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Evening Journal
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Russian Ambassador Count Benckenedorff faced a hostile mob at London's Victoria station upon returning from his silver wedding in Silesia, escaping to the embassy with police protection. No arrests occurred, but a dispatch was sent to St. Petersburg amid delicate international tensions.
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Russian Ambassador Barely Escaped Assault From London Mob
London, Oct. 25.—Count Benckenedorff, the Russian ambassador, returned to London from celebrating his silver wedding with his wife's relatives in Silesia, and barely escaped assault from a crowd at the Victoria station, which followed him almost into the embassy. Fortunately for the issue of peace or war, nothing resulted; yet a special force of police was compelled to guard the Russian embassy.
After escaping from the hostile crowd that met him at the station, Count Benckenedorff drove at a gallop to the embassy. Half a dozen rowdies followed, but the ambassador arrived unharmed. His noisy pursuers encountered a cordon of police that had been hurriedly dispatched to guard the embassy. After singing "Rule Britannia" the disturbers dispersed, no arrests being made; but the police continued to guard the embassy as if it were a British fortress. With such vigilance did they carry out their task that when Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky, a cousin of the new Russian minister of the interior and second secretary of the embassy, arrived he had hard work getting in. Count Benckenedorff had telephoned him to come to the embassy to write a long cipher message to St. Petersburg describing the hostile demonstration. In reply to a request for some statement, the ambassador sent word that he could say nothing, but it was gathered that he had sent a dispatch to St. Petersburg, which may add to the existing delicacy of the situation.
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London
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Oct. 25
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nothing resulted; no arrests being made; police continued to guard the embassy
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Count Benckenedorff, the Russian ambassador, returned to London from celebrating his silver wedding in Silesia and barely escaped assault from a crowd at Victoria station, which followed him almost into the embassy. A special force of police guarded the Russian embassy. After escaping the hostile crowd, he drove at a gallop to the embassy. Half a dozen rowdies followed but were stopped by a police cordon. The disturbers sang 'Rule Britannia' and dispersed. Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky had difficulty entering the embassy due to police vigilance. Count Benckenedorff telephoned him to write a long cipher message to St. Petersburg describing the hostile demonstration. The ambassador sent a dispatch to St. Petersburg, which may add to the existing delicacy of the situation.