Show BOMB ATTACK ON BRITISH ENVOY SEEN AS TRY TO MAR TURK TIES By WITT HANCOCK ISTANBUL Turkey March 12 I W British W-British British quarters in Istanbul said Wednesday they considered the bombing attempt to assassinate assassinate assassinate nate George W. W Rendel British minister who left German pi pied d Bulgaria was plotted to mar Turkish-British Turkish relations Four persons were killed and Upward of 20 were injured by ex explosion explosion ex- ex S of the bomb Tuesday night in the lobby of the luxurious Pera Plaza hotel where the British diplomat diplomat dip dip- lomat had brought his party from Sofia by train only a few minutes before Rendel escaped S The British said they believed the plot was engineered in itt Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Bul Bul- i garia and that the bomb was rigged to explode on Turkish soil I The official Turkish news agency said it had been established established established I that two suitcases containing containing containing contain contain- ing bombs were mixed with the luggage of the British party at atthe atthe atthe the Sofia railroad station before the departure of Rendel's private train S Suspicious of Bags The agency said a police In Investigation in- in disclosed that one of the suitcases was taken to the Pera Plaza with the rest of the British baggage and the other was taken to another hotel near by by a Briton who became suspicious S cious Clous of the bags bag's contents This man notified the police the agency said and they opened the bag and found explosives Investigators who indicated they for foresaw saw possible serious S diplomatic repercussions from the bombing examined passengers on all aU trains searched baggage compartments and closely questioned questioned questioned ques- ques ques ques- all persons wishing to leave Istanbul for Bulgaria Victims of Explosion The dead were t Miss Gertrude Ellis formerly stenographer at the Sofia legation An unidentified woman Two Turkish detectives The most seriously injured in included in- in eluded Miss Terene Armstrong another legation stenographer and two British consuls G. G P. P Paton and C. C H. H Page both stationed in Istanbul Miss Armstrongs Armstrong's legs I were amputated and she was not expected to live Others who were injured in included included in- in eluded First Secretary Lambert Cipher Officer Captain Bell and the Rev Mr Bell of the Church of England all of whom came from Sofia with Rendel Most of the Sofia party escaped death or injury because they had gone to houses on the British consulate consulate consulate con con- grounds where they had been billeted Believed Set in Sofia Survivors declared they believed believed believed be be- the bomb had been placed aboard Rendel's train in Sofia Sofia Sofia- perhaps timed to explode in Turkey I They agreed there had been only one explosion Rendel messaged details to toI London He received many messages messages messages mes mes- I sages of congratulation on his escape Turkish newspapers under close government supervision confined their account of the explosion to toa a word 15 saying it occurred and that officers were investigating 5 Police found fragments of the bomb bomo in the debris in the lobby and said it might have been set setoff setoff setoff off by an acid fuse rather than a mechanical timing device Rendel who severed Britain's relations with Bulgaria last Wednesday just had gone to his room and was as unhurt although the blasts blast's force damaged the second second sec see ond and third floors of the big bigstone bigstone bigstone stone hotel only a block from the United States consulate Daughter Escapes The diplomats diplomat's 20 year old daughter Anne also escaped in in- in jury As near as I could tell she related the floor just blew up Survivors able to attend a conference conference conference con- con ference shortly after midnight compared notes and told Turkish police and military authorities authorities' the bomb might have been concealed in one of two mysterious suItcases suitcases suitcases suit suit- cases found in the party's lug lug- gage |