The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
UIIIT TRtFFH ~ FIRE iRU>,
Ing -n,ous Methods of Far Fast SNUG

T. j. evident from he searches recently
cuu,urf.d by the BENGAL police under
the arms act that the contraband trade
~ firearms has not ceased IN India ! he
steps taken by the Government Il lnuia
90 check he import II arms from Muscat
have been inst r,Imeutal. saws the Er"h-t-
man IN ramedying the evil To large
extent but there IL reason TO hsll"v"
that he raiders IN Illicit arms have adopted
ingenious met hod- 20 avoid detection.
When IA" Government first adopted
preventive measures against the arms
traffic IN the Peryian Gulf IL was under
stood bv those acquainted with the con
ditto uf the trade that he dealers would
I -elrp Q new diet ributing centre on IN"
Arabiau lIrtoral 81 the gulf "he' her
they have done So ~ not known definitely.
br, A. far ~ the trade IN India - con-
armed novel methods of smuggling
have h,cn resorted 20 by the traders
Z The trunk with n false bolt ON has been
brought INTO u-e by the Smuggler-, but
the arrests by the police at Bombay
and Karnchi have shown 10 IN" nugglers
" arms that they should adopt other
e met hods There have al-o been inst ance-
WHORE arms were found concealed in
tine h. dding ~ passengers by train These
and numerous o'her cases show that
thor, j. "A marke' for illicit arms IN India
~ far however. the atfantio ION Of IN"
authorities has mainly been directed To-
ward arm- - foreign manufa'tlre IN
ported iu.p he country But a. ~" are
awarr 'h" Indian blacksmith - hy no
mean an un-kllful arti-an. and u - NOR"
han probable that m some parts - IN"
count ~ he - engaged m supplying h"
demand fur firearms In tn" EatIv"
state chiefly there n no Law - prevent
he blaci,-m''hs from making rihC~
In -p.Io 81 he na'lv" Naic-. trUr"''"r.
80, Nlacksrni'hs earn a doom hv"ln -
ns ,h' manufaCt ure " hrearnf
. a. tho central lndia States ~ omar
and Rhppal thrrc ar. hlaok-rnlths WIN"
~ can turn UrT' rife narfnl or a sword 20
rusry wav- superior 10 thu cheap tpfciE:
ar'Ir." DID recently At MIsCat Tor 'lght
-tI.ung~ I'D Ia" number - guns -
Irtltu manufacture found all uv"T N"
country o., uy no means Iu-IgnIican'
Ihara ar. only q Tow IN IN" natIN' state b
WI, IAN afford IN" luxury II pu-r"--lng
q utst rat. English rife. he others haV"
o. tat back upon the local blacksmith
II l. no, ~ ~ underrto0d. however
that IN" blaCN=mIths IN the natIv" states
fa...~~iIliy export their manufacture
to British territory. There - oven no
g. gIlr output ~ firearms from their
"a =
II " .rk they are not in q po.ition Ia plGC"
q llfgs number - firearms on the market
900 their cItv They are dependent upon
tho putrruag" 81 III" EportSmen VIII
cannot AFFORD To buy English or other
rifles
The quality Il worhma nship IN guns
and dlggcrs manufactured IN the native
state shows that the art has not died
out 10 India tn" stock and barrel
Of the locally manufactured article bears
~ 4 ~ he r.
p.ntoT and blacksmith The sword
sticks odd N the hazsars are fair SpNci-
mons - their work II requires y minute
examination ~ ~orne cases 20 detect th"
sword hiad" Ind len away IN IN" Nalkitg
stick
In \ case which recently came To ~"
MOTTO. 81 the Fact Indian Railway author
itic4 u was di-coN cred that what was sup
posed Ia be parcel 81 ~"Iklng -i'k~
was m reality y consignment ~ arms
Nv an ingenious Cpn'rivanC" IN" barrel
81 tE. gun NaE concealed IN the stick
To I'll appearance IN" sticks ver" or
din1rv stalking sticks. bat a. was after
yard found ont they could he used -
gum al.n They were rstruct"d on 'h"
sam. prIncipl. ~ the swordIIck.
The parcel was meant for = station IN
East Bengal and was presented a. IN"
station ~ Monghyr A. a parcel ot walking
sticks The sender Wn- confident ~
smuggling through his parcel as Mon
ghvr i known throughout BENGAL for IL
waking sticks and " u not uncommon
for the railway 80 carry large consign-
fnnut- 81 these for different parts ~
India On this occasion, h"w"v ~. IN"
su.plcIon~ of the booking cl"rk w"r"
somehow arouSed and he asked the owner
81 ~" parcel 10 leav" the parcel ~ III"
Dfficn and return for IN" receipt aft"- q
shori interval.
An examination II m" contents ~ m"
.Ilfr.l revealed the nat n" ~ IN" con-Ign-
'r'ui and 10" sender Wa arfr-i"'. ser
In allied for the railway receipt for ms
rirrpl NJ doubt 'hts new pattern of rife
has corn. - m" motto" of the aUinorItis-
IN ,'nlrutfl and East Bengal and ~ would
bc interesting - know how many -i'nili'
rnn-tgn.nen's nf alleged walking rt'rk
ltyc rea ched their de.tinliion With pul
uror-Ing suspicion.