Bombs

Last week, King Alfonso left Madrid, journeyed to Barcelona. En route, a large bomb, intended to blow up the royal train, was found on the railway tracks.

In Barcelona, the King went to preside at a meeting held in the Town Hall. In the entrance was discovered another bomb.

The active police became still more active, discovered a third bomb, in- tended to blow up the royal train as it passed through a tunnel on its return journey to Madrid. Fourteen arrests were made, but each of the prisoners denied all knowledge of the plot.

Meantime, King Alfonso had been filling his engagements with marked unconcern. The only outward sign that he gave concerning the dastardly attempt to assassinate him was to take enough time off from his scheduled duties to view the monster bomb that had first been found.