Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-23
"NICKY's" JAPANESE ADVENTURE.
Prince Georges Version of 1t and AUNT
Minis Fears.

The Brlmgske T.dende, semi-oAicial daily
newspaper Of Copenhagen, publishes the fol-
lowing, which it says is the text OF a letter
from Prince George of Greece to his father.
giving an account o. the attack made upon
the czareviteh in Japan. The letter is dated
from Kobe near Hiogo:
At p. m. We drove through a narrow street
decorated with flags and filed with people.
was looking toward the left, when suddenly
hearl SHREK in front Of me and saw
policeman hitting Nicky (tho czarevitch) or
the head with a sword which he held in both
hands.
Nicky jumped out of the car: and the man
ran after Nicky. whose blood was streaming
down lis face. 1. too, jumped out of the cart.
stick in hand. and ran after Nicky. Nicky ran
into shop and came ont again immed:ateiy
| which enabled the man 10 overtake him. Bat
| l thank God, L arrived there Mt the same mo-
| ment and while the mar had his sword aigl in
| the air / gave him blow straight on the head
and SO hard that he probably never expert
enced "a similar one. He now turned against
me, but he tainted and fell to the grould
Then two Of our jinricksha pullers appeared
One of them caught hold CT tine mans legs and
| the other caught up the sword which he had
| dropped and gave the czarevitchs assailaut a
| wound on the back of the head.
1t is God who placed me there at that mo-
| ment and gave me strength to deal the blow.
fidu Deen ltu6 ldter the pOlcemQn would,
perhaps. have cut of Nicky's head. Had nv
blow missed my assailant's head he would havd
cut of mine. The whole thing was SO quick
! that the others behind US had seen nothing
of il.
Nicky sat down and the doctor bandaged his
wound well as he could and we drove, es-
corted by soldiers, to the governors house.
l must say admired Nicky's pluck. He did
not faint a single time, nor did he lose his good
spirits for a moment Yet he had two large
wounds on his head above the ear one of them
five centimeters long and tho other six. Both
wounds had penetrated to the skull, but, luckily,
no further.
The regular bandaging Of his head was done
| at our house at Kioto and lasted an hour and a
half. Nicky stood IL splendidly. When this
was over he was quite well and had neither pain
! nor headache. When we had finished dinner
he turned in and slept nine hours without
awakening. He had no fever and not even a
| headache.
During the day kilograms we're simply show
| ering In upon US from all parts of the world.
That afternoon We received q telegram stating
that Aunt MINI (the czarina) would feel more
treasured if Nicky went on board as soon us
possible. Consequently we left kioto that az
| ternoon, going by rail to Kobe.
| or course we had grand reception on board.
All the officers Of the squadron assembled and
shouted 'Hurrahl'' Nicky shook hands with all
and went below. ! had gone to the cabin 70
| don my uniform, when the commanding officer
/ came below and said that the officers wanted to
see me on deck. When i reached the deci
| they took hold Of me and played ball Gan ex-
joy with me, afterward carrying me in triumph
/ tha darE