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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1936
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KING IS FIRM
THRONE HANG:
IN BALANC
VALLIE ROCKS
Queen Mary Plays Tragic V______________
Role In Drama of Royalty BOAT FOR AL
Edward Refuses to Yield to
Urgent Demands of
Prime Minister
King’s Mother Sees Ideals
And Hopes of Life
Turn to Ashes
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move by the powerful Lord Roth-
ermere press to veer conservative
public opinion toward the king,
came when the Evening News
■ printed an editorial which said:
“We do not believe that the
British, people or the people of the
empire any longer consider it a
part 'of the kingly duty to forego
marriage with the lady of his
choice in the interests of consti-
tutional tradition.”
Reports persisted that Mrs.
Simpson intends to go abroad for
several months.
The situation is one of Increas-
ing seriousness, with no solution
in sight.
Reports, that members of the
b royal family — from whom he
has been almost estranged for
weeks because of his refusal to
give up Mrs. Simpson vistied
the king at Fort Belvedere this
* morning were not borne out by
his departure from the Fort at
12:30 p. m. for London. Later he
returned to Fort Belvedere after
having lunch' with his mother.
Before he left he read all the
London newspapers, which dis-
cussed for the first time his
friendship with Mrs. Simpson —
and warned him bluntly to aban-
don it — and summoned from
Buckingham Palace a motorcycle
* dispatch rider with the latest state
papers.
Dominions Heard From
It was learned from an abso-
lutely trustworthy quarter that
developments up to this afternoon
were:
1. The king has not budged
from his position that his rela-
tionship with Mrs. Simpson is his
own private business. Baldwin's
talk with him last night did not.
succeed in opening the way for a
solution.
2. Baldwin informed the king
that in the opinion of the Cabi-
i net the supreme importance of the
. monarchy In regard to national
and imperial Interests far tran-
scends personal considerations of
the occupant of the throne — that
• the king must consent to be a
national figure and give- up his
hope of being only a man.
3. Baldwin told Edward of ex-
pressions of opinion which had
reached the cabinet from the em-
pire, particularly from Canada.
4. Baldwin guardedly intimated
to Edward that unless he sees fit
to follow the cabinet's advice to
refrain from marrying Mrs. Simp-
son a most critical situation may
arise because the cabinet might be
impelled to resign. Baldwin said
further that consultations with op-
position leaders indicate they will
• not accept an invitation to form
a government if Baldwin should
resign — in other words, that the
Parliament is united against him.
' 5. Baldwin urged the king to
consider all the Implications of a
situation which Is all the more se-
rious because of a tense interna-
tional situation.
Drastic Action Looms
It is understood there is a bare
possibility of a compromise solu-
tion by which the king would be
permitted to marry whom he chose
but Parliament might pass a law
excluding any children of the un-
, Ion from succession to the throne.
That solution was being dis-
By United Press.
LONDON, Dec. 3 Queen Mary
was understood to be almost
. broken hearted today over the
crisis that has arisen from King
Edwards refusal to give up his
idea of marrying Mrs Wallis
Simpson.
The gray hatred queen, nearing
70, widowed only last January,
saw all that she had worked for
since her marriage more than
twoscore years ago slipping from
her tired hands • her beloved
son insisting on a marriage which
she believed impossible, perhaps
even leaving his throne.
She is at Marlborough House,
into which she moved as a bride
and hack to which she moved a
few weeks ago so that the king
could have Buckingham Palace
nearby.
Expressed Disapproval
Her second son, the Duke of
York, the heir presumptive 'to the.
throne, returned hurriedly to Lon-
don from Scotland today and vis-
ited her with his duchess.
It is known that on more than
one occasion the queen has said
. the king's friendship, and its com-
plications, were a terrible blow
to her after the serene reign of
her husband for 25 years, a reign
which Immeasurably Increased the
prestige of the crown and served
as an example to Britons every-
where.
It is understood the queen in
various ways has made known to
Edward directly and indirectly her
disapproval. She has alternately
pleaded and complained bitterly.
Looks Worn and Tired
For two weeks now she has
been unable to say anything. The
king has refused positively to dis-
cuss his friendship with anyone -
and least of all with his mother.
Friends say the queen looks
worn and tired, with deep Circles
under eyes. Her attitude Is that
of a woman broken hearted and
resigned to see all her dreams dis-
sipated.
