Evening star., 1928-12-06
KING IS STRONGER;
FEVER ABATES AND
INFECTION STOPS
Evening Bulletin Indicates
Condition Is Unchanged
Throughout the Day.
QUEEN AND PRINCESS
I TAKE AFTERNOON DRIVE
Palace Occupants Convinced Prog
ress Will Be Slow Even With
out New Relapse.
Ev the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 6.-Buckingham
Palace circles let it be known at pm.
that the condition of King George had
not changed since the earlier bulletin
from the physicians.
1t was understood in authoritative
quarters this afternoon that Princess
Mary now hopes to be able to keep en-
Ragcments at Northampton on Satur-
Gay. She had agreed to participate in
the ceremonies connected with the
opening of new hospital there.
Lord Dawson of Penn visited Buck
bingham Palace this afternoon and had
q brief consultation with his colleague,
Sir Stanley Hewett, on King Georges
condition.
Queen Goes for Drive.
About the time of the doctors after
moon visit, the Queen and Princess
Mary went for a drive. The Queen not
only smiled as customarily in response
to the salutationS of the crowd at the
palace gates, but waved her hand to
the throng.
The statement that King Georges
general condition was slowly improving,
made in the official morning bulletin
from his physicians, was the most well
come announcement that has come
from Buckingham Palace since his
majestys illness became critical
a few days ago. It served to cheer
greatly the hearts of his loyal subjects,
txph hcQn tense
anxiety for some such word that would
indicate a. turn for the better.
Temperature Is Lower.
The medical bulletin signed by Lord
Dawson of Penn and Sir Stanley
Hewett said:
"The King has passed a fair night
and his temperature this morning is
lower. The general condition is slowly
improving and the infective process,
which remains severe, is becoming more
localized
1t would probably seem unwise to
1nterpret too optimistically the words of
the bulletin for the King has now
been Ill for II days and is granted to
be still very sick man. Also it could
hardly be thought that the chances
for another turn for the worst have
been eliminated.
There were other features about the
bulletin than that mentioning the
Kings general improving condition,
however. which had favorable sound.
One of these was that after passing
fairly comfortable night. his tempera-
ture was lower. Another was that there
was an increasing localization of the
infective process in his chest. The
phySicianS. none the less, indicated that
this process was still severe.
/ Progress Will Be Slow.
Pleasure was expressed among the
members of the royal household with
what was regarded as the reassuring
nature of the doctors report. 1t was
pointed out, however, that the prog
cess indicated must necessarily be slow
There was also satisfaction among
the Kings encourage that the doctors
had omitted any mention of anxiety
concerning his heart, which had ap-
peared in several previous bulletins.
This was also regarded as a good sign.
There was more than usual anxiety
among the crowd which gathered be-
fore the palace awaiting the morning
bulletin inasmuch as last nights re-
port had shown the patient was in
creasingly feverish and that the infec-
tive process was still active.
This anxiety on the public's part
doubtless was responsible for the fact
that despite thick fog, which en-
Shrouded the palace, there was con-
iStant trickle of visitors to the gates
throughout the night. These had con-
siderable difficulty reading the bulletin,
being able to do so only by using elec-
trio torches or striking matches. The
fog had lifted this morning, however,
and there was no difficulty for the
crowd to see today's bulletin board
plainly when its welcome announcement
WAS posted.
Crowd Keeps Silence.
There was no cheering or other dem
Onstration when the spectators made
out the bulletin, for the crowd in the
great plaza, always decorous because of
its nearness to the sick chamber, main
tanned this self-imposed quiet There
were many quiet exchanges of hopeful
comment, however. among those who
read the bulletin and then moved away
TO pursue their daily occupations. q.
AS might have been expected, plans
for the royal Christmas have been al
tered by the Kings prolonged illness.
Some days ago arrangements for the
court to spend Christmas at Sandrlng-
ham as usual were Cancelled, and 1t
was stated today that the Queen would
spend the holiday at Buckingham Pal
ace. Princess Mary may also stay with
her parents.
In some sections of the press, this
morning. there was a disposition to
cali for more precise bulletins. This
plea for fuller information with regard
to the Kings illness, led the medical
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
to say that up to now there had been
no authoritative. clean-cut statement
with regard to what his majesty was
suffering from.
The medical correspondent said that
the terms congestion of the lung" and
plastic pleur!sy" had been employed
in q manner which seemed decidedly
tentative.