Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-18
LEO TOLSTOl L|NGERS
Continues Weak, Despite
Early Morning Sleep.
PASSES WAkEFUL NIGHT
Urged to Recant by Metropolitan Of
Greek Church.
MESSAGE NOT SHOWN TO HIM
Gorky Faints When Told Of Condi-
ton of Foremost Russian-Great
Loss to Countrymen.
NOT SHOWN TO HIM

ASTAPOVA, Russia, November 49,
The following bulletin was issued at
O'Clock this afternoon by the physicians
in attendance upon Count Tolstoi:
Count Tolstoi,' after passing a practi-
cally sleepless night, during which he
frequently lost consciousness. became
calmer toward morning.
His temperature at midday was 999:
pulse. 100. intermittent: respiration, 40.
The local lung symptoms are unchanged
1.-THE patient continues very weak.
Camphor and other drugs have been in
jected.''
A bulletin issued at $50 o'clock this
morning reads:
Count Tolstoi passed a sleepless night.
but fell into slumber this morning
His temperature is 991: the heart action
weak, and the pulse better"
Miracle Only Can Save Him.
Although hope has not yet been given
up, the attendants of Count Tolstoi
| recognize that his life is in the balance
and that, although the strong constitu-
! ton of the great Russian carried him
through other grave struggles against
disease. his system has become so weak
feebly to restoratives that it will be next
to miracle if he RECEIVERS from his
present attack
During the early stages Of the tnfian,-
nation OF the lungs, from which he is
suffering. 1t was the temperature which
gave cause for anxiety; now it is the
heart.
Lest evening it was announced that
the Inflammation had been confined to
comparatively small section Of the lung,
and that expectoration was free. The
heart, however, caused constant anxiety.
Strophanthus. powerful stimulant,
was administered. Oxygen was not re-
sorted to.
The physicians have issued frequent
bulletins. in which they refer to the per-
sfstent temperature. A clyster was ad-
ministered yesterday as q means Of re-
lieving this. and as an immediate re-
101.5 to 100. less. however. than was ex-
pected. Temporarily there was easier
breathing and the pulse dropped slightly.
Tolstoi Invited to Recant.
An exhortatory telegram addressed to
Tolstoi by Antonius, metropolitan Of st.
Petersburg. presiding over the synod.
and the departure Of Bishop Cyril for
Astapova mark the extreme solicitude Of
the church to gather Tolstoi into its
folds.
The text Of the telegram follows:
Since the very first moment Of your
rupture with the church necessarily
prayed and pray now that God may re-
store you to the church. Possibly He Is
soon to summon you to the judgment
seat.
Il implore you in your sickness now to
reconcile yourself with the church and
the orthodox Russian people. May God
bless YOU.
Count Tchertkofr and the other attend
ants decided that 1t Was unthinkahle to
submit the telegram to Tolstoi In his
present condition.
At the time Of Count Tolstofs serious
illness at Crimea in 1900 a similar ex-
hortation was sent to him, and secret
orders were dispatched to Crfmea to al
low only the representatives Of the church
entrance to the bed chamber during his
dying minutes, as the synod had deter
mined at any cost to bury him.
On that occasion, when he regained con-
seriousness, Tolstoi directed an answer
to the clericals:
Even in the face Of death twice two
makes four"
0orky Faints From Shock.
NAPLES. November 1s-Reports from
Capri cay that when Maxim Gorky heard
of tho rumored death of Tolstoi he
tainted. It was a considerable time before
he was revived, and his condition Is con-
sidered quite serious, owing to the shock
He explained his emotion by saying
that the death Of Tolstoi to Russians
could only be compared to the death Of
Dante to Italians.