The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-17
EMPEROR WILLIAM IS ATLEG
SWELLING o. TEE RIGHT KNEE
CAUSES SOWE ANXIETY.

Tr0ulle Attributed 60 Friction while IN
the saddle HAS 70 FoFeSs Attending
atlitary NaRwuvFcS NAY Net &c 70
Met negaItA Net caused hy RoH.
Spsoal Cas's Dsspaies 10 TaE sUx.
BERLIN. June ls.-H h announced
onicially that the Kaiser ia suffering from
q swelling Of the ri Rht knee Oins. which.
y believed. was caused by friction
IN riding. The Kaiser was compelled
TO abandon participation in tO-day'a
manGuvrsa at DoeberitE and hia intended
.ourney TO Remover and Hamburg
The Oticial announcement aays that the
kaiser's general health is unaffected. that
his temperature has not risen and that he
has hardly any pain.
Il IL also said that tn Kaissr's
physicians. in order 10 prevent any mis-
conception. point out that the affection o.
the knee has no connection with the boil
on the wrist which developed shortly
after the funeral Of King Edward
There 10 considerable perplsKity a. to the
exact nature Of tbs Kaiaers affection.
The oficial bullstin spsaks OF an 'sfTusion
Of blood from the knee caused by over
eIertion while riding the reference
being to the first ride HE Majesty took
after the boil on his wrist had healed.
two days ago.
This is rsgArded a. peculiar because the
Kaiser is a fine horssman and does not
need to make any special sxertion while
in the saddle
late this evening the physicians again
examined the Kaissr's knee a. PotSdam
and found that Il was responding 10 eN-
teTnal treatment satisfactorily. No OPP
Grafton will he necessary. The swelling
IL painless. but ia sensitive 10 pressure
His Majestys general health is excellent
He will not keep 20 HE bed. but sits up and
rests his leg On q cushion. He will prOha-
DIV keep n his rooms for a week.
The physicians insist that he keep as
quiet a. possible No bulletin will be
issued until morning Several audi.
ences have been arranged for Tomorrow
The report that the Kaiserin was suffering
from a sprain Is denied she Is superin-
tending the nursing u her husband.
II u &ii that the Emperor hurt his
hand in an automobils accident a wesk
before he went to England to attend
the funeral u Hing Edward Nothing
has heretofore been printed IN regard
20 this misha1
The afternoon papers say that the e.
isiOn oi blood h caused by Inflammation
Of the kneecap. which IL similar 10 the
recent trouble on his wrist which was a.
tributed TO the bite Of q caterpillar Doubt
IL therefore thrown on the ofi,ial state
mcnt that there ia no conneCtion betwern
the two aRections
Tbs Kaiser himself discovered that
something was wrong with his knee las,
night after complaining Of overeKertion
in riding IN the forenoon in Barnim Forest.
near Potsdam He was accompanied
on the ride by an adiutant and returned
az noon. He received several personal
reports and then wrote some orders
Tbs kaiser's injury Is varlOusly de-
scribed as an abrasion. blood efusion or
water extravasation. II has the appear
anos NJ a swelling ar hardness under
meath the skin which affects the oircula-
ton.
II was only this morning that tho Kaiser
thought IL advisable 20 alter his plans
for me next few DAYS. IL IL essential
that he remain absolutely quiet This he
means to do. II 10 generally assumed that
the Emperor will not he ahle 70 attend the
Kiel Yachting regatta.