DHINGARA'S CHIME.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
ATTACK ON BRITISH RULE.
By Telegraph. 'Association.—Copyright. (Received July 12, ,12.35 a.m.)
London, July 11. Dhingara, the assassin of Sir Wm. Wyllie, has been committed for trial. He objected to the word ' murder," and claimed , justification for his crime on the ground of patriotism. He made a rambling and vehement attack on British rule in India, stating that it caused oppression and atrocities. His remarks implied a claim of India for the Indians. Dhingara expressed a wish that sentence of death should be' passed, and then the vengeance of his compatriots would be all the keener. He concluded by appealing to. sympathisers in, America- and Germany.
ASSASSIN'S FAMILY SHOCKED.
Calcutta, July 9. Dhingara's brothers called upon Earl Minto, Viceroy for India, at Simla, and expressed the shame and horror of the family at their brother's act, and their conviction . that Dhingara was the tool of a party of conspirators.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14110, 12 July 1909, Page 5
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