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ALL ENGL AND
THROWN INTO
GLOOM
Anxiety for Stricken
Monarch Expressed
BY Subjects
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airy treatment) rather than as a
direct life7saving measure.
Nation In Gloom

airy treatment) rather than as a
direct life,saving measure.
Nation In Gloom
The threat to the Kings life,
felt by the public but not admit
ted by the doctors. lay in the pos
sibility that breathing would be-
come so difficult the Kings heart
would be taxed beyond its powers.
The latest bulletin plunged the
nation into gloom. 1t was coupled
with almost simultaneous an
nouncement that the Kings two
young granddaughter, the Prin.
cesSes Elizabeth and Margaret
Rose, children of the Duke and
Duchess of York, were being sent
away from Sandrigham to Lon
don.
The two little princesses, hardly
aware of the crisis about them,
left Sandringham House for VOL
Verton Station smiling. At that
very moment the Kings doctors
were writing their grave bulletin.
They were told simply that
grandfather is very ILL.,"
Adult members of the royal
family rushed to the monarch'S
bedside as they have not done
since that tense winter of seven
years ago. All who were able
hurried here.
The term embarrassment of
circulation" in the doctors bull
letin was interpreted to mean the
heart action was weaker, and
this was seen as a bad sign.
Queen Assumes Charge
The princess royal and her
husband, the Earl of Hardwood,
arrived after rush trip from
their Yorkshire home. The prin-
cess Immediately upon her arrival
went to the room of her mother,
the Queen, with whom she had
q long talk before seeing the
King.
Queen Mary had sat through
out the morning in the sick room,
where she was personally super
Vising arrangements.
Outside the great red brick
mansion gathered a solemn
crowd, including many farm lab
orers, villagers, and about 10
newspapermen. They watched
anxiously as a servant pinned
I'D the $3.50 p. m. bulletin on the
great iron gates. which barred all
but official parties from the
grounds.
A single policeman kept vigil at
the big gates, answering inquiries.
A lovely English winter scene &C
centuated the atmosphere of
solemnity which prevailed about
big red brick Sandringham House.
The suns rays were reflected by
sparkling snow which settled on
the parkland and on the gables of
the mansion. An eaSterly storm
wind blowing for several days had
died down.
Prayers to Be Offered
The local pastor informed his
parishioners he would offer up
special prayers for His Majesty's
recovery at all services tomorrow.
Similar prayers will be offered in
churches throughout the district.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
announced he would spend the
weekend at No.10 Downing st.
instead of going to Chequers, as
he had arranged to do, and Sir
John Simon, home minister, kept
in close touch with the home
office.
Concern over the Monarch's
heart condition was reflected in
the rush visit to Sandringham
made today by Sir Maurice Cas-
sidy, one of EuropeS greatest heart
specialists, from London.
Arriving here by train and mo-
tor car. Sir Maurice went into i'm.
mediate consultation with three
doctors who had remained at the
Kings bedside throughout the
night.
Family Assembled
Although the King several
times since 1923 has been taken
III with similar difficulties, never
since that serious illness has the
entire royal family assembled at
his bedside.
The Prince of Wales rushed
here yesterday and cancelled
plans to return to London today.
The Duke of York was here,
and the Duchess was absent only
because she still was recovering
from an attack of grippe at
Windsor.
The Duke of Gloucester still
was abed with a sore throat in
Buckingham Palace, and could
not come.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent
were expected to leave London
for Sandringham today.
A chill caught during a pony
ride Tuesday in the bleak Norfolk
county countryside was immedi-
ately responsible for the Kings
illness, although it was believed
he never had regained full health
following the attack seven years
ago, that he was weakened by the
strain of the past summers Silver
Jubilee celebrations, and that his
spirit was downed by the death
of his sister, Princess Victoria,
only a few weeks ago.
Asks About KipIing
Agnes Black, the nurse who,
with Lord Dawson, brought the
King through his illness in 1928