DEATH EXPECTED HOURLY

Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1927, Page 7

DEATH EXPECTED HOURLY

KING FERNINAND’S ILLNESS. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Vienna, April 6. The Neue Frei Presee states that King Ferdinand received Extreme Unetion on April 3, and his death is expected hourly. Favourable official bulletins are being issued, designed to quiet the populace. as the succession is causing nervousness. ' • . The National Peasants Party is urging the King to summon the Crown Council and make the 1926 decree, excluding Prince Carol from the throne, absolute. SENSATIONAL REPORTS. RUMOURS CONCERN CAROL. London, April 6. Sensational reports continue from Bucharest regarding the death agony of King Ferdinand. It is declared that the hope of saving his life was abandoned on Sunday. His body is waste! to a skeleton, and he does uot weigh more than 801 b. His heart is steadily weakening, and death is believed to be a question of days, though the doctor says he may linger for months. Meantime the wildest rumours are circulating about Prince Carols movements. One of these is to the effect that a number of Rumanian finaiciers and speculators are waiting with an aeroplane to rush him to Bucharest at the motnent of King Ferdinand's death. Nevertheless, Prince Carol is going about unconcernedly In Paris though lie is in the closest touch with the King’s con ditton. Received April 7, 8.39 p.m. London, April 7. The Daily Express correspondent cables from Bucharest that his expulsi >n order has been cancelled.