THE DELHI OUTRAGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 27 December 1912, Page 5

THE DELHI OUTRAGE.

SENSATIONAL DETAILS. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) I United Press Association.) Delhi, December 24. Spectators assert that a group of men on the corner of the root disappeared after the explosion. Ihej neard a cry in Hindustani expressing satisfaction at the aim being sure. Some time elapsed before the police surrounded the nouse. T lie panic m the street facilitated the escape of the criminals. The \ iceroy momentarily did not realise what had had Happened. Lady Hardinge had a wonderfiu escape. She was on the side xf the howdah facing the house whence the bomb came. She showed the utmost courage, and asked her husband: “Are you hurt?” The Viceroy replied “All right; go on.” Her Ladyship said: “We cannot. There are dead men behind.” The elephant was halted and the Viceroy reeled and fainted from loss of blood. There was much difficulty in getting him down and removed to an ambulance. At the Viceroy’s instance, the procession was continued, Sir G. F. Wilson fulfilling the programme and formally assuming possession of Delhi. Tne Viceroy is progressing satisiactorilv. He is suffering from shock, and the explosion caused temporary deafness. Two operations have been performed to extract nails and fragments of metal. It is expected that Sir Sydenham Clarke will be appointed Acting-Vice-roy. ' Government House at Calcutta is strongly guarded. Lord and Lady Hardinge had an enthusiastic welcome in the streets. A battery of artillery and a regiment oi Inniskillins acted as the \ iceroy s bodyguard. The staff were preceded by an enormous elephant, gorgeously caparisoned with 1 saddlecloths brilliant with gold and silver. General Creagh and tne members of the Council followed, and then came scores of Punjab nobles on horseback with the Punjab chiefs clad in their richest dresses and adorned with jewels, upon elephants, numbering fifty, and forming a splendid spectacle. The route was lined by three English regiments and Ghourkas and other native troops. No special precautions were taken. In fact, the Viceroy’s elephant was some distance ahead of the escort. The bomb passed close to Lord Hardinge s body, and horribly mangled the umbrella bearer, who had officiated at Lord Cnrzon’s Delhi Durbar. He begged the same honour yesterday. Besides the boy, a man among tne spectators was killed, and several were wounded. The bomb shattered the back of the howdah and the nails dented the helmets of some of the Sixteenth Rifles, who were lining the streets. A large handkerchief full ol nails and screws was collected afterwards. Similar bombs have been used in the train outrages. The boldness of the attempt points to a powerful organisation. The house from which the bomb was thrown is a large thres-stor-ies one, used as offices on the ground floor, and as native residential quarters above. It was densely packed by about 150 spectators.

LORD CARMICHAEL TAKES RISKS.

London, December 24. The ‘Daily Telegraph’s’ mailed advices show that the situation in Bengal is unsatisfactory. Lord Carmichael is taking risks to investigate the situation, visiting the bazaars to watch the police treatment of the natives. He found the police in many respects seriously neglectful. Ho also went unattended and disguised on a long train journey in a dative carriage on the railways. Lord Carmichael’s staff are apprehensive. A DELIBERATE CONSPIRACY. Delhi, December 25. Lord Hardinge’s progress is sat.sfactory, and he has no fever. Calcutta, December 25. The European vehnacular press denounce the outrage on the honour and dignity of the' Indian people. Bengal, December 25. The police believe that the outrage was a cfeliberate conspiracy. INDIGNATION IN INDIA. London, December 25. Several meetings in mosques in India protested against tlie outrage at Delhi. Gatherings of Hiqdu students in London also passed resolutions of protest. THE POPE’S SYMPATHY. Rome, December 25. The Pope, at a reception at the Sacred College, expressed horror at the Delhi outrage, and said that it was doubly painful in view of the splendid work of the English in India, and the justice and strength of their government. COMMONWEALTH’S TRIBUTE. Melbourne, December 25. Lord Denman cabled to Lord Hardinge that he learnt with deep regret of the dastardly attempt on his life. The Commonwealth Government desires to express its sincere sympathy, and trust that he will speedly recover. THIRTEEN PEOPLE INJURED. Delhi, December 26. Lord Hardinge spent a restless night, and was given morphia injections. His shoulder blade muscles are torn. He is improving to-day. Tne bomb contained gramophone needles and screws. Native gentlemen have increased the reward, and have also provided for the umbrella holder’s family. . Thirteen people were slightly injured. PRACTICAL SYMPATHY. Delhi, December 26. A midnight bulletin states that Lord Hardinge is progressing satisfactorily. £6OOO has been subscribed as a reward for the capture of the bombthrowers, including the Maharaja of Patiala’s £2OOO, the Maharajah of Kashmir’® £666, and the Gwalior’s £533. Business was suspended yesterday while a deputation of citizens waited on the Chief Commissioner and expressed grief and abhorrence. The temples and mosque® are crowded with worshippers returning thanks for Lord Hardinge’s safety. The bomb had a time fuse which exploded level with the umbrella-bear-er’s knee,s. If it had burst a second earlier it must have killed the Viceroy. As it was the metal pierced the heavily-padded cushions. The Punjab chiefs in the procession wanted to deal with the house from which the bomb was thrown summarily, but the officer in charge would not allow them to break the line of the procession. SYMPATHY FROM NEW ZEALAND Wellington, December 26. 'At the request of the Prime Minis-

ter, the Governor is cabling to the Secretary of State expressing the profound regret of the Government and the people of New Zealand at the attempt made on the life of the Viceroy ot India, and a sincere hope that tne dastardly occurrence would uot he attended by any serious result to his Excellency or Lady Hardinge. LORD HARDINGE’S CAREER. Lord Hardinge of Penshurst is thej second sou of the second discounti Hardinge, His grandfather, the, famous commander in the Peninsular i War, became Governor-General of India in 1814, and his term of office was made memorable by the campaign oi the Sutlej. He also held Ministerial office, including that of Secretary c! War and Chief Secretary for Ireland, I and was created a viscount in 1846. Lord Hardinge was borne on June 20, 1880. In the same year he entered the Diplomatic- Service. He was stationed successively at Constantinople, Berlin, Washington, Sofia, Bukarest, Paris, Teheran, and St. Petersburg. In 1903 he became Assistant Under-Secrotary of State for Foreign Affairs, and as Ministei Plenipotentiary accompanied the late King on his visits to Lisbon, Rome and Paris. In the following year he was appointed Ambassador at St. Petersburg. In 1906 he returned t London to take up the duties of Permanent Under-Secretary of State fm Foreign Affairs, w|nicli position lie held until his appointment as Viceroy in June, 1910, As Minister in Ac tendance he accompanied King Ed ward on his visits to Athens am. Friedrichshof (1906), to Carthagena and Gaeta, Wilhelmsliohe and Ischl (1907), to Copenhagen, Stockholm. Christiana, Ileval, Friedrichshof, am Ischl (1908), and to Berlin (1909). Lord Hardinge married in 1890 the Hon. Winifred Sturt, daughter of the first Lord Alington and Woman o! the Bedchamber td Queen Alexandra, lie has two sons and 0116 daughter.