Show WILL SPARE TIlE PRINCE r The Plot of the EGdicii iiGmU2 Suppressed l for Variola l cng g i LONDON March 30In an interview with aprominent dynamiter telegraphed from Paris he is reported to have said Let it suffice to say that our party is wakeful and ready to act with vigor whenever when-ever tho time occurs and according to the necessity of the occasion I i Yes it is true that we amn stied tho Prince Because he is a Free Mason The dynamiter hesitated a few moments before replying to this question and then said The real reason for issuing that manifesto has hitherto been secret but I dont believe it can do any harm to reveal it now Here is the whole story When the Princes visit to Ireland was first mooted it caused an immense sensation among Republican agitators Hztremists everywhere were wild and the hotblood ed fanatics in our party were amazed at the audacity of the Prince in proposing to walk into the stronghold of his natural enemies A few of the most reckless agi tators afterward formed an Inner Circle to arrange for the removal of the Prince while in Dublin Secret applications were I made for funds to carry out the enterprise and two wealthy Inyincibles made liberal responses An official in Dublin Castle who had long been rendering valuable aid by procuring various secret police circu lars offered to deposit a few bombs where I they would be most effective He said he could and would deposit as many bombs as might be necessary if they were made with time fuses so that they might be exploded while the Prince of Wales was holding his levee at the castle This offer was gratefully accepted One dozen bombs with clockwork attachments were manufactered without difficulty The Inner Circle was chuckling over the promised prom-ised success of their plot and anticipated a grander display of pyrotechnics than had been seen since the late Czar was assisted into Heaven Just at this time renort of the plot reached the foremost leaders of the agitators They promptly I denounced the plot and threatened to re J sign and repudiate the dynamiters altogether I alto-gether if such an imprudent and unfruitful I unfruit-ful measure should be attempted A I fatal split in the party was imminent but the influence of the moderate section I proved the Ftronger and the plot was I I abandoned The circle was dissolved and the manifesto of safety was issued There are many Free Masons among us and that furnished a good reasons for the phrasing of the manifesto but the I main fact is that this victory of the moderate mod-erate agitators is one of the many signs that the idea of political murder is losing I its favor |