Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-27


 and today in popular parlance it means "strong-armed men,. Although no ar rests have been made up today the police are inclined to lay the crime at the door of these individuals rather than to an anarchistic organization.
 The belief IS entertained in some quarters that the. attempt may have been made by German spies or Chi nese revolutionaries is not generally held and the popular idea is that the crime was the work of Japanese nal contents
 Count Okuma's escape was exceed ingyl narrow and was undoubtedly due to the extraordinary presence of mind of his chauffeur. The driver mo- ticed a man suddenly emerge from a dark alley between toy shop and a confectiner's. He was waving his arm as he ran toward the automobile and the next moment a heavy missile struck the motor case of the car, glanc- ed off to windof, which it broke, and then rolled to the street. By the time the missile had struck, the chauffeur had pulled his levers and the 1imou- sine bolted forward with the speed of an express locomotive. The assailant had hurled another bomb immediately after the first but it struck the ground behind the car exploding with terri fic detonation and only a few of its fragments did some slight damage to the cover of the limousine. The street was deserted at the time but the noise of the explosion caused residents to draw aside their Japanese shutters and peer out anxiously. One household CT declares he saw man in Western clothes slink away into a narrow pas sage to be swallowed up by the ob- scurity.
 The limousine stopped shortly after ward and the detective who accompa- nied Count Okuma picked up the un- exploded bomv. It was taken to the military arsenal, and here it was found to consist of copper kettle full of small pebbles, pieces of lead and a small uantity of explosives. There was a fuse of powder attached Plainly the internal machine was the creation of an inexperienced hand, yet had it ex- ploded as intended it's effects would undoubtedly have (been disastrous.
 Threatening letters were received by Count Okuma and the household de- partment just prior to the coronation and threatening placards were posted in one of the parks of the city. Also, the public recalls newspaper reports that small quantity of explosive had been previously stolen from one of the military depots. It is not improba bic that the bombs used two days az were manufactured from this explo- sive.
 Count Okuma's fresuent utterances keep him in the public eye as the most prominent Japanese of today, next to the Emperor. He was severely attack ed by the opposition groups when he withdrew his resignation as premier last year at the request fthe emper- or. Political opponents declared his act to be against the constitution and the discussions which took place at the time may have awakened a feeling which has only been slumbering ard which found expression in the recent attempt to slay the premier.
 Countess Okuma was as unmoved by the incident as her premier husband She told an interviewer that she was not surprised for she had always felt that her husbands life was exposed to danger-a danger, which, she said she was always ready to share with him.
 The newspaper Asahi has been main taining the theory that the outrage was the work of two Japanese men who hired or instibated by some third party. The newspaper claims to pos sess information that the suspicion of the police has been directed towards Chinese revolutionists resident in Ja- pan on the ground that they may have tried to assassinate Count Okuma as means of checking the Japanese gov ernments recognition of the monar. chy of China. This theory is based on the assumption that Chow Tze-chi, that the Chinese minister of commerce and agriculture, who is coming to To- kio to convey the congratulations to Emperor Yoshihito on his coronation, will also seek to secure Japan's recog- milton of the proposed monarchy.