The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-11
FEVER WRACKS
BODY, SAPPING
HIS STRENGTH
Prince of Wales Races Against
Death in Record Breaking
Dash from Africa
WILL REACH HOME TODAY
Monarch's Powers Of Resistance
Ebb Under Infection in Gen.
eral System

Boulognc, France, Dec. H. !
R-The Prince of Wales,
starting on the last lap Of his
6,00O-mile dash from equs-
torial Africa to England, left
BoulQgne for F0lkestone at 7s1O
p. M. aboard the regular mail
boat Biarritz.
London, Dec. IL (AP) - King
Georges physicians were waging Z
fight against death this morning.
Unofficially it was said that chances
of his recovery were slight.
Most persons were wondering
whether the Prince Of Wales who
was expected to reach London to.
night or tomorrow, would win his
race with time and again see his
father alive.
The official bulletin, which was
brief and still non-commital, con.
veyed little to the peneral public and
certainly gave no ground for belief
that there was any change for the
better in the kings condition.
1t was evident that the persistent
fever which has wracked King
Georges body for more than three
weeks and has been sappinR his
strength day by day still held firm
grip upon him.
That the kings powers of resist
ance have been ebbinr for days un-
der the strain Of lung infection
which had spread to his general sys-
teln, has been evident from the phy-
sicians' recent reports. There was
some comfort for his anxious SUBJ
jects who have been hoping almost
against hope, however, in the state
ment in today's bulletin that there
had been no further dimunition Of
strength after a night in which the
king had several hours sleep.
Whether this was a natural sleep
was not stated in tie bulletin. The
bulletin signed Sir Stanley Hewett
and Lord Dawson of Penn said:
His majesty, the king, has had
several hours sleep. The tempera-
ture remains high but there is no
further impairment of the strength"
London, Dec. 11.-(P)-The Prince
OF Wales was making record
breaking dash across Europe today
on the last lap Of his swift journey
from equatorial Africa to the bed
side of King George in London where
his majesty's physicians were wag-
ing fight against death.
The heir apparent to the throne
was expected in London at 1O:3O
o'clock tonight, fully IL hours in ad-
vance of the best time previously
estimated.
Racing steadily toward Boulogns
with all the facilities of three coun-
tries, Italy, Switzerland and France
placed at his disposal, the prince
this afternoon was speeding across
France.
He left Brindisi, Italy, yesterday
afternoon after taking just seven
minutes to transfer from the British
cruiser Enterprise to . special train
placed at his disposal by Crown
Prince Humbert of Italy.
At Lugano, Switzerland, the
prince lost four minutes when the
train was halted for repairs on .
hot box, but as the engineer pulled
out OF the Lugano station he was
determined to make up the lost time.
The special train passed through
Belfort across the border in France
at 10:4S o'clock this morning. stop
ping IL minutes before speeding on
to Boulogne where the British de-
stroyer Torch will meet him to make
the last IS minute dash across the
channel to England.
The Torch left Dover shortly after
noon today to be ready to convey the
prince across the channel. A cold
southeast wind was blowing and the
channel was hazy.