Evening star., 1928-12-10
KINGS EXHAUSTION
BR|NGSUNEAS|NESS
WITH CRISIS NEAR
Effects of Severe Strain of
Long Illness Are Regarded
With Concern.
DISTURBED NIGHT PASSED,
MORNING BULLETIN SAYS
Anxiety Increasing Hourly and
Public Believes Monarch's
Life Is in Danger.
BY the Associated Press.

Life Is in Danger.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 10-England
this evening was waiting with tense
anxiety for further official bulletins con-
cerning the progress of King George.
Fleet street, the great metropolitan
newspaper center, and indeed the whole
of the public, have been reluctantly
forced to the conclusion that the next
two or three days will be critical ones
for his majesty.
Three weeks of grievous illness have
so undermined the Kings recuperatlve
power and so severely taxed his heart
that his life undoubtedly is in danger.
This does not mean that an eventuality
most necessarily be expected, but 1t does
mean that it is distinctly possible.
Bulletins Are Meager.
The official bulletins from Bucking-
ham Palace have not given the public
much information upon which to base
an accurate opinion regarding the
Kings condition. However, use of the
word anxiety" in today's bulletin was
interpreted as distinct warning that
grave condition existed. The royal
physicians, 1t is felt, would never employ
such phraseology except in an emer-
gency.
whether the Kings physicians have
real hopes of his majesty'S recovery Is
not known. In accordance with custom
they are restricting their views TO
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nected with the royal family and the
government. Even the officials Of
Buckingham Palace today were reluc-
tant to discuss any phase OF the Sit
uation.
Information that King George was
somewhat exhausted by the strain OF
his long illness produced feeling OF un-
easiness today. His physicians, however,
referred to the exhaustion as the inevi-
table and stated that his pulse was
steady.
It was recognized that the Kings
constitution had undergone severe
strains The hope was expressed that
he had sufficient vitality left to enable
him to overcome the results of this
strain.
No Change Reported.
Lord Dawson of Penn and Sir STAN
ley Hewett, the Kings physicians, spent
As minutes at Buckingham Palace this
afternoon, arriving at 2:15 and leaving
at 3 o'clock.
Despite this special visit, 1t was au-
thoritatively stated that there was no
change in King Georges condition since
this morning.
The morning bulletin read:
Although the King has passed q
disturbed night. there has been some
fall in temperature this morning and
there is also a slight improvement In
the general condition. Anxiety, how
ever, must continue"
Concern Is Caused.
Despite the more hopeful nature of
the first part of the physicians report,
the last sentence has caused concern.
The doctors consultation this morning
lasted for more than two hours--much
longer than usual
The general public seems already to
have been convinced, however reluctant
ly, by the tenor of recent official reports
that this is the real situation and one
effect was to bring a large number OF
anxious people to the plaza before
Buckingham Palace by the time this
mornings bulletin was posted.
The public took encouragement never
theless from a palace intimation this
afternoon that Queen Mary has every
hope of being able to fulfill her engage
ment to unveil the Mercantile Marine
Memorial Tower on Wednesday.
King Declared Courageous.
Those who have been near the King
said that he was showing much courage
and the will to get well. While he is
thus able to help the doctors in their
fight against his illness, 1t was felt that
they would have strong ally In the
patient himself
The Sunday morning medical bulletin,
signed by Lord Dawson of Penn and
Sir Stanley Hewett, said:
1.-The King has had several hours
sleep. The prolongation of the fever Is
having the inevitable effect of producing
a certain measure of exhaustion. The
pulse, however, remains steady"
The evening bulletin read:
THE King has passed quiet day,
but there is no diminution in the eX-
haustion referred to in this mornings
bulletin. The pulse remains steady"
Pulse Mentioned First Time.
This was the first time in the course
of his illness that the pulse of the King
had been specifically mentioned In an
official bulletin. Apparently this was
done as a reinsurance that the pulse
was keeping its steady beat although
the fever persisted.
The fact that the Kings pulse re-
NAMED steady seemed to indicate that
his exhaustion had not yet reached the
stage reacting adversely on the action
of his heart.
Opinions of medical experts written
for newspapers on the Kings condition
vary.
One expert said: ''The whole question
now is the ability of the constitution
and the system generally to recover. If
at this stage the King is beginning to
become exhausted and the fever is still
going on, the outlook is very serious
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