Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1936 — Page 3
: 23 KING BETS
NEW SUPPORT
Monarch Confers Again With Brother; Simon Reported on Edward’s Side.
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reported to have formed a common front, all probably would refuse.
Laborite Wants Debate
The suggestion of a possible early storm in Parliament came today when Josiah Wedgwood, Laborite, told the press: “I want full debate in the House. I am perfectly certain that Commons is for the King.” He added that he had been deluged with telegrams from the country and the world, approving his stand for the King. If the report about Churchill proved true the country would be in for a titanic battle of loyalties and ambitions. Churchill’s scope is limited. Newspaper man, soldier, author, statesman, his name has been a synonym for daring and brilliance—his enemies say for irresponsibility too— since his boyhood. Now 62, he has been big news in the empire for 30-odd years. He was educated at Sandhurst, British West Point, and entered the army. Next he went to Cuba and served with the Spanish Army; then to the other side of the world, to India; then to Egypt and the Nile, in action; then to South Africa as soldier and then newspaper correspondent. He was taken prisoner by the Boers and escaped in the brililant Chur- . chill manner,
Elected When 26
Back home, at 26, he was elected to ‘the House of Commons. He has been in and out ever since. He had held many cabinet jobs. It was he at ‘the outset of the World War as First Lord of the Admiralty, believing that war was inevitable, secretly disposed’ the British battle fleet for action; he who conceived the daring | plan of sending a tiny British landing force to the Belgian coast to help hold off the Germans; he who conceived the brilliant disaster of the effort to capture the Dardanelles, the vital strait between the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Military experts have said since that had this effort been. continued for another week, the Dardanelles would have been taken. IN Recently he has been an opponent, within the Conservative Party, of the government. That he has dreamed of great power is inevitable and the reports today indicated that if he did not have his chance he might go down ‘to a brilliant, fighting finish to his hopes. The Manchester Guardian, most always well informed, reported that in Home Secretary Simon, the government’s forémost legal expert, and Allred Duff-Cooper, minister of war, the King had two cabinet supporters. Simon, the Guardian suggested, held that Parliament had no right to “advise”—warn—the monarch about his marriage. DuffCooper, husband of the beautiful Lady Diana Duff-Cooper, is a close friend of the King, member of his own small circle. "King Is Stubborn Cabinet ministers, members of the royal family, high churchmen and nobles worked desperately to persuade the King to give up his hope of making Mrs. Simpson queen—if possible of marrying her at all. Alone against almost irresistible pressure, the King held stoutly, stubbornly to his assertion that his life and his love are his own and that he will not give them up. There remained the faint possibility of a compromise that would permit the King to marry Mrs. Simpson privately, perhaps to make hex a duchess. Queen Mary Weeps There had been no indication that there was a chance that the dearest hope of those in high circles would be realized—that the King, bred to the throne and seeing his empire against him, would abandon Mrs. Simpson. | Queen Mary was reported to be
ment.
In this scare headline, the British, public .was told, for the first time, by a newspaper, of the romance of King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wally Simpson and the crisis it provoked in British governThousands ‘of Britons who never had heard of the ex-Baltimore beauty thus were astounded, when the tabloid London Daily Mirror Eplasiied the
photo.
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story 20T0SS its front page, as. shown’ dn’ this radio- A In addition. to the King’s picture, the oF Mirror carried a picture of Mrs. Simpson, London newspapers previously had not mentioned the name of the monarch’s friend. in-their stories, giving ‘only vague by the King of a" “grave issue” being disKing and
We cabinet,
weeping inconsolably at Marlborough House, seeing the: breakup of the family which spent the greater part of her life building up, and visualizing her oldest son an exile. The Duke of York, the heir to the throne as eldest of the King’s three brothers, spent much time with her and occasionally .saw the King. . He does not want the throne.
arisen it was apparently more as
1 ambassador of the Windsor family
than as a brother that he talked to the King.
AIR RAIDS LEVEL 2 MADRID AREAS
-_ Report 15 Buried in Ruins; Bombs Start Fires.
By United Press MADRID, Dec. 4 —Destruction of the Arguelles and Rosales districts of Madrid was almost completed today by incendiary.bombs dropped by 31 rebel raiders which flew over: the city.
Twelve to 15 persons, mostly wom-
buried in the ruins of an apartment house which was set afire. Bombs in Marques de Urquijo-st in the Rosales district were reported to have killed five men and three women.
