More than 10,000 telegrams wishing his speedy recovery were sent to Nicholas, and in Kanayama Village, Yamagata Prefecture, its local government enforced a regulation of forbidding the use of the family name 'Tsuda' and the given name 'Sanzo'.
ニコライの元に届けられた見舞い電報は1万通を超え、山形県金山村（現・金山町(山形県)）では「津田」の姓及び「三蔵」の命名を禁じる条例を決議する村まであった。