Show KINGS KING'S LIFE EBBING PEACEFULLY 41 DOCTORS GIVE UP VP HOPES FOR BRITISH RULER n Council of State Is Named med to Take Over Royal Duties i I By Associated ASSociate Press SANDRINGHAM England m. m th ri 20 The 20 The three physicians King George in an official j letin tonight said the i ng's gs g's life is moving peace- peace S 11 lly toward its close The bulletin was vas signed by Bir ir Frederick rederick J. J Sir F. F Stanley Hewett and Lord pawson awson of Penn t A previous bulletin had that the condition I f the king shows diminishing ti Oxygen was vas given o 0 the king for the second line ime today Every Even effort was being made to tons ns rv the monarchs monarch's strength Iven ven en the visits of Queen Mary and ther- ther iner members bers of the family to tois is bedside have bave been kept as short li I possible The royal duties were taken over ome ems time before the physicians physician's announcement an an- by a council of state with King Georges George's Queen Mary and the our royal sons comprise the coun- coun 11 ii A A bulletin signed by three lans ans ns announced at p. p m. m write condition of the king bows 5 0 g strength Si One One of or the members of the new uncil tho the Duke of Gloucester if on of or th the king and queen Is self seIf with throat trouble He HeIn HeIn fin In Bu Buckingham palace but is ex- ex to arrive in Sandringham to- to orrow His physicians advised Im n however not to travel unless Sis is absolutely necessary Physicians remained at the kings king's throughout the afternoon It was understood that tho the king kingas fas as not suffering pain The Tho disquieting bulletin followed more more hopeful ok which had hadn haden tn en n held throughout the tho day beI be- be I Continued on Page Pace Two Column One t KING KING GEORGES GEORGE'S STRENGTH EBBS y Continued from Pat Pace Ont Oat f k causo uSG of of ot Indications from tho las t previous rev ous bedside reports report that th thi the J monarchs mon condition was unchanged I. I I and that ho apparently wa was main I c ht his strength T The o sovereigns sovereign's privy council 0 i from Land London n met in hi i a Bitting ro room ni adjoining tho the ro a sickroom and appointed tho the members members' mem mem- of state while bers bers' of the council the y JO year old old ar-old king entered a p pos pbs s decisive stage of hf his sickness Como Came London T. T rio attend the privy council au- au es Ion Ramsay MacDonald lord I the tho coun council fl and other members members members mem mem- bers came caine from London this momI morn mom ing I ng In Jn accordance with constitutional procedure the door between bet the th sitting room and the sl sickroom kroom was wa open with a member of ot the th council t it standing at tho the portal so so that the tha m monarch was able to hear the voi voices es of the conferees s 5 In hi tho the next room room At At the end of the privy council session Lord Dawson Dawon of 01 Penn physician In ordinary to the k king ng- ng himself a a member of Cf the o council o took the state tte paper to the royal bedside gave tho monarch a apen pen and sto stood d. d silently while the e ro royal signature was waa written Members Named The paper bearing the signature Ge George rge R. R L 1 then Ulen was wa handed t to Sir Ir Maurice Hankey Blinkey secretary of the council who was waa was charged with taking it to London The official statement of the 11 names S' S Sot of ot the h councilors w was s announced an an- f from rom the privy council of of- flees s in London Tho Iho statement niter after fter Announcing the he members said ld There Tiro ro were present at the c coun- coun u A eil the of Canterbury rd d chancellor cha the tho lord dent lent of ot the Ithe council Lord Dawson P Penn Perin Lord WIgram and arid the home secretary cr tary H Hankey in attend attend- anc ance nce l as a as clerk l rk of th the council B t e the privy c council u I th the royal pr prerogatives thus all rennin re- re within the hands hands' of the J members mem- mem l mb m- m I b bers rs ra of the royal family Froce Procedure re Changed Ch ged v- v The th a appointment pol of at the coun council I A departed d from th the procedure of two previous instances instances' s during the tha kings king's when when members of the cabinet have hav been named together with the q queen e a and id others of the kings king's family The Prince of Wales and the I Duke of ot York were id attendance at atI I S 'S ddn han today day They arrived by airplane from L London n ion ion- landing miles and at an airport eight away i driving to Sandringham house Im tm mediately y It was Waa learned authoritatively that the monarch slept several ho hours during the night and nd that d dc- dc 1 spite lipi e a grave gray heart weakness taris- taris ing from a sudden Budden severe cold old and amid bronchial c catarrh he suffered no ho paIn 0 T Medical t fi l looked l for fora a possible crisis tonight 2 A fresh fresh freh supply of ot oxygen to aid his majesty's breathing and help stimulate his weakening lation la- la Uon tion arrived here from London on the the same sam train which brought the archbishop of ot Cant Canterbury A A cold coll rain