and that it had been made necessary by the distudbed political produce irresfutable evidence of the situation.
tender having been accepted, or, secondly, repaying in full all sums of money paid out to him.
"He told the Duff brothers that the military authorities required the use of a number of cars and lorries for one year, and he also mentioned litat, through his contacts, he was in a position to quote tower rates than other people could tender.
"At the outset, Sykes refused to take any steps until the complainants would give him an entirely free hand throughout. He explained that he had been cheated by the United Delivery firm out of his commission, and he insisted on being given a free hand,
Had Confidence Of H.Q. "He also said he had gained the confidence of the military authorities through having got the contract for United Delivery. He added that the military authorities were aware that he had been oficated out of his commission, and they were, as n reault, sympathetically inclined to- wards him.
"Sykes said he could secure this contract and told the Duff brothers he was actually dealing with Colonel Henderson, who, he said, was respon- sible for the military contracts,
was then given an entirely and by the brothers, "On March 2 Sykes called on Mr. Duff
and produced statement showing the number of cars and lorries the nullitary authorities re- quired, and also the rates of hire.
free
"On the same day, Mr. Duff, with
The way
since been on $3,000 ball.
He was arrested on May 3, and has
Mr. J. H. Duff is now giving evt-i dience.
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