ATTEMPTED REGICIDE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 89, 15 April 1913, Page 5

ATTEMPTED REGICIDE.

KING OF SPAIN'S ESCAPE, AN ORGANISED PLOT. OVATION AT THE PAUCE. <6y Cable—Press Association—Copyright) MADBJD, April 14. After the anarchist Rafael Allegro had fired three shots at the King of Spain yesterday without hitting him, and had been arrested, King Alfonso, seeing that his assailant was overpowered, rose in his stirrups and saluted the crowd in military fafhiorv and loudly shouted "Viva Espana. The ciy met with an enthusiastic response. ; ■ . The King dismounted, smiling, and without betraying the least emotion. In replying to the eager questions of his entourage, he exclaimed, "Gentlemen it is nothing." Then he lightly vaulted on to his horse and proceeded to the palace. THE QUEEN TERRIFIED. Queen Ena and Princess Christina of Battenberg witnessed the ceremony, and followed the King in an open carriage. The Queen heard shots, and at once guessed what was happening. She was [terrified until the King's aide-de-camp arrived, and informed her that the was unharmed. , ."■ The King, on reaching the palace, related the incident in jovial terms to the Queen and Princess Christina. A GREAT DEMONS-RATION. Ten minutes later the great Plasa was crowded with people of all classes. The King received an indescribable ovation on appearing on the balcony. • Tlie demonstration was renewed when he brought the Queen to the balcony, and it was continued after they retired. Allegre received wounds" in the forehead and nose from the sabre of the policeman who seized him. A terrific struggle took place before he was mastered. The crowd afterwards carried the policeman shoulder high. ATTEMPTS TO LYNCH ALLEGRE Tlie police with difficulty protected Allegre from the fury of the crowd. There had been persistent rumours for days past that an attempt on, the King's life had been 'planned-for Sunday, but the report was officially discredited, it being attributed to a desire to deprive the ceremony of oath-taking of its. customary splendour and brilliancy., Allegre, who is a native of Barcelona, was expelled from France six weeks ago as an anarchist.7 He obtained, work in Madrid as a carpenter. ,It is stated that he wished to avenge'the death of Ferrer. MANY ARRESTS MADE. Documents were found in Allegro's domicile showing that the outrage, was the result of an organised plot. Numerous arrests have been made. Allegre informed the magistrate that, seeing the King, he was seized with an irresistible impulse to use his revolver. An unarmed French professor, who was standing by, and also a Spaniard and AHegre's mistress have been arrested. a The processor protests f