SLOW PROGRESS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 9

SLOW PROGRESS

HEALTH OF THE KING

PALACE SATISFIED

BUT ANXIETY CONTINUES

British Official Wireless.

(Received 15th January, 11 a.m.)

RUGBY, 14th January.

The following bulletin was issued from Buckingham Palace this monn ing:—"His Majesty is' making slow progress. The nest bulletin will be issued to-morrow evening." The bulletin was signed by Sir Stanley Hewett, Sir Hugh Eigby, and Lord Paweson of Perm. •".".■"

This morning's bulletin was the first for thirty-eight hours, none having been issued yesterday. The doctors' decision not to issue a bulletin on Sunday—the first day -without one since the illness began—was an indication of the belief that no change of any importance was likely in the interim. Last week the King had a series of quiet and restful days and nights, which have been helpful and'satisfactory, but the iniprovement is still so slow at this stage that it can hardly be measured over a period of twentyfour hours. This.morning's satisfactory bulletin contained the first mention of progress since that of last Wednesday.

QUEEN'S COLD BETTER.

It is stated at Buckingham Palace that Queen Mary's cold is better today, although Her Majesty is .for tho present keeping to her rooms. ' I To-day's bulletin about the King is the first' since Wednesday , night in which any definite improvement in His Majesty's condition has been mentioned. Accordingly it was regarded with satisfaction in Palace circles. Progress, however, is -very slow, and it is stated that too much significance must not be attached to the fact that no bulletin will be issued until to-morrow night. This is neither' a good nor a bad sign, but merely an indication that the doctors do not anticipate any great change in .the interval.: It is reiterated that the period of anxiety has not yet passed. - . ; ■""-. . . Prince George has a slight cold and ig keeping to his room. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ' (Beceived loth January, 11 -a.m.) LONDON, 14th January. | There is a good deal of satisfaction at the Palace at this morning's bulletin,- in which there is the first mention of progress since Wednesday. However, it-is emphasised that progress is very slow, and that the period of difficulties and anxiety has not yet passed. The Queen's cold is better, but she ia keeping indoors. /