GRAND DUKE'S PLAYFUL WAY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 156, 17 March 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

GRAND DUKE'S PLAYFUL WAY.

The* Grand Puke Nicholas is not » man who talks, hut he has a playful w .,v with him at turn's, aecondng to the story told hy -luiius West . jn 'Solcliers of 'the Czar" (Iris Publishing Co.) Some time ago. during an inspection, the Grand Puke was standing next to the Emperor, a few yards away from „ croup of generals!. He ordered General Hu.-skv, then in command ot the forces in that region, to step forward. The (irami I)nk«. next ordered a nolilicr to come forward and hack ott tlio General's epaulettes. We car. imairine," say* Mr. West, "the dismay of th ( . otli. r generals as the soldier 0h ' f<i -Now cut mine off,' was the nex! M-der. The soldier 'Now l IVlt them'on his shoulders ' It was the Grand Pukes pla.,i..i l-t- --- way of promoting liussky 10/ he rink of :..lii:tint-zeneral, the Mgncst in the army. Alwnvs r. nieu.her that if the nppor--h-n'tv fo" :.T!,t '?eed- never comes to ■not th ,ii- tv.- h»rnr.