PRINCE HUMBERT

Evening Star, Issue 20316, 26 October 1929, Page 15

PRINCE HUMBERT

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION STATEMENT BY ASSAILANT Press Associ idon—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 24. Although it is difficult to obtain a connected story about Di Rosa, who attempted to assassinate Prince Humbert (the Italian heir apparent), ho appears to be fairly well-known in anti-Fa-cist circles. Signor Turati, an ex-deputy, who is in exile in Paris and is one of tho anti-b ascist leaders, says he is slightly acquainted with him. He regarded him as an industrious youth. He was a law student for a year, and had written, a couple of pamphlets on tho Matteotti affair.

Tho French police have no record of him, but advices from Rome indicate that the Italian police were aware of his activities, and recently circulated his portrait. He left Italy for Franco on a forged passport. Ho is twenty-five, tall, and prepossessing. It is stated that he belongs to the Mattcottists, who have sworn to avenge the martyred deputy. He left Paris on Tuesday, and arrived at Brussels on Wednesday, with an out-of-date Swiss passport, but he was allowed to enter as he had a French identity card for foreigners, which was quite in order.

During the fierce struggle his jaw was broken ,and he spoke with difficulty. He declared that he intended to fire on the Prince on his arrival at the Gare Du Nord, but he was unable to do so as the bullet might have hit Belgian royalty.—Australian Press Association