THE LATEST ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE CZAR.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 138, 22 May 1880, Page 3

THE LATEST ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE CZAR.

Genoral horrora'ml indignation Iws boon excited throughout Eurono by a frwib diabolical attempt on tiro poisons of the family of thoCzar. The dotailn at present ronoived avo very muagit). Theeonsorship of telegrams is mow vigorous than over. Tlio following are tlib latest particular*:- -Shortly after 7 o'clock on the ovoningof thn iVth February, when the Cair, with the DtichcM of Edinburgh, nml Eriuco Alocko <if Bulgaria, wart about to repair to the dining-room i>l the winter t'ttiaco a terrific oxnlwlon \vns flveard. Tiro Civ Immediately aftor «ai i«fowtwil that the banqueting hall was a wmkt-imi i , . ,,1t ik* Bjw*«»*»i ,k>||i y "w"

saved hill) and the Imperial family from J ileotl). Dinner had been tixed for 7 oYloek t and. J.lio Enijwror and the Duchess o j Edinburgh weic in mi adjoining yon waiting for Prince Altcko, whoso sli>dj , broach u{ punctuality llnis saved the Em peror's life. The Empress, still'very feobl. was asleep in a distant parent" the palaei. and was not disturbed by the! explosion The Kmperor, though moved, never lost his self-possession. The Duchess of Edinburgh displayed wonderful comI posure. On a soarl-h being made, it was ; found that several pounds of dynamite | and gun cotton had been placed in the 1 cellai-s beneath a guard-room situated on | the ground door, directly beneath the (lining saloon, The explosion was fired j by an electric battery from .some point without tho palace yet undiscovered. j The cellars were used as joiner's .shops, j nnd were occupied by four workmen, three of whom have been arrested. The fourth man is missing. Many persons :;; the palace and immediate vicinity have been arrested. At the moment of the explosion the guard chamber beneath the dining saloon was Idled with about 160 men, eight of whom were killed and forty-rive wounded Such an attempt in the heart of the Winter Palace is considered all the more extraordinary, because jnst before the Czar took possession of his winter residence the most minute examination was made in and around tho palace, in order to prevent a repitition of the attempt that had been made to blowup the Imperial train near Moscow. If, therefore, the explosion was really the work of the Nihilists, it is thought they must have the direct assistance of persons connected with the Imperial household.

Queen Victoria and all the sovereigns of Europe telegraphed congratulations to the Czar on his fortunnto escape. All expectations have now been abandoned of any announcement of constitutional reform on the occasion of tho measures oi ri-pies.-iuti may be expected to be unforced inrougiimil Russia. The Czar is grcatlv irritated and harassed. He is represented as regretting the liberal concessions made during his reign. The explosion al the Winter Palace makes.five attempts on the Czar's life in ten months.