THE MILAN OUTRAGE

Evening Star, Issue 19841, 14 April 1928, Page 4

THE MILAN OUTRAGE

ATTEMPT OH KING’S LIFE TERRIBLE SCENES. Proas Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ROME, April 13. The sufferers by the Milan outrage are largely women and children, who constituted the majority of the crowd. A Roy Scout was blown to pieces, a little girl was decapitated, and a soldier was completely disembowled, while a policeman was found in a pool of blood surrounded by three children terribly wounded. A little girl, who climbed a flagpole, was torn to bits, her right band being tbo only limb intact. Meanwhile in conformity with Italy’s new tradition, His Majesty carried out the ceremony. He then visited the Hospital, stopping at each heel, and promising the sufferers that tho State would care for the families. The authorities believe that the Milan outrage is part of a widespread plot to get Signor Mussolini in the course of the iestivite.s. Milan was the scene ■of Signor Mussolini’s first political triumph. The authorities sent a huge force ol detectives from Rome. The Queen heard of tho attempt on her husband’s life while staying at the castle at Porzmno, on the out* skirts of Romo. She immediately telephoned Milan and held an endearing conversation with the King. The excitement at Romo had not subsided when it was reported that a gelignite bomb had been Pound on_ the railway over which Signor Mussolini S train must ?yass from Rome to Milan. —Australian' Press Association. SAVED BY TEN MINUTES. TWENTY-THREE PEOPLE KILLED. ROME, April 12. Twenty-three people were killed in the Milan outrage. The King owed his life to a slight hitch in the programme causing him to ho ton minutes late. Fragments of tho lamp post dented the walls of neighboring houses to the third floors, and the exploshm shattered every nearby window. A woman ou a. balcony above tho explosion, maddened at the sight of the dead and dying, jumped down and killed one of tho injured. Signor Mussolini sent tho following message to King Victor: “The nation, with deep devotion, draws more closely to your Majesty. Milan’s industrial life * and the nation’s steadfast discipline will continue to the dynasty’s renown and Italy’s power.”—Ans j tralian Press Association. WHOLESALE ARRESTS. PARIS, April 12. It is reported that there have been wholesale arrests in Italy of Communists, and Socialists.—Australian Rress Association .