Arizona republican., 1921-10-20

The ambassador. his daughter-in- law, Mrs. Parmeley Herrick, and her -year-old soh were ascending the stairway. Blanchard game run ming out as the ambassador reached the top.
 Police Summoned
 "A bomb has exploded and I am hit" he shouted. Thank God. you weren't in the room.''
 Blanchard collapsed and was car ried down stairs. The ambassador motored immediately to the Hotel Crillon to ask General Pershing the best thing to do. and the pretect of police was summoned.
 The bomb is believed by the po- lice to have been sent by French communists. as a protest against the conviction of two communists in the United States charged with murder: it contained the deadliest of expIo- sives, according to the police.
 The bathroom was wrecked. much damage was done in the bedroom and seven fragments went through 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 advised him to make the full details public because of the possibility of other bomb out rases.
 President Millerand was among the first to congratulate the ambas- sador on his escape. He assured Mr Herrick that the outrage was deeply resented by every F'renchman worthy of the name and that the greatest efforts would be made to apprehend i the guilty.
 Premier Briand. Leon Bourgeois | and many members of the diplomatic 1 corps sent similar messages, and l throughout Paris the most intense ! indignation is expressed at the at tack.
 Had Received Warnings MT. Herrick had refused 10 take I seriously scores of letters he received protesting against the conviction of 1 the two alleged communists in the ] United States. Some were politely 1 phrased, but others made threats to ] get the ambassador and blow up the embassy.
 As typical of the campaign the ! communist press has been conduct ing in connection with the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti, the following appears in the Journal Du Peuple:
 A machine so powerful as Amer ! iea can not be fought with wander | ing words and party manifestation .. we need something else. Here 1 is an idea: Let every reader write Ambassador Herrick: We protest against the judicial error which is about to kill two innoeents, Pardon Sacco and Vanzetti' Your letters will bring unbearable remorse to ! Americans"
 NJ Cachin. editor of L'Humanite. communist official organ, concludes ! his editorial:
 Tn reply to the resolutions passed and the letters and telegrams which the French workers organizations have sent to it, the American embas- sy in Paris has answered nothing. Such silence implies that the official world of the United States is power less before the universal conscience to justify the execution of two inno- cent men. Let us therefore raise our
 protest more and more vigorously and unanimously in favor of the un- happy men,"
 The bomb was brought from the chancellory of the embassy by a sec retary who thought it present for . the ambassador.
 Believed to Be Time Bomb Tn the room, and demolished with it. were presents Ambassador Her rick had received on his birthday, October Q. The belief is expressed. bv the prefect of police that the bomb was a time contrivence.
 '"The act was that of an irrespons- fble coward who was without courage to come out into the open" the am 7 bassador said. The package. about ! eight inches long. four inches wide and five inches deep, came by reg ' istered mail, and was labeled per - fune." The valet, Walter Blanchard, , a 29-Vear-old Engiishman, opened the package. Upon opening the lid, a spring was released. and Blanchard,
 who was a bomber during the war, immediately suspected it's signifance, threw the package away. rushed from
 he room but was hit in the lack by ! fragment.
 I AIr. Herrick expressed the belief - that the explosion was sequel to b threatening letters he had been re