M. PAUL DOUMER'S DEATH.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20545, 13 May 1932, Page 11

M. PAUL DOUMER'S DEATH.

KING GEORGE EXPRESSES ABHORRENCE. MESSAGE TO FRANCE. (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIB«LKSB.> . RUGBY, May 11. His Majesty the King, in thanking the House of Commons for its loyal and dutiful address informing him ot the deep concern and indignation with which members learned of the assassination of the President of the French Republic, M. Paul Doumer, says: "I fully share the sentiments to which your address gave expression, and I will take care to convey to the Government of the French Republic tho sense of abhorrence which, iu common .with myself, you feel for this detestable crime, and sympathy for the fa/nily of tho late President, and tor the Government and people of France, which it has called forth in thiß country, and throughout tho British Commonwealth and the whole civilised world." , „ _ , , The Prince of Wales left London by the boat train this afternoon for Paris, where he will attend the funeral of Monsieur I>oumer. The Prince cancelled his plans for flying to Paris, owing to tho unfavourable -weather. MUFFLED DETJMS. FUNERAL IN PARIS. MANY NOTABILITIES PRESENT. (Received May 13th, 12.30 a.m.) PARIS, May 12. Under leaden skies M. Doumer's body was taken from the Elysee, preceded by the Republican Guard and cavalrymen. The procession was two miles long. It followed an open hearse drawn by eight black horses, behind which marched the Prince of Wales, tho King of the Belgians, the Emperor of Annam, Duke d'Aosta, and other representatives of 40 nations. The new President, M. Albert Lebrun, marched with the 'Doumer family and mourners. Thousands of troops marched to the beat of muffled drums. Others with fixed bayonets guarded the route of the cortege. The body was taken : to the Pantheon, where there were funeral orations, after which it was interred in the family vault at Vangirard. . Elaborate precautions were taken to., guard the foreign notabilities. As the funeral passed the state prison, Gougouloff, the assassin, paced , his cell prayers for the salvation of France. THE ASSASSIN'S AIMS. LUST TO KILL PRESIDENTS. (Receive! May 12th, 7 p.m.) PARIS, May 11. According to extraordinary admissions to the examining magistrate, Paul Gouguloff,' who assassinated the French President, M. Paul Doumer. also wanted to kill Field-Marshal Paul von Tlindenburg (President of Germany), Professor X. G. Masaryk (President of Czechoslovakia), and M. Nicolai Lenin, the Bolshevik revolutionary. Professor Masaryk, however, received and treated him so pleasantly that Gouguloff abandoned the idea of assassination. After the Reds killed his father. Gouguloff joined the White Army and had to flee to Prague, whence he could not return to Ruwia to kill Lenin. A Russian" witness alleged that Gouguloff visited Russia several times a.nd returned with large sums of money. '

LIFE INSURANCE. CLAIM FOR £37,000. y — —— ■ ■ ■ . LONDON, May 11-. ■London underwriters are intrigued by a claim for £37,000 upon the life of M. Paul I)oumer, the late French President. The policy was taken out 11 months ago, and had a month to run when M. Doumer was assassinated, the premium paid being £7O. The policy belongs to a Dutchman, and the relatives of H. Doumer in no way benefit. The policy is not marked "proof of interest," so presumably it is a bona fide business precaution, but careful enquiries are being made as to other possibilities that cannot, be ruled out. _^________