KING'S MEN GUARD
Wallis Speeds Through France in Monarch’s Auto.
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through Chartres at 5 p. m. It continued toward Orleans, indicating that it might be Mrs. Simpson’s intention to continue toward the Riviera. During the day, the Rogers servants. furbished up the palatial pink villa on the exclusive hilltop known as Californie, above Cannes. The villa lies amid terraced gardens surrounded by orange trees and roses, overlooking the Mediterranean.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
MEETINGS TODAY
Exchange Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon
peop mist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, aaery Officers Association, luncheon, Bard of Trade, noon. * a Delta Theta, luncheon, Board of a a Delta, luncheon, Columbia aa Theta Pi, luncheon, Board of Trade, Tniiana od Ho Club, meeting, Moose Hall, N. Delaware-st, 8 Fgthik Club, dinner, Hotel WashingIndians fan Estate Board, luncheon,
Hotel Washington, noon Medico- Conterence, meetin; eetings, In in cine,
a University School a dian “nN Motor a fc A A tion, na $800! - ve ation. Hotel Antlers, 0 day " on
arent-Teacher Associat annual roundup. Bhoriridge "Hin Ton 7:30
| MEETINGS TOMORROW Alia nee Francaise, luncheon, Hotel w ngton, noon. deen, ues Hotel Washington, 8
151 . tuncheon. 3 Hote eal at a 3p. in. vuln Indian iation
Reserve . dinner, "Ciaypooi Hotel 6:30 m., State Teachers: * Federation, meeting,
Wi a t - indianapolis polis own lecture, Colum
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OFFICIAL WEATHER
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INDIANAPOLIS :FORECAST—Fair and slightly colder tonight with lowest temperature about 20; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness,
6:51 | Sunset
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recipitation 2¢ hrs end Total precipitation Sings Deficienc ¥ ‘since Jan.
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AMERICAN ON TRIP
BRITISH PRESS |
SPLIT ON KING
‘Middle Class’ Papers Back Edward as Conservative Organs Flay Him.
By United Press LONDON, Dec. press divided today over King Edward’s romance, the “middle class” newspapers supporting the monarch
and the conservative press increasing its terrific pressure on the King.
The Daily Telegraph,.a most re-
served conservative organ which
frequently speaks for the Conserva-:
tive Party, was merciless in its summation:
“We could not utter a single derogatory word regarding the lady whom _King Edward has expressed his determination. to marry. Nor does the lady’s rank or absence of rank count in this reckoning. “But it matters in the highest degree, it matters radically, it matters constitutionally,” that the first lady of the land shall be untouched by such rumors as of late have been in general circulation throughout the world. “Queen Mary, Queen Alexandria, Queen Victoria — these have beer the Queens of England whom this fountry and empire have known for a full: gseniury. And they. will .net tolerate: any - other or differexit standard of queenship:”
London Times’ Opinion
The London Times, regarded in this emergency as the authoritative voice of the government, said: “Let there: be -no- misunderstand« ing about the character of the objection to such a marriage as the King has been understood to contemplate. “It has been diligently put about in: other countries and’ repeated here that the root of it lies in some old fashioned conventional dislike of the marriage of the King with a ‘commoner’ or an Ameriean. Nothing could possibly be further from the truth. “If His Majesty . had been fortunate like his two brothers in winning the: affections of one of his subjects ‘then the whole nation
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The struggle .betwean . the Church, Cabinet and King Ed-. ward VIII aver the British rulers apparent intention to marry Mrs. Wallis © Simpson, American di-: ‘vorcee, was brought into the open: by the statement of the Rey. A. W. FP. Blunt, the Bishop of Bradford, that the “King needs’ the. grace of God for his office.”
would have shared his Mappiness. There are also many daughters of America whom he might have married ‘with similar approval and rejolcing,
vation but by no means an unwel« come innovation. :
Divorce Objection
“One objection, and itis an over= whelming objection, to the marriage which have projected is that thei lady in question already has two former husbands living, from whom in succession she has. obtained divorce, on the last occasion at a recent date in circumstances which are matters of fairly common knowledge. “That is a formidable objection, as many will think—but for reasons which no doubt are not universally regarded as convincing—in the case of any man.
in the case of the sovereign—if only because it would: scandalize a very
large portion’ of the nation and empire and therefore do infinite .narm
© “It: would have been an inno-
Majesty is believed to:
“It is aR overwhelming objection ;
Ta Shy Prine, Would Bring Scotch Duchess’ as His Queen.