Court circles do not believe re-
ports the king tried to bring her
and Mrs. Simpson together. They
Delicate Balance of British
Empire Threatened by
Love Affair
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 Mar-
riage of.King Edward VIII to Mrs
Wallis Simpson, American di-
vorcee, would rock ' the British
empire.
That would be true whether he
made her his queen, married her
morganatically, or bestowed upon
her, as his wife, the title of
Duchess of Cornwall or one of
the many others at his command.
Europe is close to war The fu-
ture of the British Empire even
now may be in the balance. The
outcome . depends largely upon
unity among British subjects and
the loyalty of the British domine
ions. Marriage to the American
would split British opinion wide
open, precipitate a constitutional
crisis at a moment when a new
world war seems almost at hand,
and seriously affect the tie hold-
Ing the empire together.
Crown Is Nerve Center «
, Exactly how serious the affair
would be for the empire is a
gamble. It might blow over and
it might not. Which is why Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin, his
cabinet, the Church • of England,
and all those In positions of re-
sponsibility are desperately trying
to find a solution.
The British Empire is both a
league of nations and a league of
races. It is bound together by
exceedingly fragile threads lead-
trig from the crown. Joggle the
crown and you shake the empire.
Abdication by Edward VIII in
favor of his brother, the Duke of
York, in order to marry the lady
UP
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cussed in court and government
circles but there is no indication
the king is a party to it, or aware
of it.
Either the resignation of the
cabinet or the abdication of the
king remain possibilities.
The big development today was
the mobilization of public opinion
by the government the cabinet
is united In support .of Baldwin—
and the newspapers in an effort
to bring pressure upon the king, in
hope that he will feel forced to
give in.
That is the reason behind the
sudden tremendous smash with
which this morning’s newspapers
began, their editorial and news
campaign against the marriage.
Stock Market Drops
It is intended to convince Ed-
ward that the nation and the em-
pire demand that he subordinate
personal feelings to the over-
whelming responsibility of the
throne - sacrifice himself and all
he wants In- life, sacrifice Mrs.
Simpson, and be the symbol of
unity of empire.
A stock market which fell
' sharply yesterday, suspension of
insurance on the, possibility that
the coronation might be past,
poned and the excited talk of 0
subjects, which may have reached
his ears, combined to tell him that
the country asked him to sacrifice
himself and Mrs. Simpson.
This talk of his subjects was
outspoken and it was against Mrs.
Simpson' They blamed her,
Most of the people were hearing
of her for the first time tn their
lives.
Working men in their rough
clothes, smoking evil smelling
pipes, talked volubly, in uncom-
-plimentary terms, cursing heartily.
They looked at Mrs. Simpson’s
photograph, published In the Dally
Mirror along with a story.
"She put ‘im up to it, she did.”
was one comment that was typi-
cal. She was to blame, the word
was.
An editorial in the News Chron-
icle. the organ of the Liberty Par-
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ty. was perhaps more discussed
than any other. It suggested the
possibility of a private marriage
of the king to Mrs. Simpson. ____
Now Ills' said that this editorial
was inspired from Buckingham
Palace.
Unofficial sources connected
with the palace predict that there
will be no break in the deadlock
before tomorrow afternoon — aft-
er the stock market closes.
Newspapers, so long silent, open-
ed their columns to the story to-
day.
They asserted boldly that the
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might gradually grow less
The Duke of York la well liked
by all classes of Britishers. He |
is as much like his father, the |
late King George, as one pea is
like another. Give him whiskers,
and he could not be told from the |
1 King George of a few years ago |
I He is quiet, duty-loving, aYaith- 1
| ful husband and a doting father |
He is a cornerstone-layer par ex-
cellence, with all which that im- |
plies But above all, he is the |
father of England's sweetheart, |
the lovely little Princess Eliza-
beth 7.
Were the king to yield the crown
to Prince Albert, Duke of York,
the titian-haired Shirley Temple
of the Royal House of Windsor 1
would be next in line for the Brit-"
ish throne, Barring the birth of
a brother, England could expect. 1
once again to be ruled by a Queen
Elizabeth
York Two Years Younger
And Britain wolud like that. In
fact, many conventional British- |
ers — and they, exist by the mil-
lion - have long felt that Prince
Albert would have made them an
ideal king. He is hra father all |
over again while Edward is his
high-stepping grandfather.
The Duke of York is 42, not
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