The news & observer., 1895-08-18
A GUY FAWKES PLOT
CONSPIRACY TO
BLOW UP BOTH HOUSES
OF PARLIAMENT.
BY THE TURKISH ANARCHISTS

Turkish weekly Eapef LII " htCh FSV~
ciaIists and Others were Called Upon
To Combine to Blow up the Houses
of Parliament Upon the Opening
SessiOn--Mr. Harrity Interviewed.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.]
LONDON, Aug. 17.-Ever since Novem-
Der 4, 1904, when a certain Guy FaWkes
and others engineered such scheme,
but were detected and hanged, the possi-
bility of plot to blow up the Houses of
Parliament has been one of the pet scares
of British officials, and regularly, year
after year, ever since, the vaults of the
Houses of Parliament, previous to the
re-assembling of that body, are formally
searched for powder barrels with old
time ceremony and acuteness.
This year, however, there was some
little show of cause for the apparently
unnecessary precautions taken, for with
the opel ing of Parliament comes the
discovery, real or imaginary, of scheme
to send the Commoners and Lords unex-
pectedly skyward in body. Whether
the story be true or not, the afternoon
papers yesterday made quite a sensation
ont of the affair and the inhabitants of
this great metropolis have not done talk
ing about it.
Simmered down to cold facts, it ap-
pears that there was some foundation
for the report, and it rested upon the fol-
lowing basis:
Some few weeks ago the manager of a
local printing and lithographing COM
pany was asked by foreigner described
as ''dark looking and mysterious" (of
course) to lithograph weekly paper for
Turkish company. AS no knowledge
of the Turkish language was necessary
for the Job, the manager of the English
concern undertook the contract, and
Autographed thousands of copies of the
Turkish weekly. the paper being mostly
sent abroad A few days ago, however,
two detectives from Scotland Yard called
at the lithographing establishment and
asked the manager If he was aware that
he was suspected of being engaged in a
plot to blow up the House of Parliament
and that his visitors hailed from Scot
land Yard.
In reply to the unfortunate managers
protests of innocence, the detectives ex-
planned to him that he had been printing
in the gulleless looking Turkish weekly
red-ho anarchistic literature calling
upon socialists and others to combine for
the purpose of blowing up the Houses OF
Parliament upon the occasion OF the
opening session. One article actually
stated that sixteen men were really on
their way to England from various
points, in order to make the necessary
arrangements.
In spite of his protests, the terrified
manager was escorted 70 Scotland Yard,
where he was examined by the chief OF
detectives and police commissioner.
To these officials the manager explained
all the circumstances of the case, and
was allowed to go upon promising not to
lithograph any more Turkish weeklies
without first ascertaining the nature of
their contents.
According to the Globe, the police first
got wind of the affair owing to the boast
ing of some London anarchists. !.
Queen Victoria and Emperor william
Facts, which have now leaked out re-
specting the meeting of Queen Victoria
and Emperor William of Germany at
private parties given by her Majesty at
Osborne, during the Cowes regatta, show
that the cordial relations, which had
been rufied by the Emperor's failure to
consult the Queen regarding the present
Czarina's engagement to the Gar, have
again been restored, and the GOODNESS
has quite vanished.
nx,r;,n, tho diupar Of n,hCpV1a = ho Csan.
versation of the two sovereigns was
most animated and affectionate, those
present noticing especially the great ten
derness which the Emperor displayed in
assisting the Queen to rise after dinner,
and the gracious manner in which she
accepted his help.
The Coming Yacht Race.
AS the date for the races for the Amer
ica's cup approaches, interest in Val
kyrie III and the performances of De
fender increases The brief cable dis
patches from New York, published
in the English newspapers are
eagerly read and much discussed. There
is no doubt that the yachtsmen
here are far from feeling confident that
Lord Dunraven's yacht will bring the
cup back to England; but it is generally
admitted she has better chance to do
so than any of her predecessors. Nat
urally, the greatest interest of the ex-
perts eenters in the question whether
Valkyrie III. will or will not have to al
low the Defender time, and therefore,
there was much disappointment when 1t
was announced that the measurements
of the cup of the Defender will not be
known until shortly before the first race.
| The contest between Mr.. K. s. Pal
mer's American cruising schooner
Yampa and Frederick Wills British
cruiser Amphitrite, on Wednesday last,
off Cowes, created a great deal of
interest here. Yampa, though beaten,
was generally admired.
/ The Yachtsman says:
1.-The picture presented by Yampa,
with every stitch of canvas she can SET
off the wind, is one that makes our
boasted cutters sink into insigniicance.
The Britannia could never make so fine
a picture.
Triiby.noesn't go in England.
: The publishers of Du Maurier's cheap
edition of ''Trilby' are making deperatt
efforts to force the sale of the move
which had so extraordinary a sale il
| America. In spite of this fact, however
the story does not seem to have hit the
popular idea of an entertaining book fol
the English public.
An Interview With Mr.. Harrity.
| Mr.. VIM. F. Harrity, chairman OF th'