ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14219, 16 November 1909, Page 5

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

THE VICEROY OF INDIA. BOMBS THROWN AT HIS CARRIAGE. ''' . \ NARROW ESCAPE OF LORD AND LADY MINTO. MAN'S HAND SHATTERED. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. . (Received November 15. 10 p.m.) ' Calcutta, November 15. An attempt to assassinate the Earl of Minto (Viceroy of India) and Lady ; : Minto was made at Ahmedabad (second amongst the cities of the province'of Bombay), on Saturday afternoon, , i , v ~ . * Lord and Lady Minto were driving from the station and : nearing the, Raipur gate, when a Hindoo in the dense crowd that had/gathered was seen throwing missiles which proved to be two bombs. A sergeant of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who was riding alongside the, Viceroy's carriage, cleverly intercepted the first with his sab '..The second hit the Viceroy's jemidar (native officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant), who was holding an . umbrella over Lady Minto, and fell harmlessly to the ground. The soil was " sandy, which explains the failure of the bomb to explode. The vice-regal party was quite' unmoved by their sensational experience, and the carriage drove on, completing the prearranged drive through the city. , f ■ """ , ,V " A sweeper picked up one of the bombs and broke it against a car, the explosion shattering his hand. - ■ Both bombs were of the cocoanut pattern, and. contained picric acid. ® - After the outrage special precautions were taken to safeguard the Viceroy. / Vigorous inquiries are being made by the police. Lord and Lady Minto afterwards proceeded to Baroda, where His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwar warmly welcomed" them. LESSON OF THE OUTRAGE. 7 \ STERN REPRESSION OF POLITICAL CRIME. NO WAVERING BY BRITAIN. ' ' (Received November 15. 11.35 p.m.) ' ' London, November 15. The Times remarks that the attempted assassination of the Viceroy, than whom no man has worked harder on behalf of reform, will evoke throughout the Empire a feeling of profound horror, mingled with intense relief at the failure of the plot. "Doubtless," continues the Times, "the anarchists hoped by striking at. the.head of the Government to produce such a feeling of insecu- . rity among all the officials of that Government as would tend to paralyse administration. In this they would.be disappointed, nor can any such menaces cause Britain to waver in. the execution of reforms, but that these alone will not stop sedition, and must be- accompanied by the most stringent repression of so-called political crime, is made clearer than ever by this latest outrage." " - .