MORE DEATHS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 329, 14 April 1928, Page 9

MORE DEATHS

MILAN BOMB OUTRAGE NATION GIVES FLOWERS "ENEMY SHALL NOT PREVAIL" (United r. A.—By Tehgraph—Cmpyrtoh I ( Austro i+am P..4, —l mited SmVRecd. noon. ROME. FW«lt>. The “Giornale d* Italia” asserts that an anonymous warning the previous day that Anarchists had planned the Milan plot, accounted for the change in the King's plans. A careful vigil did not prevent the secretion of the bomb. By the explosion of the bomb persous were killed and 40 were injured. Those killed and injured are mainly women and children, who constituted the majority of the crowd. A Boy Scout was blow n to pieces and a little girl decapitated. A policeman was found iu a pool of blood surrounded by three children who were terribly wounded. \ not her little girl, who bad climbed a Hag pc'.'» was torn to bits, her right hand l»ing the only limb left intact. WOMAN IN FRENZY Fragments of the lamp-post in which the bomb was placed dented the walls of neighbouring houses ».»» to the third floors. The explosion shattered every nearby window A woman who was on the balcony aho\ the scene of the explosion, mad dent'd at the sight of the dead anti ayins. jumped down aud killed one of the injured persons. She was taken to hospital and died as King Victor reached her bedside. Signor Mussolini sent the followiug message to the King: “The nation with deep devotion draws more closely to your Majesty. Milan’s industrial life and the nation's steadfast disci- | pline will continue, to the renown of your dynasty and to the increase of the power of Italy.” Queen Elena heard of the attempt on her husband's life while she w.»staying at the Castle Porziano, on th * outskirts of Rome. She immediately ! telephoned to Milan and held an en clearing conversation with the King MILLION LIRE GIVEN The authorities believe the outran was part of a widespread plot to kill [the Prime Minister, Signor Mussolini. • in the course of the festivities. Milan I was the; scene of Signor Mussolini * 'first political tirumph. The authorities have sent a huge force of dele* tives from Rome. The police have rounded up a number of suspects, and have also arrested a woman, who they believe will reveal an important plot. Signor Mussolini has ordered flow - ers to be laid on the grave of the “victims of bestial criminality and barbaric anti-Fascism.” He adds: “But the enemy shall not prevail.” A numer of those injured are reported to be dying. The original victims included six soldiers, four children and two nuns. Already a million lire have been subscribed on behalf of the victims' dependants.