The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-21
BORNOF ROYAL BLOOD,
UTWORK FOR LIVING

receive a courteous visit at his Palace
of Bellevue at Berlin from Emperor
Napoleon. when he entered the Prus-
sian capital as victor In ioOo-
Viscount Hardinge is responsible
for an extraordinary story TO winch ne
has on several recent occasions gwen
public utterance on the authorlty o.
India. who is now slowly recovering
from the serious wounds which ne re-
ceived on the occasion of the attempt 70
assasslnste him BY means OF 1o1,no
needles when making his state entry
into Delhi few weeks ago. VlscoCnt
Hardinge declares that whenever tne
Niceroy travels in India mem oers OF
that magnificent Indian police force,
which numbers. all told, some NO,uo
men, are stationed along the railroso
line at intervals of hundred yards.
The policemen often become sleepy
and lie with their heads on the rail. IN
the expectation Of thus hearing the
approach of the train Sometimes us
approach does not waken them IN time,
and on one occasion no less than nftL
notice sentries had their heads cut of
or crushed in this fashion by the
Viceregal locomotive.
Viscount Hardinge, VINO makes TINS
statement. has been frequent Vieitof
to India since his younger brother has
heen Viceroy there and has made long
stays with him at Simla and Calcutta
He is colonel commanding one OF the
hattaIions of the Rife Brigade, and
served i'm the Nile expedition of 1855
and also during the South African war.
in the latter instance on the stan OF
Field Marshal Lord Roberts. he is
the chief of the Hardinge family and
the third in descent from that first Wis
count who won distinction IN the PENN
sular War, and was Afterwards wee
roy Of India and held mdrshdi com
manding in chief the entire BRUSH
army.
Viscount Hardinge is not the kind of
man to make such a statement as TINS,
or TO give his wounded brother as an
authority for it, without plenty or
foundation. and though ms assertion
After all. il is plausible. In Russia.
military sentinels are stationed at lVO
both sides OF the line. whenever. the
Car travels by rail. and sometimes
this row of sentinels extends all the
way from st. Petersburg to MOSCOW,
and from Moscow TO Crimea. mere
have been so many outrages and at
tempted assassinations in recent years
in India by native malcontents that IL
is perfectly natural tnat eiaoorate pre-
cautions should be taken for the safety
OF the Viceroy when he travels-pre-
cautions which are not always success
ful. as shown by the injuries which he
received at Deihi the other DAY h,-
placing his ear TO the rail he can hear
the approach of train long before II
appears in sight. That the indian po-
lice sentinels should endeavor thus TO
hear. and should fall asleep with their
heads on the rail while thus listening Is
also perfectly natural. That the Vice
roy's train. rushing along through the
night. should occasionally run over
sleeping sentinel is therefore quite pos
sible. although shocking. What is diff
cult to believe, however. is the number
stated TO have been killed in the course
of d single journey.
1t is by no means improbable that
the Viceroy may be forced to resign
his office as the result of his injuries.
The wounds received at Delhi prove
TO be far more serious than at nrst
published. one large wound cutting
through the muscles. of the shoulder.
taking a particularly long time to heal
while another of the results of the bomb
has been to render the Ficeroy almost
completely deaf. Whether this viii be
permanent is a matter upon which dis
medical attendants disagree.
Copyright. 1918. by the Brentwood Coz