ROME SENSATION

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10585, 16 March 1912, Page 5

ROME SENSATION

7 KING OF ITALY SHOT AT

WOULD-BE REGICIDE ARRESTED

ROME, March 14,

King Victor Emmanuel, on leaving the Palace to attend a memorial service to his father, the ace King Humbert, in the Pan'Jheon, had several shots fired at him by a man. All the shots missed their mark. The man was arrested.

THREE SHOTS FIRED.

ARRESTED MAN IS ONLY 21 YEARS OF AGIE. f - (Received March 15, 10 a.m.) ROME, March 14. The King and Queen were in a closed carriage. "When the carriage -was passing along the Via Lato, ; a raan who had been sheltering behind <a pillar opposite the Palazzo Dona, iired t'hree shots from a revolver. He missed the carriage, but wounded Major Lang, the officer commanding the escort, in the neck, but not seriously. Major Lang fell from his horse, which was wounded by the third shot. The assailant is named Antonio Dalba. Ho is 21 years of age, and a typical Apache. The crowd almost lynched him before tiie police cucceeded in getting him away. The prisoner declared that he is an individual anarchist, and has no accomplices. The crime, he says, was in the nature of a protest against the organisation of society. Their Majesties visited Major Lang at the hospital. • A vast crowd gave them an ovation.

KING CEO. ACE'S CONGRATULATIONS.

((Received March 15, 10 a.m.)

King George telegraphed his congratulations to King Victor Emmanuel on his escape, ■ mini iii - ».«—— SYMPATHY FRvU THE POPE. EXPRESSIONS OF LOYALTY. ( ROMiE, March 15. '' When Dalba fired, the Queen threw [iiersetf ia front of the King. The. escort of"Cujfassiers quietly- and' - 'closed around, the Koyal carriage. ! " 'King Emwanuer' remained calm, and reassured his wife, and ordered; the carriages to proceed to the Pantheon. * A policeman and two. spectators . -threw themselves upon Dalba. %/ The Pope expressed profound grief, and attributed the outrage to the growth of irreligion, which was characteristic of the age. All shops shut at 2 o'clock, and the trams were suspended to enable the shopmen to partake in a demonstration outside the Quirinal. •Fhigs and patriotic placards wore t obe seen everywhere. , Senor Makor addressed fifty thous- I and Romans. | A procession paraded the streets to ; the Quirinal. Their Majesties and children appeared on the balcony. The huzzas of the crowd obliged the 'King to return again and again. -