which set in during the early morn morning g gand and turned to sleet covering the roads roads' around San Sandringham house with a sheet of Ice brought traffic to a virtual r standstill The rains continued unabated but th the temperatures moderated ed after a bleak foggy dawn breaking across ss tho the East Eat Anglican heaths beathe rought brought the king to the fourth day bf his siege r r. The TIle beautiful Norfolk estate which was covered With snow yes became waterlogged today T V Qu Queen en Reported Absent The private secretaries were astir completing their preparations for the meeting j of tho privy council It n was understood Queen Mary Mn- Mn did IIII not tUe attend th d-th the p privy vy council c s session s The usual weekday ro routine on the kings king's country estate swu swung g under way early evidence of the anxious activity S house houe v The Jubilee gate gato near the garage i and servants servants' quart quarters rs bustled with activIty a r activity supplies arriving and the taft staff coming and going I l Clusters of persons stopped stepped at the gates t to seek news news' of their beloved 1 1 sovereigns sovereign's cO condition but were dis- dis v appointed to find the night-long night rain wash washed d all lettering from yes yes- t bulletin posted there again t I telling telling of no change t r. r Informed of News Newl Nc It r A A. b bUnd blind nd woman o nan riding in an ah au automobile auto auto- o- o mobile arrived at the gate and was word by a con constable table i J The sun finally broke through gb i J the storm clouds clouds' late in the morn morn- Izig ng shining intermittently In wel- wel C come me relief from the former dreary weather as the rains halted hal d The council of ot state stat state appointed because we have been stricken by byll ll eu and e aj-e unable n for the time to gId give due e stE attention to ta the Ute affairs of our realm empowered to o sign sigh s te d and to un- un n- n all royal duties except granting panting of title and dissolving of ofle the le parliament T Third Council This was the third council of st state ate te to tobe be called during King ICing Georgos Georgo's reign The first was ap- ap appointed appointed pointed In 1925 when the king and md queen went on on ona a Mediterranean cruise after alter ah an illness the second during the anxious days of 1928 when hen the monarch suffered his near fatal l sickness The empire awaited eagerly and anxIously further bulletins from his majesty's physicians recalling Saturday Saturday Sat- Sat nights night's s reports that the crisis might be expected in 48 ho hours hours- 5 sometime during the dark hours of tonight wh when n mans man's resist resistance nce runs uns low ow S Not since the sovereign caught a sudden Budden cold last week In the tho wintry weather of this this' east coast and nd fell feU seriously ill on Friday had bad there I been een any tny ny indication of gains Shows Anxiety J The dramatic succession of bulb bulle this Uns told Friday night of ot br bronchial cat catarrh and signs of ot cardiac weakness which must be regarded with some disquiet let that same anxIety Saturday morning an an Increase increase in- in crease rease in tho the heart weakness and embarrassment of ot circulation Saturday afternoon no change Saturday night and then last wt night The T e king has p sed a quiet day There here is no change in his majesty's condI condition on There Thero was still sUIl no change for the better to report Deport early today it was understood I. I Tremendous WilIf Will Wil If the not g gained ground the he no change reports gave rise toa to toa toa a general belief that he he heat at at least was was fas showing a tremendous will to toive live ive against the tho weakness threatening threatening threaten- threaten ing ng his heart An authoritative source emphasized emphasized sized that the calling of the privy council to set up a council of ot state did not necess necessarily rUy mean that there was any grave change In Jn the kings king's condition I I It was was' regarded rather as indicating indi tadi- cating that the kings king's illness Illness lf if he passes a crisis successfully was successfully was likely kely to t be he prolonged prolong d. d Decided at Farley Farler 1 The summoning of the council counci was was understood to have been deL de de- de- de on n with the kings king's knowledge at a confer conference nce of the tho Prince o ot of L Wales Prime Minister Baldwin and Viscount HaiLsham late yesterday at No 10 Do Downing street street- historic London headquarters of the govern govern- ment merit Tho The Duke of Kent youngest of th the kings king's tour four sons eons arrived d soon lioon after after the ArchbIshop of Canterbury Lord Lon of Penn 15 is in attendance as a physician in ordinary to his majesty Queen M Mary ry and her only daughter daugh daugh- ter fer the princ princess ls royal left ett the house yesterday for the first time timo since sine the kings king's illness developed The They walked for a while bIle in the vast vas gr grounds of th the estate Not ince Friday it was learned h had bad d Ui the Th ia queen ee t been beyond calling distance dl t sickroom II |