7 NOVEMBER 1903, Page 19

The assassination of M. Sagouni has had a startling sequel.

On Wednesday two more Armenians were shot down on Peckham Rye by a compatriot, who immediately committed suicide. There seems to be little doubt that the assassin was the same man who shot M. Sagouni, and was actuated by the same motive. This abuse of the right of asylum by political refugees is undoubtedly a serious matter, but we have no sympathy with the effort which is being made in certain quarters to utilise the episode in order to prejudice retrospectively the case of the oppressed Armenians.