The Assassination.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 60, 2 July 1914, Page 5

The Assassination.

WIDESPREAD CONSPIRACY. DISCOVERY OF MORE BOMBS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] LUnited Pbem Association.] Vienna, July 1. * Comment has been aroused because, despite the bomb attempt, the streets were not cleared. According to some accounts, the Archduke himself insisted that no special precautions should be taken. A section of the press says that the visit was purely a military affair. All precautions were made by the military authorities, the civil authorities not being informed of the proposed journey. A large sum of money was found in Prinzip’s room. Several bombs were discovered on the railway from Sarajevo by which the Archduke intended to return. “ANARCHISTS’ FOLLY.” Belgrade, July 1. The newspapers express the deepest indignation at the assassination, which they declare to bo the act of anarchists’ folly, considering the jiolitical aspects. They point out that the outrage is the consequence of the bad old Austrian police system and lack of real liberty. Only such a system could breed fanatical criminals of this type.

The Government has issued a statement expressing its keen indignation at the crime, and protesting against the German press seeking to inculcate Servia. WHOLESALE ARRESTS. Serajevo, July 1. Three hundred arrests have been made in connection with the alleged plot. Excesses against the Serbs continue. Demonstrators smashed the windows of the Orthodox Metropolitan’s Palace, the broken glass wounding the Servian Metropolitan, Leticjiuenna. Three hundred students violently demonstrated outside the Servian Legation and burnt the Servian tricolor flag. “IMPOSSIBLE TO LEAVE ALIVE.” BOMBS ALL OVER THE PLACE. PRINZIP LIABLE TO THE DEATH SENTENCE. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Vienna, July 1.

Persons connected with the Archduke’s suite state that the plot is so widespread that it was impossible for the Archduke to leave Bosnia alive. Two clockwork bombs were found under the luncheon table, and another in the chimney of the room where the Duchess was before she gained her husband. A woman was caught in possession of several bombs. It now transpires that Prinzip, who is just over 20 years of age, is liable to be sentenced to death. AUSTRALIA’S REGRET. (Received 9.25 a.m.') Melbourne, July 2. Sir Ronald Munrp-Ferguson, Gov-ernor-Genei'al, cabled to the King, Australia’s regret. THE LORDS’ CONDOLENCES. THOUGHTS FOR THE CHILDREN. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July 1. In the House of Lords Lord Orewe, in moving the motion of condolence, said: “When it happened that a married pair who were united by the closest affection do not have to undergo the agony of parting but leave the world together, we are almost tempted to modify our grief and pity, which is so poignantly excited by such a tragedy as this, but the thought that their young children are doubly orphaned on the threshold of their lives forbids us to pursue such reflections. Lord Lansdowne said that this calamity was characterised by more horror and deeper pathos than any of those preceding it.