Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-06
QUEEN OF HOLLAND SAVED
wIIheimIna Generally Regarded by
Public as out OF
Danger.

THE HAGUE. May SIT is great dis
appointment: but the queen is saved"
suchi.l, the general feeling regarding the
sad e ~ N,vesterday evening. The ex-
treme tI an, Of her. majestys condi-
tion was |If,cted with the acutely
infectious ma. I,,t0lE;ich she was con-
valescing and tn. ~ ton involved
imminent danger Of /. ~
The operation necessft- ider such
conditions was performed with. at difnculty
and without serious complications, which
often arise in such cases. supervening.
Consequently, the intense anxiety felt
throughout the castle has been replaced to
some degree OF confidence, since the
queens symptoms continue to indicate that
the danger is no longer imminent.
Telegrams this evening continue 20 pour
in from roval and other notable personages,
begging information as to the condition Of
Queen Wllhelmina and expressing the most
sincere sympathy with her majesty.
No Cause for Alarm.
The evening passed quietly at Loo palace.
but Drs. Roessingh and Pot have remained
at the queens bedside. Baron Clifford,
master Of the Queens household. said to-
night: Her maiesty's fever has not In
creased and we are quietly and hopefully
awaiting the results OF a good nights rest
for the queen. There is no cause for i'm
mediate dlsquietude"
| At 10 o'clock tonight her majesty was
reported to be sleeping quietly and at that
hour her condition was practically un-
changed. The Dutch newspapers rather
strangely publish nothing concerning Queen
Wilhelmina's Illness beyond the oficial
bulletins and brief expressions of thank
fulness that her majesty's life has been
| saved.
1t is no longer concealed that the opera
| tlon which was performed late last night
was most dangerous and that for one hour
the patients life hung by a thread.
Test Of Queens vitality.
Even now. although the queens physi-
clans are exceedingly reticent. II is known
that her condition remains precarious and
that everything depends upon the strength
Of the patients constitution.
| There is reasonable hope for her males
| tvs recovery, however, provided that hem
| orrhage is averted. 1t is now said that
| her majesty's doctors, being no longer en-
| barrassed by complications in their pa
tient's condition, will be able to adopt
more efficient means in treating the TYPHOID
1t is held to be exceedingly fortunate that
| Nne ulsndp OF last nlBnL occurred Wnen
| 1t did instead of a fortnight ago. 1t would
then almost certainly have proved fatal.
Great hopes are built on the fact that
the Dutch premier DR.. Kuyper, was not
| summoned to the palace tonight.
Public ResentfuI at Secrecy.
The Dutch public is strongly resentful al
learning that the truth of this case has
been so long withheld and that reassur-
| ing bulletins were issued while her majesty
! was known to be dangerous. This fact en-
| genders some suspicion and anxiety as 10
the reliability of the bulletins issued today.
Queen Wilhelmina, although Of robust ap-
pearance, has always been somewhat deli
cate and her health has required very
careful attention.
BERLIN. May 5.--The illness Of Queen
| Wilhelmina is watched with especial In
terest in Germany, because both the heir
| apparent and the heir presumptive TO the
Dutch throne are Germans. Under the law
of succession in Holland, which was adopted
in 1884, the ruling grand duke OF the grand
duchy Of SAKE Weimar, William Ernest
inherits the crown in the event of Queen
| Wilhelmina dying without issue. II is re-
garded as certain that he would renounce
1t, however, preferring to remain the reign
ing grand duke of the grand duchy.
The next heir to the Dutch throne Is
Prince Henry XXI of the younger branch
OF the Reuss family. ell is "a years o
age and a lieutenant In the German navy