Another Fiendish Outrage.
By Editor
A DIABOLICAL attempt was made last Saturday to blow up the English Parliament. Some unknown party placed an explosive in the crypt of Westminster Hall, which destroyed all the windows on one side. A few minutes afterward, another explosion occurred in the House of Commons, completely wrecking the interior of the compartment. Later in the day still another explosion took place at the White Tower, blowing off the roof. It being the day when visitors are admitted, the Tower at the time was filled with visitors, many of them women and children. Latest accounts give the number of wounded as thirty-four, some of these very seriously, so much so that their lives are despaired of. Great excitement prevailed in London and throughout all England, and cries for vengeance were heard on every side. One alarming feature of this case, as with most of such fiendish plots, is, no clew to the perpetrators has been found. The Government detectives and police seem dazed at their inability to prevent such outrages. It would seem that the time has come for decisive action regarding such work. As long as dynamite and other powerful explosives are sold as freely as sporting powder, the public may expect to hear of just such dastardly attempts of wholesale slaughter. The sale of such dangerous commodities should be restricted by law the same as poison, and the names of purchasers carefully recorded, for future reference. It is gratifying, however, to know that Mr. Edmunds has already introduced a bill in the United States Senate to suppress the manufacture and possession of dynamite for treasonable uses abroad. It would, however, be well to provide against the use of such agencies to avenge supposed public or private wrongs in this country. Truly these are troublous times.