18 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 2

Last Saturday a vile attempt to assassinate Signor Mussolini was

made in Rome. A young workman threw a bomb at the Duce's motor-car. The window of the car was smashed and the bomb fell in the street, where it shortlY afterWards exploded and injured some onlookers. -Signor Mussolini himself was-- unhurt. • On , arriving at the Palazzo Chigi he appeared on the balcony and made a speech, in which he said :— "1 wish to pronounao certain serious words, which must be accurately understood by those to whom they refer. • If the friendship- of the Italian people, which might be fatally com- promised by the recurrence of incidents of this nature, is seriously desired, a certain criminal and unheard-of toleration practised across the frontier must immediately cease."