ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 221, 16 March 1912, Page 5

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

BRAVERY OF THE QUEEN. THE KING CALM AND COLLECTED. GREAT REJOICING BY THE POPULACE. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received 15, 11.15 p.m. Rome, March 15. "When Dalba fired, the Queen threw herself in front of the King. The escort of cuirassiers quickly closed around the carriage. King Emanuel was calm, and reassured his wife. He ordered the carriages to proceed to the Pantheon. A policeman and two spectators at once threw themselves upon Dalba. The Pope (expressed his profound grief, and attributed the attempt to the growth of the irreligious.characteristics of the age. All shops were shut until two o'clock, and the trams were suspended to enable the shopmen to take part in a demonstaration outside the quirinal. There were flags and patriotic placards everywhere.

The Mayor addressed fifty thousand Romans, and the procession then paraded the streets to the quirinal. Their Majesties, with their children, appeared on the balcony. The huzzas bf the crowd obliged the king to return again and again. KING EMANUEL ATTACKED BY AN APACHE. •OFFICER COMMANDING ESCORT I WOUNDED. ASSAILANT ROUGHLY HANDLED BY THE CROWD. Rome, March 14. The Kinar anil Queen, driving in a closed carriage, were passing along the Via Lata, when a man sheltering behind a pillar opposite the Palazzo Doria fired three shots from a revolver. He missed the carriage, but wounded Major Lang, who was commanding the escort. Lang fell from his horse, shot through the neck, but the wound is not serious. Lang's horse was wounded "by the third shot. The assailant is Antonio Dalba, aged 21, who is a typical apache. The crowd almost lynched him before.'.he was rescued by the police. Dalba declared that he was an Individualist and Anarchist, and had no accomplices in the crime, which was to protest against the organisation of society. Their Majesties visited Major' Lang in the hospital, and a vast crowd accorded them an ovation. KING GEORGE'S CONGRATULATIONS. Xondon, March 14. ' King George telegraphed congratulations to King Emanuel on his escape.