21 NOVEMBER 1903, Page 17

The German doctors consider that with a few more days

of abstinence from loud speaking and " sharp " food the Emperor will be completely recovered, and have, therefore, stopped all further bulletins. The result is creditable not only to their skill, but to the self-control of the Emperor, who from first to last has shown himself an unusually good patient. He was expected to be most refractory ; but patience is an element in the character of all strong men, and a permanent loss of voice would have been to William II. a grievous affliction. Doctors say, we believe, that "cussedness is comforting, for it is a sign of strength " ; but so also in men of peremptory character is passive obedience.