Evening star., 1928-11-24
ENGLAND RELIEVED
/ AS KING IMPROVES
Hope Is Held That Worst of
MonarCh's Illness Has
Passed.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 24.-Hope that
the worst of King Georges illness was
past was replacing today the alarm that
followed the announcement that there
was congestion in one lung.
The Official bulletin on King Georges
condition today said that ne passed
fair night and his improvement was
maintained.
The statement read:
"The King passed a fair night and
Improvement was maintained. Pleurlsy
which commonly accompanies this type
of congestion of the lung continues TO
be a prominent feature
The bulletin was signed by the Kings
physicians. Lord Dawson of Penn and
Sir Stanley Hewett.
All court life, however, has been stop
ped. The court circular appearing in the
morning papers was brief tour-llne
announcement, whereas 1t is generally
fairly full document relating TO the ac-
tivities of the day. The circular merely
stated that the Queen of Spain, the
Duke of York, Princess Louise, Princess
Beatrice and the Dowager Marchioness
of Cambridge visited Queen Mary yes
terday.
Assuring Statement.
At the end of an anxious day OF
watching for news from the ssickroom
yesterday, the nation was somewhat re-
lieved. when the ofilcial bulletin OF the
Kings physicians was issued. The state
ment said:
The King had a quieter day. His
temperature is lower and there was no
further extension of the mischief in the
lung"
If the Kings illness now follows a
mild course leading to recovery, there
is little doubt that he will be advised
as soon as convalescent to take another
sea trip as he did during his last seri-
Gus illness about four years ago. His
physician at that time urged him never
to spend another Winter in England,
but to seek a milder climate. The King,
however, set public devotion to duty 4
first and this, added to his well known
love of life in his home country, induced
him to ignore the medical advice.
Believed to Strain Health.
The recurrence of King Georges chest
trouble has caused many Of his sub
tects to worrder whether he is not
straining his constitution unduly by re-
naming In Great Britain all the year
round.
The hope inspired by the earlier |
bulletin that there was no extension of
the trouble in the lung grew when it
was stated at Buckingham Palace just
before midnight that the King was con-
tinuing to make satisfactory progress.
The Daily Mail today said that |
despite his illness the King seemed very
cheerful when he was visited by num- !
Der of personal friends. He chatted with /
them on variety of subjects and ex-
pressed the hope that he would soon be !
out shooting again.
The newspaper said that he had not |
been informed of his lung infection
The public found another good omen |
in the fact that Lord Dawson was able |
to fulfill a private engagement after |
issuing the evening bulletin.
Many Call at Palace.
The Duke of York, who came espe-
cially from his hunting lodge and visited |
his father, left the palace at IL pm and
drove TO his home in London Many
persons in formal evening dress stopped
their cars at the palace gates during the
evening and all were given reassuring
replies when they inquired as to the
Kings condition.
Premier Baldwin was keeping in close
touch with the palace so as to be at |
immediate call in case he should be |
needed.
The disturbing bulletin of yesterday |
noon that there was "a slight extension !
of the mischief in the Kings lung |
brought constant succession Of callers |
to the palace during the day. These |
included Lord Allenby, Sir Laming |
Worthington- Evans and Lord Chancel- |
lor Hailsham.
Outwardly the royal family was not
greatly alarmed at the bulletin. Princess |
Mary went hunting in Yorkshire with |
her husband, Viscount Lascelles, and /
later they fulfilled an engagement in |
the evening.
While it was announced that the !
Prince OF Wales, who is hunting in East
Africa, was being kept posted on his
father's progress, it was stated that no
arrangements had been made for the
Princes return and that his plans had
not been altered.