The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
Assassination of Lord French
Miscarried Because His
Train Was Ahead of
Time.
HIS AUTO DID NOT STOP
Dead consplrator 10 Identified 40 =
Grocers Clerk by Name
Of Martin Saw
age.
[By George McDonough, United Press
Staff Correspondent.

[By George McDonough, United Press
Staff Correspondent
DUBLIN, Dec. 20.-The attack yes.
terday upon Wscount French. lord
lieutenant of Ireland, failed because
the field marshal's train was two
minutes ahead of schedule when 1t
reached Ashtowp station. 1t was
learned today.
The lord lieutenant's automobile
was fred on from ambush yesterday
as he was motoring from the station
to the vice regal lodge here.
The attackers, according to infor-
nation here, had planned to blockade
the road near Phoenix park so Lord
French's automobile would have to
be stopped. They expected to draw
carts across the road just before the
vice regal motor car arrived. This
plan, 1t was said. was frustrated by
French's motor car being ahead OF
time.
There was persistent rumor
French had been wounded, but this
iicould not be verified.
The dead member Of the attacking
party was identified as Martin Sav.
age, grocer's assistant.
Police were working on several
clues as to the identity of the members
of the attacking party which is be-
lieyed to have numbered from half
a dozen TO twenty-five or thirty.
The Identification OF Savage was
considered an important step. From
documents found on the dead mans
body 1t was believed the authorities
will be able to round up the re-
mainder OF the party. The men were
said to have escaped on bicycles.
Nobody in Dublin will talk about
the attempted crime. The military
clamped down the censorship and no
one. was allowed to see Lord French.
The incident has stirred Dublin
profoundly. Observers differ as to
it's probable effects. Many consider
it likely there will be a reaction
against extremists which will make
government problems simpler in the
future. All indications today pointed
to carefully laid plot The fact
that many persons must have known
the attack was planned it was be-
lieved. will simplify the work of the
police in rounding up suspects and
probably getting the guilty persons.
1t was the first attempt upon the
life of an English official since 1888
when Ireland was in the throes over
the Gladstone home rule measure.
The situation in Ireland was calm
early today. With hundreds of Brit
ish POLICE and soldiers scattered
throughout the country, no general
uprising was considered possible.
No Price Too Big.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2O.-If there is
any possible basis for reasonable
terms of peace" with ireland, few
things would be too big a price to
pay to achieve it. Andrew Bonar
Law, government spokesman, de-
clared in an address here last night
Bonar Law spoke at a conservative
mass meeting shortly after receipt of
news of the attempt on the life Of
Viscount French in Dublin.
The attack upon French was par
ticularly significant, Bonar Law said.
II was an Indication of the spirit of
certain sections of Ireland" he
added.
IL the attack upon the rord iieuten-
ant was an attempt to 1ntimidate the
government, it failed, Bonar Law de-
clared.
attempts of this kind never will
make Great Britain adopt self deter
mination for Ireland" the govern
ment spokesman asserted. Great
Britain" be said, will be moved by
Justice and not by intimidation"