The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
KING GEORGE
IS ILL AGAIN
At WINDSOR
Nations Fears Reused by
New Attack, Despite
Medical Assurances.
DOCTOR COMES BY AIR
One Physician at Bedside
Since Sunday: Another
Arrives From Paris.

BIZ LpUcd Press
LONDON. May 31.-Even over
shadoWing the interest in the Brit
ish general elections was the anxiety
with which The whole nation looked
tcday toward Windsor. where King
George Law III in the ancient castle
OF his ancestors
Although the public has been as
sured by an official announcement
that the king was confined to his
bee only with an attack Of fever.
ard in spite Of the assurance Of
medical authorities that this new
illness had no relation whatever to
that from which his majesty only
recently recovered, the nation was
deeply shocked.
The feeling of concern was accen-
tuated by the fact that the king
was stricken again lust as he was
preparing to offer THANKSGIVING for
his recovery from the long illness
which caused so much anxiety in
Great Britain, the empire, and the
whole world.
Prior to this setback he had been
progressing so satisfactorily that the
Light treatments which he had been
undergoing were about to be dis
continued.
Doctor Comes by Plane
Sir Stanley Hewitt. one of the
kings physicians, has been by his
royal patients bedside since the
new illness came upon him. prob
ably Sunday.
Lord Dawson of Penn, who also
had been with the king throughout
his last illness, was summoned hast
lily from Paris. He arrived in Lon
don by airplane and was under
stood to have gone to Windsor as
soon as he landed at Croydon.
The theory here was that the
king caught his cold Sunday while
attending a picnic in celebration of
Queen Mary's sixty-second BIRTH
day. The party was made up of
the royal family, including the
kings three grandchildren They
took tea in the open air.
Although the day was brilliant
ana fine and warm. there vas a
chilly breeze which might have
caused the convalescing king to
catch cold. It was understood that
his majesty took to his bed Sunday,
but that the news of it was with
held for reasons of state. in veiW of
the then-impending general cleo
tons
Hope for Speedy Recovery
But in spite of the present setback
tl1o hope was expressed that the
king would be able to attend the
thanksgiving service at Westminster
abbey on June IS, At the abbey it
was announced that there have been
no changes in the plans for the cere-
monT.
A prominent London physician
was of the opinion today that the
kings illness had no relation to that
from which he had been conval-
escing.
1T is 2 mere chill which any,
one is liable to~catch,' he said.
The medical expert Of the London
Daily News, however, was more
pessimistic, saying that his illness
necessarily caused great anxiety,
when it is recalled that these synnp-
toms ushered in the kings last i'll
ness, from which he Just had recov-
cred.
But he added that this time there
was no question of the blood being
affected.
News Of the kings latest illness
spread through the election crowds
like widfire and cast a shadow over
the excitement Of the general cleo
tions. There seemed to be note
worthy resemblance in this an
nouncement to that which made
public for the first time the kings
other illness.