Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-31
King Humbert Another Victim to
Civilizations Foul Incubus.
TEE TRAGEDY APPALLS THE WORLD
Difficulty Of Dealing With Such In
sensate Outrages Emphasized.
THE UROPEAN PRES S

| king victor Emmanuel Ill, In ascending
| the throne, has to perform the painful duty
of announcing to the country the awful
calamity which has violently cut short the
| valuable life of King Humbert.
THE nation, wounded in its sincere af-
| lection for the august dead, and in a sim
cere feeling of devotion and adhesion to
| the dynasty, while execrating the cruel
| crime will be plunged into profound grief
| for the venerated memory of a good, brave
and magnanimous king, the pride of his
people and the worthy perpetuator Of the
traditions of the house of Savoy, by rally
ing with unshakable loyalty around his au-
| gust successor. Italians will provo by their
deeds that their institutions do not die.
| The king Is expected to arrive at Reggi
| di Calabria tomorrow. He received the news
| of the assassination of his father by soma
phore.
Bressi Had a Companion.
| The police are pushing inquiries in all
| directions, but the information with regard
| to the assassin, Bressi, is not yet very
| definite 1t appears that when he was
| searching for lodgings on Friday at Monza
| he was accompanied by a young man,
| whom the police are now seeking. The
| pistol the assassin used was a new and
| superior weapon marked Massachusetts y
| The police of Milan searched the house OF
| a man named Ranella, and, 1t is reported,
| found important papers, showing that
EBressi had relations with persons In the
United States and that communications
had passed between him and them in con-
| nection with the crime.
| Evidence of Long Premeditatfon.
| Bressi and another Tuscan frequented the
cafes in Milan, where they were overheard
| discussing a big scheme that would as
| tonish the world. Everything goes to show
| that the crime was long premedtated and
| the police are now being charged with
| want of foresight. 1t appears that the
| cordons formed upon the arrival of the
| king at the fete ground were Withdrawn
prior to his departure. AS the king was
leaving a sort of scuffle occurred, probably
| prearranged to distract the attention of
| the Carribineers.
+, The king was so pleased with his well
I come at Monza and felt so safe that he
| turned to his aid and said: 'Td like to re-
| turn afoot," but he dissuaded.
| ROME, July 31-The Tribuna says the
! assassination of King Humbert is believed
to have been the result of a plot. A non
militant anarchist recently declared, so the
Tribuna asserts, that a meeting had been
| and several persons were selected to kill
| the king.
The papers announce that King Victor
| Emmanuel III will reach Brindisi today
and will go directly to Monza.
Besides Bressi five persons have been
taken into custody at MonZa.
MONA, July 31-The body of King
| Humbert dressed in black lies today in the
bed ordinarily used by him. Around the
massive candelabra holding tapers at the
| foot and head of the bed are flowers placed
| by Queen Margherita, who passed the long
| hours of the night in prayer by the bed on
which the body lies. Father Bigami, the
court chaplain, is in immediate charge of
| the bier The cardinal archbishop of Milan
| has ordered a requiem mass in all the
| churches in his diocese.
Enormous numbers of kilograms of regret
| and coincidence continue to arrive. including
messages from the most ilustrious families
of Rome.
Bressi's BravadO.
| MONZA, July 31.-Bressi maintains air
| of the utmost cynicism. In the course of
his examination he declared himself to be
| a revolutionary anarchist, and said he was
ready to resume operations If he were re-
| leased.
! Indignation and Horror.
| LONDON, July 31.-The entire European
press utters cry of Indignation and horror
| at the Monza crime and expresses sympa-
| thy for Italy and Queen Margherita The
| difficulty of dealing with such insensate
! anarchist outrages is emphasized in many
quarters. The Daily Chronicle observes:
1.-The dagger that killed Carnot was no
protest against 'monarchical Institutions,
| nd Wbo no haan in
might have had just as coherent a motive
for taking President McKinley's life as he
| had for shooting Humbert."
Forewarnings of the Tragedy.
| Curiously enough. it seems that there had
been forewarnings of the tragedy. The Ber-
| liner Tageblatt reminds its readers of the
news from Gratz June 10. when an
| Italian received letter from his son say
| ing that the lot had fallen on the latter to
| assassinate the King of Italy, and adding
| that four other princes were doomed
| At Vienna 1t is asserted that Bressi stay
| ed at budapest two years ago, at which
| time he had plenty of money and attracted
| the attention of the police. who suspected
| him of being anarchist or of having an
| archistic proclvities. Suddenly, on the news
| of the assassination of Empress Elizabeth
| of Austria, he disappeared. Many arrests of
| Italian suspects have occurred recently at
Ischl, the summer residence of the Aus
| trian emperor.
| Emmanuel III Starts for Monza.
| LONDON, July 31.-A special dispatch
| from Rome says that King Victor EN-
manuel III arrived at Brndisi today unex-
| pectedly. The dispatch adds that the young
queen faiEted when she was informed of
| the assassination of King Humbert. The
| king and queen started for Monza imme-
| diately after reaching Brindisi.
Comment of Paris Papers.
PARIS, July 31-Regarding the death Of
the King of Italy the Figaro this morning
! says:
| king Humbert was martyr to his royal
| position and was also victim of the build
\ ing up of his house. which was accom-
| plished too quickly. Italy has been only a
| great people since less than half a CEN
| tury. She possesses military system like
that of Germany and France, and hence
has come great expense and the financial
crisis. in the midst of which has developed
| first socialism and then anarchy. 1t was
| this anarchy for which it was necessary to
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