THE VICEROY OF INDIA

Evening Star, Issue 15066, 24 December 1912, Page 6

THE VICEROY OF INDIA

HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. WOUNDED BY A BOMB. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright DELHI, December 23. An .-utempt was made to-assassinate Lord rf r-hnge {th<i Vic «oy of India) bv means 01 a bomb on the occasion of his state entry mto the now capital. The Viceroy's e.epuant procession had left the station, and was passing through Ghandichowk, i\ nen a man on a housetop threw a powerful comb, striking the Vicerov's how-' oan, and wounding him en the shoulder. An attendant who wa6 hoWin „ an brella was killed. The Viceroy was taken to a hospital. Md}- Hardmge's nerves are much shaken. -Many arrests were made, and the procession resumed. LORD HARDINGE DOING WELL. LONDON, December 23. (Received December 24, at 9 a.m.) A second attendant was wounded in eight places. The Viceroy has been removed to the Vice-regal Lodge, and is doin-r well. Sir buy Fleetwood Wilson (a member of the Governor-General's Council) conducted tho Durbar. WOUNDED IN FOUR PLACES, BUT NOT SERIOUSLY. POPULAR INDIGNATION. DELHI, December 23. (Received December 24, at 12.50 p.m.) The Viceroy received a deep wound four inches long, exposing the shoulder-blade, and superficial wounds on the right hip and neck. The bomb was thrown from the office of the Punjab National Bank. It is believed that the thrower escaped. _ There was a great Stat© procession to inaugurate the site for the new capital, which was witnessed by enormous crowds, and there were many decorations. The Viceroy and the Vicereine occupied the same howdah. The weather w-as perfect. It was while the procession was passing through the famous thoroughfare of Chandni Choirk that the bomb was thrown. The. Viceroy, who was pale, was removed on an improvised stretcher to a motor car, and the Vicereine returned to the Vice-regal Lodge. The procession then reformed, and the'ceremony proceeded. The police surrounded the bank, and made several arrests. All the citv outlets arc guarded. There is intense public indignation. Lord Harding© subsequently sent a message to Sir Guy Wilson that he was only slightly injured. Sir Guy Wilson read this at the Durbar, and loud cheering ensued, particularly among the chiefs. Ten thousand rupees have been offered for the arrest of the culprits. Tho Viceroy was hit in three places in the back and once in the neck by fragments of metal. A boy spectator was also killed. The King lias sent Lord Hardinge a message of sympathy.