THE ATTACK ON THE CZAREWITCH.
[PEK PRI.SS ASSOCIATION.! Received May 13ti». 10.S-a.ni.
St. I'eter-sbct-IG, Miy 13,
The official account of the attempt on tbe Czarewitch says that the policeman was attempting to strike the seuoud blow when Prince George of Greece felled the assassin to the ground. The programme of the tour will not be altered iv consequence of this untoward incident.
Itcceived May 14th, 10.40 a.m. St. Petersburg, May 14. "When the news of the attempt on the Czarewitch was communicated to his mother she swooned away, fearing that the Prince had beeu fatal iy wounded, and that the news was being purposely kept from her. The Mikado has started for Kioto to see the Czarewitch.
Received May llth, 8.30 p.m.
Yokohama, May 13
The wound received by the Czarewitch was a shallow one, three inches in length. The policeman who committed the offence belongs to the Tamuris, a sect hostile to foreigners.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7864, 15 May 1891, Page 5
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