18 DECEMBER 1915, Page 3

On Tuesday a notice was issued stating that, though the

King had largely got over his accident, his convalescence was not complete, that he had lost seriously in weight, and that in view of this fact his medical advisers had insisted on his taking. a small amount of stimulant until convalescence was complete. We are glad to say that the King, though reluctant to forgo even temporarily his abstention from intoxicants during the war, has, like a wise and reasonable man, yielded to his doctors' decision.