INDIAN ANARCHY.
ANOTHER BOKBTHBOWH. ~' Tyro Europeans injured. '■' ;,, v;;.(Reeeived '8.21 ug.) > '"':.■.."'". : : •..■ ■■ . v; : CALCUTTA, June 22. 'V Another* bpinb-outrage has, occurred in Bengalj a \ bomb being - thrown at a train jn Barraekpur. .:.'.' v : , •■' .Two Eutppeahs were injured, and the compartment in : which they' were sealed was wrecked., ... -..FoUowing upon the bomb outrage at Murafferporej i n Bengal, the Calcutta police unearthed an extremely grave conspiraey.iaving.as its object the destruction qf European lives by means of explosives. The authorities riided eight separate houses in Calcutta,: and arrested thirty persons, who wili have to answer charges of abetment of murder and conspiracy.; , Enormous quantities of. gunpowder, dynamite, and picric acid—the chief ingredient in lyddite—were seized, together with a number of ready-made bombs, detonators, and equipment for the production of infernal machines. The police captures included important correspondence, Anarchistic literature, and other papers, which are expected to •throw a lurid light on the intentions and methods of th e Indian imitators of the Russian Terrorist societies. Everything points to the existence of a carefully- | managed organisation with, a considerJable financial backing. The movement I hag been on. foot for a considerable time, and its ; ramifications are widespread. Some of the men apprehended are of substantia! position, and one of them was a chemist, who was sent to Paris to study the latest methods of Anarchist terrorism.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 148, 23 June 1908, Page 5
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221INDIAN ANARCHY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 148, 23 June 1908, Page 5
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