London, Dec. 23.
Replying in the House of Commons to-day to Mr, Stanley Baldwin, the Conservative ex-Premier, and to Sir John Simon, Liberal, regarding the outrage upon the Viceroy of India's train near New Delhi, Captain Wedgwood Benn, Secretary of State for India, read 2 message from the Viceroy to the King, wi as follows: regret to have to.inform Your Majesty that an attempt was made this morning to wreck my train by exploding a bomb under it as we were approaching Dethi. Luckily no harm was done and few of us xeallz~ fed what had occurred. T hope Your Majesty, therefore, will not be disturbed by exaggerated reports."
Captain Benn added' that he was sure he was expressing the sentiments of the House in voicing. profound thanks that Lord and Lady Trewin and their staff had provident ially* escaped injury from the dastardly cutrage—Reuter,
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