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GERMAN DICTATOR
OF UKRAINE SLAIN
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cab brushed close to the one they were
occupying. The occupant arose, tossed
a bomb, which exploded, MORALLY
wounding the dictator and his aide They
died within a few hours. The Field
Marshal suffered severe wounds In the
| side near the heart, and he succumbed
that night Capt. Won Dressler, also Sc
! verely injured. died from the loss OF
blood. according to telegrams received
, via Amsterdam.
The assassina ton of the German die
| tator and his aide once more has drawn
attention to the serious troubles. both
Internal and Russian, which confront
the Central Powers. Austria and Ger
i many are at odds over the solution OF
| the Polish question. Bulgaria and Tur-
key are quarrelling over the division OF
the spells in the Balkans, with Turkey
reported to have broken relations with
Germany. To these are added the
troubles In Russia. the first indication
OF which were offered in the ASA ssina-
ton of Count Won Mlrbach, the German
Amba ssador to Moscow. In that city only
a fortnight ago.
A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Amsterdam says the murder OF
Field Marshal Won Eichhorn has created
CONSERVATION in German official circles
and that it Is expected the German
Government will demand immed iate and
exemplary punishment of the assassin
under the threat Of occupying more land
In the Ukraine.
The German newspapers. the cor
respondent adds. unanimously assert
that Germany must interfere with her
full strength in Russia II Germany does
not desire to lose what prestige she still
has in the east.
The assassination OF the Field Marshal
is attributed to the Social Revolutionists
In Moscow. Recently several of their
leaders have been condemned and put to
death for the killing OF Count Won Mir
bach. but evidently this has not de-
| TERED them from further asserting their
scorn Of the Soviet Government, dictated
from Berlin through her military gov
ernors OF the Russian provinces.
The assassin OF the Field Marshal Ia
described as a lad OF 20. Boris Danskio
by name. who proudly admits that he
was an agent of the Social Revolution
ISIS and was furnished by the central
committee OF that organization with a
bomb. a revolver and a supply OF money
for the assassination. Danskio and the
man who drove the cab have been ar
rested and summary death will be their
punishment
Kaiser Deeply stirred.
Emperor William OF Germany has
been aroused by the second assassination
OF one OF his leaders in Russia and tele
graphed Field Marshal Won Eichhorn be-
fore his death as follows:
MY DEAR FIELD MARSHAL AND GEN
RRAL: I have learned with indigna-
ton and deep regret OF the abominahle
crime committed against you and your
adjutant. Be assured OF my sincere
and hearty sympathy. l hope and
pray to God that you may be granted
a speedy recovery. May He preserve
you to US and the fatherland
With hearty greetings. your well
disposed King. WILLIAM.
The correspondent OF the Hamburg
Fremdenbldtt from Kiev gives an idea of
the general political unrest throughout
the Ukraine and the causes which led to
the assassination Of the Field Marshal
In the following paragraph:
"A heavy storm cloud has gathered on
the political horizon in the Ukraine. The
Government IL trying to ward of this
threatened unrest by making arrests on
n large scale NJ. Gyzicki. Secretary OF
State of the Hetman's Government, who
il an outspoken monarchist, was among
those arrested"