The Attack On The Viceroy.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 24, 1912:
    There is no indication that the murderous assault on Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy of India, at the ceremony of the formal transfer of the Government from Calcutta to Delhi yesterday was the expression of any general feeling of ill-will to the English rulers. Yet it was well-timed to increase the apprehension felt throughout the British Empire, and until the authors of the outrage are identified and captured there must be more than the normal unrest throughout India.
    Lord Hardinge, who has been Viceroy a little more than two years, is not personally unpopular. He has been for many years one of the most useful men in the British Diplomatic Service, and is renowned for his tact and discretion. His career has been singularly free from the complications and misunderstandings so many diplomats are compelled to encounter, and the period of his rule in India has been free from unusual disturbances. That he has escaped with slight injury is due to the merest chance. His nearest attendant was killed and another badly wounded. The murder of the Viceroy was the object of the crime, but it is not believable that the time and place were chosen with any attempt to give political significance to the deed.