ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14058, 16 November 1909, Page 5

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

VICEROY OF INDIA IN DANGER. BOMBS THROAYN AT CARRIAGE. Press Association-By Tclcgraph-Copvi'ight Received 9.10 p.m., Nov. 15th. CALCUTTA, Nov. 15.. Tho Earl of and Lady Miuto, who are on a visit to Ahmcdabad, were driving from the station, and were Hearing the Raiptir Gate when a Hindoo in tho dense crowd was seen throwing missiles. They proved to bo two bombs. A sergeant of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who was riding alongside the Viceroy's carriage, cleverly intercepted the first bomb with his sabre, but the second bomb hit the Viceroy's jermadar, who was holding an umbrella, over Lady Minto, and fell harmlessly to the ground. The soil was sandy which explains the failure of the bombs to explode. The Viceroy and his wife were quite unmoved. The carriage drove on, completing the prearranged drive through the city. •A sweeper picked up one of the bombs and broke it against his cart. Tt exploded and shattered his cart. Tho other bomb, which had not exploded, was found in the same vicinity. Both were of cocoanut pattern, and contained picrio.aeid. After tho outrage special precautions wore taken to safeguard tho Viceroy. Vigorous enquiries are proceeding. A AYARM WELCOME.

COMMENT HY 'HIT "TIMES." EI-'KECT OF THE OUTRAGE. Received 11.35 p.m., Nov. 15th. CALCUTTA, Nov. 15. . The Earl of Minto and party have arricvd at Baroda, where the Gackwar warmly welcomed them. LONDON, Nov. 15. The "Times" remarks that the attempted assassination of the \ r ieeroy, than whom no man has worked harder on behalf of reforms, evoked throughout the Empire, a feeling. of profound horror, mingled with intense relief at the failure of the plot. Doubtless the anarchists hoped by striking at the head of the Government to produce such a feeling of insecurity among the members and officials of the Government as would tend to paralyse the administration. In this they would have been 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 he accompanied by'the most strigent repression of tho so-called political crime is clearer than ever by this latest outrage.