Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-20
HOUSE OCCUPIED
BY HERRlCK IS
BADLY DAMAGED
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carried to the ambassadors resi-
dence. at 16 Avenue de Messlhe'
Early this evening, the ampass-
adoI;s valet. Blanchard, saw the
nackare on a desk, and started to
open it. Removal or the paper
revealed a small pasteboafd poH'
Almost Immediately q spring was
released, and as he lifted the lld'
blanchard, who formerly was a
bomber in the British army, heard
n familiar noise. He hurled the
box through the bathroom door
and ran. The bomb exploded in
the doorway, two fragments MT
ting him in the back. He was
not seriously injured.
The ambassador, his daughter
in-law, Mrs. Parmeley Herrick ana
her = year-old son, were ascend
ing the stairway. Blanchard came
running out as the ambassador
reached the top. =
"a bomb has exploded and !
am hit" he shouted, THANK
God. you weren't in the room"
Blanchard collapsed and was
carried down stairs. The ambass-
ador motored Immediately to the
Hotel Crillon to ask General
Pershing the best thing to do, and
the perfect of police was sum-
moned.
The bomb Is believed by the
police to have been sent by French
communists MS a protest against
the conviction of two communists
in the United States charged with
murder; it contained the deadliest
of explosives, according to the
police.
The bathroom was wrecked,
much damage was done In the bed
room and seven fragments went
through a thick steel wardrobe,
while others made deep dents in
the metal doors of cabinet.
The ambassadors first thought
was to ignore the matter but
General Pershing and others ad-
vised him to make the full de-
tails public because of the poss-
IDLY of other bomb outrages.
President Millersnd was among
the first to congratulate the am
bassador on his escape. He as
sured Mr.. Herrick that the out
rage was deeply resented by every
Frenchman worthy of the name
and that the greatest efforts would
be made to apprehend the guilty.
Premier BRAND, Leon Bourgeois
and many members of the diplo.
matte corps sent similar messages,
and throughout Paris the most
intense indignation is expressed at
the attack.
Mr.. Herrick had refused to
take seriously scores of letters he
received protesting against the
conviction of the two alleged
communists in the United States.
Some were politely phrased. but
others made threats to "get the
ambassador" and blow up the
embassy.
AS typical of the campaign the
communist press has been con-
Quoting in connection with the
conviction of the two men, the
following appears In the Journal
du Peuple:
"A machine so powerful as
America can not be fought with
wandering words and party mani
festiations. We need something
else. Here is an idea: Let every
reader write Ambassador Herrick:
We protest against the judicial
error which is about to kill two
innocents. Pardon Sacco and
Vanzetti," Your letters will bring
unbearable remorse to Americans"
M. Cachin, editor Of LHumanite,
communist official organ, con-
cludes his editorial:
I'm reply to the resolutions
passed and the letters apd tele-
grams which the French workers
organizations have sent to it, the
American embassy in Paris has
answered nothing. Such silence
implies that the official world of
the United States is powerless be-
fore the universal conscience to
justify the execution of two inno-
cent men. Let us therefore raise
our protests more and more Wig
orously and unanimously in favor
of the unhappy men,"