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DASTARDLY ATTEMPT

AT ASSASSINATION

SEVEN SHOTS FIRED!

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PREMIER OF LITHUANIA.

A.B.C. KILLED: 2 WOUNDED

Berlin, Yesterday. A telegram from Kovno states that the assassination of M. Valdemaras, the Prime Minister of Lithuania, was attempted yesterday evening.

Seven shots were fired at his wrty outside a theatre.

M. Valdemaras was unhurt but

Gudinas, his aid-de-camp,

was instantly killed, and M. Valdemaras stepson and a lady were seriously injured-Reuter.

BOMBAY RIOTS

WHAT THE OFFICIAL STATE- MENT DISCLOSES

FORCES UNITE ADEQUATE

London, Yesterday. Earl Winterton, Under-Secretary for India, made the following statement regarding the recent rioting in Bombay..

were

A general strike in the Bombay mills was declared on April 26.

several On May 1 there were attacks on workers by strikers, but the fact that most of the strikers Hindus and most of the Mohammedans non-strikers were indicated a risk of the development of communal trouble, especially as there had been serious communal disturbance on April 27, apparently unconnected with the strike.

Communal rioting spread from

DUKE IN JAPAN. INTERESTED IN À CAVALRY ENCOUNTER

CHILDREN'S WELCOME

Tokyo, Yesterday. Brilliant weather attended the Duke of Gloucester's visit to the Cavalry School at Narashino, where he spent an interesting day, gain-

first-hand ing

impressions of Japanese military efficiency.

PANIC AT LUNATIC ASYLUM FIRE

4,000 INMATES

FRENZIED WHILE TAKEN OUT.

OF DANGER

ALL RESCUED

New York, Yesterday. Four thouand inmates of the The programme included an ex- New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum hibition of horsemanship, fencing, were in panic when a fire broke out which destroyed the greater and bayonet-fighting.

Afterwards the Duke lurched part of the main buildings.

The patients, clad in their night with the War Minister, and stayed

a cavalry encounter

the to watch

in clothes, yelled in frenzy as which both mounted and dismount- guards and attendants endeavoured

besides cavalry,

artillery, to shepherd them from danger.

All were rescued and none tried armoured cars, and air craft parti-!

to escape Reuter's cipated.

American The climax was a spectacular: Service cavalry charge across the open!

ed

moors

to the accompaniment of NAVAL ARMAMENT machine-gun fire, booming of guns, and bombing by air craft.

At the Duke's request the programme was extended so as to include the inspection of stables.

Sword-Cutting

An unrehearsed incident which caused much amusement was seen when the Duke, after watching a sword-cutting test on damp straw trusses with a heavy two-handed sword, requested Lord Airlie to

degrees

Temperature, 10.a.m. to-

day

74

Temperature, 2.30 p.m.

yesterday

78

Humidity, 10a.m., to

day

95

uHmidity,

2.30 p.n.,

yesterday

"ENTHUSIASM AND GOODWILL”

AT GENEVA

THE AMERICAN PROPOSALS

Geneva, Yesterday. At the meeting of the Disarma- ment Committee, when the discus- sion turned on

Naval armaments,

Viscount Sato moved an adjourn- ment in order to give the interest- ed Governments time carefully to examine the American proposals, with which he promised the most. sincere Japanese co-operation.

Lord Cushendun supporting the motion, pointed out that the specific American proposals were not yet available, and would re- quire time for consideration when received. He added however. "We have reached a point where instead of almost despairing we are most an agree- hopeful of reaching ment." 85

en-

A Complex Problem Mr. Gibson, in concurring, said that nothing was more favourable! have a try. The Earl, who is most to the progress of the work than powerfully built, wielded the sword the present atmosphere of with great vigour, and cut te trusethusiasm and goodwill. deeply, but bent the sword,

"We must progress as fast as special skill is required to eut with is consistent with the Japanese style of sword with-efective handling of an important and complex problem, without out bending it.

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a sound and

the mill aress to the central parts of Bombay and continued on May 2 and May 8. On the latter date 200 rifles of the Warwickshire Regiment were called out and on the following day the military posts were strengthened as the sporadic attacks continued. The Police have beer. reinforced by armed police and further military support while the Curfew Order and an order prohibiting the as-

The Earl of Airlie, knowing how jeopardising developments through ofsembly of more than five persons

highly the Japanese prize their precipitately entering into discus- were put into force on Saturday.

now swords, was most apologetic, but the sions for which any interested The Bombay Government

situation as, on the owner, amidst much laughter, put Powers are riot prepared." regard the

ease by promizing to whole, quiet and the forces on the him at his

present it to him as a souvenir spot at present adequate.

Casualties reported up to the

Popular Interest present are 8 killed and 108 in- jured.-British Wireless Service.

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The Committee agreed to post- pone the consideration of Naval armaments until the next Session. Except for short stretches in the

"Well begun is half done" was rural district crowds two or three the dictum of the Chairman, when deep lined almost the whole route winding up the session of the Pre- of 25 miles, on both sides, both paratory Committee.

Parties of going and returning.

He declared that the results ob- school-children waved British and tained would clear the air and Japanese paper flags, and even pic-promote the work of Disarmament. turesque old thatched farms, ham- What had hitherto not been U.S. OFFICIAL POST dets, and village shrines were be-achieved would be obtained through the Disarmament Conference pro- per-Reuter,

Bombay, Yesterday, Owing to deaths in bospitals the death roll of the street riots is now 27.Reuter.

SURPRISE APPOINTMENT OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL

MR. C. E. HUGHES

Washington, Yesterday.

Mr. Charles Evans Hughes, son

flagged.

There was an interesting contrast between the townsmen's and peasan- try's welcome. Both were equally sincere, but the former "Banzaled" vociferously, whilst the latter stood with head bowed in respectful ailence in accordance with the cus-

of the ex-Secretary of State, haston of old Japan. been appointed United States Soli-

In the evening a banquet is to

Reuter.

citor General. Political circles be held at the British Embassy.- have, in consequence, been com- pletely surprised.-Reuter's Ameri- can Service.

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CASES İN LONDON

London, Yesterday. There are now, 813 cases of small-pox in London Reuter.

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Chicago, Yesterday. The Socialist Party Executive has issued an appeal for election funds for the British Labour Party. -Renter's American Service.

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