Show I SHaT AT Miff I Narrow Escape of the Sovereign of I the Hellenes ISHLED I ROYAL PARENTS LOVE SHIELDED HIS DAUGHTER AT r RISK OF H TVTFE Attemptd Assassination Made On the I I King and Princess Maria By Two I Unknown e While the Former Were Returning From a Drive Te Deums Offered Up Athens Feb GAn unsuccessful attempt at-tempt was made today to assassinate King George of Greece The king was returning from Pha j Itsum at clocc in the evening in a landau accompanied by the Princess Uana hen to men ho were hidden in a ditch alongside the road upend I fire with guns upon the occupants of the carriage The first shot missed but tt SI i the secorti wounded a footman in the arm the coachman whipped up his horses ad the royal party dashed I away at a gallop 1 he miscreants fired seven more shots after them none of i vbich took eftect and the king and the princess returned to the palace unhurt I KINGS CUUKAGn The king states that ore of the assassins as-sassins was dressed in gray clothing and his majesty declares he could easily eas-ily identity him When the second shot nhizzed past the carriage the king rOSe arid slope in frut of his daughter in order to shield her One of the horses was slightly wounded One of the as sallants knelt in the middle of the road and aimed straight at the king whu noticed that the mans hand was shaking shak-ing the shot missed and the king had a clear view of the man who his majesty maj-esty says was barely 20 years old He continued to fire after the carriage until It was out of range His companion did I not leave the ditch As soon a the ews became known all the leading politicians hastened to the palace to express their congratulations congratula-tions over the escape of King George and thi Princess Maria The action of his majesty in shielding tie princess at the risk of his life has aroused great enthusiasm A man who was on horseback some distance behind the royal carnage heard the shooting and galloped to the scene in time to see the kings assailants assail-ants feel in the direction of Hyme deus Strong parties are searching for the wouldbe assassins M Delyannis and 1 Ralli former premiers were among tie first to arrive rive at the palace to offer their congratulations con-gratulations TE DEUMS At 930 ocock the Metropolitan held a thanksgiving service in the palace The queen knelt sobbing throughout the servce A Te Deum will be held tomorrow at which all the members of tla royal family will attend All diplomatic representatives have called at the palace His majesty sid to them that the subversive propaganda of certain CEr-tain journals had brought about deplorable de-plorable results King George and his sons had been unpopular since the war Shortly after midnight the police wtre on the track of the club of which the kings assailants are members The assassins as-sassins were chosen by lot I I is expected ex-pected made several arrests will shortly be |