Evening star., 1936-01-18
Anxiety Over George Per-
sists as Heart Weakness
Develops From Cold.
FAMILY Is GATHERING
AT BEDSIDE OF MONARCH
Oxygen Administered and Latest
Bulletin Reports Ailment Has
Slightly Increased"


Ill of a bronchial ailment, suffered
further symptoms of heart attack
this afternoon, increasing anxiety
over his condition.
A bulletin posted at the gate OF
Sandringham House, the royal resi-
dence, at $3.50 this afternoon said.
His Majesty the King has had
some hours of reStful sleep.
1.-The cardiac weakness and en-
barrassment of circulation has slightly
increased and give cause for anxiety" "
A typed sheet of note paper bearing
the royal crest carried the announce
ment to hundreds of passers-by, who
were gathered outside the gates.
Private Secretary Arrives.
Just before the posting of the bulle-
tin, Lord Wigram, the Kings private
secretary, arrived from London.
Earlier in the day one of England's
most noted heart specialist was sum-
moned from London to the bedside
of the monarch, to join the three phy-
sicians already in attendance.
The reference in the afternoon bull
letin to embarrassment of circula-
ton" was taken to mean that the
action of the heart was growing
weaker.
The departure of his majesty'c
granddaughters, Princess Elizabeth and
Margaret Rose, for their London
home, appeared to townspeople an
other indication of the serious nature
of the Kings illness.
Princess Royal Arrives.
About the time the bulletin was is
sued the princess royal, the Countess
of Harewood and her husband, the
Earl of Harewood, arrived at the resi-
dence.
After the specialist, Sir Maurice A.
Cassidy, had left London, it was
learned authoritative!y that oxygen
was administered to the sovereign
during the night.
1t was hastily explained, however,
that oxygen is modern treatment for
catarrhal condition and has been
administered to the King several times
during recent years in fighting that
silment.
Princesses Told of Illness.
1t was understood that the little
princesseS were informed just before
their departure that their grandfather
was seriously i'll. They appeared less
vivacious than usual when they board
ed the train at Folferton station, but
both managed to smile at bystanders.
Farmers and villagers who had
stopped their work for the day in
creased the crowd outside the gates to
the ground when royal servant took
down the morning bulletin and posted
the later statement containing the
more alarming news.
One rugged-viSaged Norfolk farmer,
his face nipped by the sharp wind
said: "All we hope is the squire will
have sufficient strength to rally and
get we'll again as he did before"
All the villagers recalled the Kings
former serious illness in 1928 which
resulted from chill contracted as he
stood bareheaded before the London
Cenotaph on Armistice day.
The first bulletin today was brief,
reading:
The anxiety expressed in the bull
letin Of last night persists"
Oxygen Brought In.
Oxygen was brought to Sandring-
ham House, the royal country estate
and the Kings favorite palace, yes
terday by Lord Dawson of Penn, who,
with two other of the rulers physi-
clans, spent the night in the palace,
ready for instant call
While the faithful nurse Black, who
was with King George all through his
serious illness of 1928 and 1929 re-
mained near his bedside, Lord Dawson
of Penn, Sir Frederick Stanley
Hewett and Sir Frederick L. Williams
stayed in rooms not far away.
Villains, who lives at Sandring-
ham, left the palace this morning, but
Lord Dawson and Hewett remained,
awaiting the arrival of Sir Maurice
Cassidy.
A number of windows of the large,
rambling old royal residence remained
lighted all through the snowy, windy
night. A bitter east wind whipped the
palace grounds this morning.
Snow sprayed from the caves as VIII
layers and country folk, taken by sur
prise to learn that their beloved
monarch was i'll, inquired solicitously
at the gate concerning his condition.
. Special officers were on duty at the
gates.
The anxiety of the Norfolk country
side was not less tense than that
throughout the country and the en-
pire.
Thousands Make Inquiry.
Thousands of inquiries poured into
this little village of 100 persons, about
100 miles northeast of London, seek
ing news of the monarch. The ad-
miration for whom was already most
deep and heightened, notably during
the last year, especially during the
jubilee season, beginning in May,
which marked a quarter of century
for King George on the throne.
In q later explanation of the ad-
fninistration of oxygen to the King, a
Sandringham house official emphasized
that it was given, not because the
King was seriously i'll, but just to
assist breathing"
The guarded professional language
of the bulletins issued by the Kings
doctors started wave of deepest con-
Germ.
The Prince of Wales came from
London yesterday, but his visit was
described at Sandringham House as
ordinary" and it was understood he
intended to leave again tomorrow fo4