Show W f i i KAISER SEVERELY HURt I r I I IIY 1 I li Ji II Struck in the Face by an1 Iron fiflissile ill Itl fi I III I I U 1 I 1 r WOUND IS A LONG ONE I lJl t 11 J I f I I I r fr i > 71 0 I 11 f i It Is on the RIght Check Passes Over = f liIf 1 1i t 11 1 i the Zygoma and Penetrates to tho I I 11ji ji I I Bone It Has Been Closed Without I f jf tf t i 111 i Sewing Han Who Inflicted It nl i j t j j Epileptic Who Protends toXIOW J ft f 11 I Nothing About the Occutrence it t 1 1 r l Announcement of Attack Received I I I Jj 1 If I With Horror In Eeichstng I i I 1 II I ir f i ll I Berlin March Emperor William ir 1 arrived here at 8 oclock this morning 1 The Empress and Count von Uuelow 1e met him at the station When they II l reached tho castle Prof Bergman I visited the Emperor I STRUCK ON THE CHEEK In tho attack upon Emperor William I by Dleterlch Welland while tho former to the t was driving from the Rathskeller railway station thc Emperor was i raJway staton the EmproJ Ii I t struck on the cheek Just below tho right 1 eye He was not seriously Injured and I refrained from commenting upon tho ii Giibjcct r 1 i ASSAILANT AN EPILEPTIC i Tho assailant of Emperor William in J trying to escape fell under the horses of tho escort riding behind the carriage I I 1 The escort handed the man over to the examination at tho H police During a I town hall he suffered from several epileptic epi-leptic fits During tho Intervals between be-tween these attacks be replied to several I r I sev-eral questions but did not give out any I fi Important information He pretends t I to know nothing of the occurrence He Is evidently vcakmlnded iJ fli Ii WEILAND NOT RESPONSIBLE 11 1 P i Wellands examination proved that L I ii ho a not responsible for his actions I Ho said he felt unwell yesterday and t 1 feared an epileptic n ack While he I t a waiting for the arrival of the Emperor tho sound of 3 fountain playIng ju I play-Ing in tho courtyard caused him to i Imagine that ho was sailing a ship I Wo former vocation having been that r of a ships captain Under this delusion r delu-sion his excitement increased and ho I attempted to heave a lead and three pieces of Iron Then he lost consciousness i conscious-ness The missile was a fishplate j I I weighing 550 grammes I I WOUND A SEVERE ON After tle surgeons visit to His I Majesty abulletin was issued as fol I rraJcsty I i ° The wound Is in the right cheek and I a about an Inch nnda half long I passes pvcr the zygoma and penetrates I to the b nc It has the character of a contused Wound There haabccn much J I bleeding but tho wound has be closed I I with bandaging without sewing The Emperor passed a fairly god night Is 1 free from headache and his general con QlUon IB > d gooaV i I ANNOUNCED IN REICHSTAG ii Count von Ballostrom President of I 1 the Reichstag In communicating to I that body today the news of the atack t on Emperor William expressed In he I half of the house The horror felt at the I I abominable act tjiankcd God for having II hav-ing preserved the Emperor and country I from a grievous misfortune and praycd j F r that their beloved monarch 1 j lat t1ch monmchmight ooi lo restored to health and that God I i would keep J His Majesty under his protection i I pro-tection Thc members of Ute Reichstag In attendance atood during the Presidents Presi-dents speech The social Democrats i ncic not present I DIET HEARS NEWS In the lowcr house oC the Prussian Diet he President Herr von Rr slrn 1 announced that the Emperors wound I It was not serious but that he would be I obliged to keep to his bed for a few I flays The President also expressed I horror at the damnable act and called for three cheers for His Majesty which i were given with enthusiasm Emperor William received the Imperial Chancellor I I Chan-cellor Count von Buelow in audience i I R noon today I OUTRAGE DESCRIBED II I The North German Gazette of Ga7ele Ii 1 ficially describing the outrage on Em peror William says With hearts h lllled with gratitude we thank the I I merciful fate which guarded the precious preci-ous life of the Emperor at a I I lor a mOn nt of danger After the outrage the Eriv I peror preserved I erol extraordinary com j posuro and betrayed no sign of the I I I pain ho must have experienced from eXterlenced such a blow I was only when a lit tIe boy at tho elation exclaimed 0 Look the Emperor is bleeding that I a member his suitewas directed to Ii tie up the wound The loss of blood I I was such that there were bloodstains I 1 even on his Majestys cloak During the Journey UIQ Emperor t I I I telegraphed to Count von Buelow in forming him of the occurrence and JI c adding 1 feel a certain amount of pain but otherwise I am well vei I The North German Gazette under stands that the Emperor Ulbe obliged to keep to his room fora fort night as the wound I Is so near his eye and thc latter must be used nelr sparing ly as possible sparlnS I FLOOD OP INQUIRIES Inquirjos congraJtuJatrpjig alia con I dolences poured In throughout die day from the whole dlplomtk cons eday I cludln the United States nbassy I as well a from many thousands of I I Germany including the municipalities I I of Berlin Charlottenburg Pot laUl and Koenlgsburg fy The opinion prevails that the Em peror will suffer 7nuch jjaln and prob ably some fever and Inflammation for I the next few days and that l Itmlll re quire at least a fortnight before the h wound is healed taI r ta-I KEPT IN DARKENED ROOM I t Proly von Bergman has ordered tho room in which the Emperor is to be I I kept darkened because ot the dancer j that one eye may be affected I Among the provincial I bodies Iho Al c I hntian Diet unanimously resolved l to send the Emperor a congratulatory r telegram tclegraf1WILL F t WILL TRUST TO PUBLIC I A representative of the Associated Press spoke today with several highly ii placed members of the Kaisers en q touiaKc who expressed the opinion I F 4 that the prevailing system of police I surveillance over thoKnipcror wan Ineffective I In-effective and that hereafter he would i F Insist upon the public being intrusted F with a large share In preventing such k l outrage as that of last night which r if one of tho surrounding police had M been quick and Intelligent would not k have occurred or If thc slghtseolng r J public had had a hand would have been nipped In the bud EMPRESS IS SHOCKED l The Empress received a terrible nervous r ner-vous shock on learning of the attack t at midnight I t The German press today calmly comment com-ment upon the event The only paper j which has thus far endeavored to Inculpate In-culpate 3he socialist Is the Dputscher > rages Joining which claims thac Wei r land becfame craved with subversive ix literature I I t f A |