NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ADASTARDLY attempt on the life of M. Clemenceau has shocked the Allied world. The " Grand Young Man of Franco" was driving on Wednesday morning from his home in the Rue Franklin, Paris, to his office, when an Anarchist, named Cottin, emptied a Browning pistol at the back of the car. Fortunately the ruffian's aim was bad, and his intended victim, hearing the first shot, bent down, with the remark : " Clumsy fellow, he's going to miss me " But though M. Clemenceau escaped instant death by a miracle, he was wounded in the right shoulder, and his driver and a policeman were also injured. M. Clemenceau made light of his wound and walked from his car into his house. We cannot, however, conceal our anxiety as we write on Thursday, for the French Premier is seventy-seven, and the shock to his system must have been great.
