New Britain herald., 1928-12-12
Wonderful Strength


 London. Dec. 12 R-King George was fighting his grave battle today with wonderful strength.
 There was a slightly more hope full air among Buckingham officials this morning after the medical bull: letin had been issued and the bull letin itself was regarded as favor- able. The anxiety which has pre- vailed during the last two days still continued but it had been lessened.
 c Fever Drops
 The fever from which the king is suffering was not quite 50 active, this being reflected in . lowered temperature. which was considered 2 good sign.
 A remarkable rally which the king made last night just before he saw the Prince of Wales. who made a stirring dash from equatorial Africa to his fathers bedside. seem- ed to have been maintained. This gave an indication of the strength with which the king was fighting his battle.
 Spaces FIJI
 As the citys life began to stir this morning the open spaces around Buckingham palace began to fill with persons anxious for the latest word from his bedside. They were glad to find that the ofhcial bulls- tin had been supplemented by an unofficial statement that tho king had passed a fairly quiet night. It was also understood that hs had some refreshing sleep.
 Sir Stanley Hewett, who has been almost constantly in attendance on the king lately. remained It the palace throughout the night.
 All Quiet
 After the dramatic arrival of the Prince of Wales and his subsequent departure for York House. his own home, everything outside the palace had remained quiet during the night. A big crowd which had watched the princes coming early in the evening melted away before midnight and 8 steady drizzle of rain and then sleet cleared the last of the watchers away at a. m. From that hour until dawn the only persons at the palace were sentries, policemen and newspaper men.
 Crowd Gathers
 By 10 .. m. . considerable crowd had gathered in the rain, not only awaiting the posting of the new bull letin but anticipating the early ar- rival of the Prince of Wales. The prince. however. was naturally fa- tigued after his long and trying journey It top speed to his fathers sick room and ht was said to b. still sound asleep during the mid dle of the forenoon at York housa. He had not appeared at the palace when the physicians issued their morning report at 10:30 .. m.
 The first visitor of the royal fam- fly to appear was the Duke of York. who arrived at the palace at ll:3S a. m.
 It was announced ofacially that Queen Mary would keep her engage ment to unveil the Mercantile Ma rine war memorial in place of the king this afternoon.
 When the prince hrst arrived at the palace last night it was an- nounced that he was not allowed to see his father. Later 1t was stated. however. that he did see the king but the visit was not prolonged for fear of tiring the patient. These con- tradictory statements were explain ed unofficially today by the an- nouncement that the king was sleeping when his son and heir ar- rived but that he awoke before the prince left the palace and as his condition showed Nome improve ment 1t was decided that the visit might be permitted without risk.
 Long Strain
 In view of the prolonged strain to which the kings constitution has been subjected 1t was generally felt today that serious developments might occur at any hour. The eve.