ITALY'S KING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 16 March 1912, Page 5

ITALY'S KING.

THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFEGREAT DEMONSTRATION OF SYMPATHY. BRAYE ACTION BY THE QUEEN. By AEsodallon-CoDTrtenl Rome, March Id. King Victor Emmanuel was in a closed carriage with Queen Helena when the attempt was tmulo on his life. He was proceeding from the Quiriiml to attend the memorial service to the lato King Humbert, and when tho carriage was passing along the Via Lato, a man, who had been sheltering behind a pillar opposite tho Palazzo Doria, fired three shots from a revolver, ile missed the carriage, but wounded Major Lang, the officer commanding the escort, in tho neck, but not seriously. Alajor Lang fell from his horse, which was woundod by tho third shot. The assailant ia named Antonio Dalba. Ho is 21 years of age, and a typical Apache. The crowd almost lynched him before the police succeeded in getting him away. The prisoner declared that he was an individualist anarchist, and had no ncoomplices. The crime, ho said, was in the nature of a protest against the organisation of society. Their Majesties visited Major Lang at the hospital. A vast crowd gave them on ovation. QUEEN SHIELDS THE KING. REJOICINGS IN ROME. (Kec. March 15, 11.15 p.m.) Rome, March )5. When Dalba fired, tho Queen threw herself in front of tho King. Tho escort of Cuirassiers quickly and speedily closed nround tho carriage. Tho King was calm. • ]Ie reassured his wife and ordered the carriages to proceed to the Pantheon. A policeman and two spectators threw themselves nt Dalba. Tho Popo has expressed his profound grief at the incident, which ho attributes to tho growth of irreligiou, characteristic of the age. All tho shops were shut at two o'clock in the afternoon and the trams suspended, to enablo tho shopmen to lake part in a demonstration outside tho Quirinnl. Flags and patriotic placards wcro displayed everywhere. The Mayor addressed a great gathering of 50,000 Romans, and a procossion paraded the streets to tho Quirinal. Their Majesties and their children appeared on a balcony, amid the huzzas of tho crowd, which obliged the King to return again and again. MESSAGE MOM KING GEORGE. London, March U. King George telegraphed his congratulations to King Victor Emmanuel on his pteape.