BOMB OUTRAGE IN INDIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2660, 16 November 1909, Page 5

BOMB OUTRAGE IN INDIA.

atJSsmpt to assassinate THE

GOVERNOR-GENERAL

United Press Association—Copyright (Received November 15, 9.10 p.m.) CALCUTTA, Nov. lo'.

As Earl and Lady Minto were visiting Ahmedabad, when they were driving from the station, and nearing the Raipur gate, a Hindoo in the dense crowd was seen throwing missiles, which proved to be two bombs. A sergeant in the Inniskilling Dragoons, riding alongside the GovernorGeneral’s carriage, cleverly intercepted the first with his sabre. The second hit the Viceroy’s jemadar, who was holding an umbrella over Lady Minto, and fell harmlessly to the ground. The soil was sandy, a fact which explains the failure of'the missile to explode. Lord and Lady Minto were quite unmoved, and the carriage drove on, completing the pre-arranged •drive through the city.

A sweeper picked up one of the bombs and broke it against a car. The explosion shattered his hand. The other, unexploded, was found in the •same vicinity. Both were of the cocoanut pattern, and contained picric acid. After the outrage .special precautions were taken to safeguard the Viceroy. Vigorous inquiries into the attempt are proceeding. (Received November 15, 11.35 p.m.) Lord and Lady Minto have arrived at Baroda, where the Gaekwar warmly welcomed them.

COMMENTS BY THE ’’TIMES.”

LONDON, Nov. 15. The “Times” remarks tliat the attempted assassination of the Viceroy, than whom no man 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 the anarchists hoped by striking at the head •of the Government to produce such a feeling, of insecurity among all mem-, ’hors and officials of the Government as would terrorise the 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 sediv tion, and must be accompanied by tlie most stringent repression of -socalled political crime, is made clearer than ever by this latest outrage.

[ Ahmedabad is the chief town of a district in Guzerat, and is second amongst the. cities of the province ot Bombay being situated fifty miles northeast of the head of the Gulf of Cambay. lt was built in 1412 by Ahmad &ha b, and finally came to the British m 1- lb. In the 18th century it was one of tne largest ana" most magnificent cities m the East, wittl a population of 9UO,UUU. Its architectural relics are gorgeous, even in the- midstof decay, and illustrate the combination of Saracenic with Hindu forms mainly of the Jain type: The prosperityof the place was almost wliollv destroyed by the rapacity of the Mahrattas, but it has largely recovered, und is still famous for its rich fabrics of silk and cotton, brocades, pottery, paper made of jute, and articles or gold, silver, steel, and enamel. Ihe present population is about 200,000.]