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In: the ‘present crisis Prime Minister Stanley ‘Baldwin is re“ported to ‘have announced the
_ Cabinet would resign rather than
‘approve the marriage of King Ed‘ward and Mrs, Simpson.
40 the whole institution of British
monarchy. “Nor is there any substance in the
| specious argument, freely used, that
the King is only anxious, and should be allowed, to marry the woman he loves. His Majesty, like the humblest of his subjects, is absolutely free to make and carry out such a decision if he will... He may.even. be applauded for it as a man. What he can not do in this case 1s to carry it out as King.” = |
‘Compromise’ Urged
The Daily Mail, chief organ of
the Rothermere newspapers, with tremendous circulation and considerable prestige, urged compromise. The King must not abdicate, it insisted. Lord Beaverbrook’s Daily Express, also of great circulation, urged strongly that the King himself make a statement to the country. It, too, ‘urged a solution that would keep him on the throne, and: said: “Are we to lose the King or keep him?..He knows the answer that t
"| people want to hear. But it must
not be goodby, for the citizens of these shores would say: that: word only, with hearts loaded with grief and heads bowed in sorrow.”
OFFICIALS ‘CONSIDER ‘BUDGET REQUESTS
Appropriations to be requested. for | the city from the State Legislature
were understood to have been dis- |3
cussed at -a conference of city officlals.in ‘Mayor Kern's -office today.
Attending the conference with the. Mayor were City Engineer Henry
B. Steeg, City Controller Walter |
Boetcher and James Dery: corporation counsel.
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ried and because the as Que was with her as een the a Scot, and 1 ~ England og be cemented The have two | | children, Princess y litle Princess Marga-
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Queen. "A son born to ‘the Yorks would displace her. -Under the aw of succession, any ‘son of the monarch, and then his daughters in rank. ‘according to age, ‘are heirs. Only if. the monarch dies ‘without 'issue does the throne go to a younger brother or a sister. King Edward has three brothers and a sister, the Princess Royal. With children of their marriages there are | nine heirs in sight for the throne. The Duke is, officially, “His Royal ‘Highness Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George of Windsor,” Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney. If he succeeded it would be up to him to select his throne name. Most people believe it would be Albert, and that he would reign as Albert I, er that he would become George VI. He was named Albert for his greatgrandfather,‘ Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort.
WILEY POST'S WIDOW TO RECEIVE MEDAL
By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 4—The 1933 gold medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale; highly prized aviation award, which was won by the late Wiley Post, will be presented to ‘his widow at Tulsa; Okla., Dec. 14, at a ceremony tended by leading aviators and pa-
trons of aviation, it was announced!
today.
oii womens SLAYER PAYS WITH LIFE By United Press SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 4— Albert Walter Jr. who disliked women because they always got him into trouble, will be today : for slaying one. Walter confessed he strangled Blanche Cousins, a nurse, with one of her own silk stockings.
"| By Onited Press R the. statement of Prime Min-| "> |ister Stanley Baldwin in the
| son situation, follows:
.|it would .be advisable for me to
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“LONDON, Dec. 4.— Text of
‘House of Commons today on the King Edward-Mrs. Simp-
“In view of widely circulated sugevent of the King's.marriage I think
make a statement. ‘have appeared In certain organs of press yesieragain today that if (he decided to marry, his wife C to become Queen. without any legis-
Marriages Act of 1772 has no application toward the sovereign himself. Its ony effect is that a marriage of any other member of the rcyal family is null and void unless the sovereign’'s consent, declared under the Great Seal, is first obtained. This act,. therefore, has nothing to do ‘with the present ‘case.
“King Requires No Conseni”
“The King himself requires no consent from any other authority to make his marriage legal, buf, as’ I have said, the lady he marries, by the. fact of her marriage to the King, necessarily becomes Queen. _ “She herself, therefore, would enjoyiall the status, ‘rights and privHeges, which ‘both® by positive law ro attach to that position and with. which we are familiar in the cases of Her Majesty the late Alexandria and ‘Her Majesty Queen Mary: and “her children who ‘would be in direct line of succession. to the throne. “The only possible way this. result could be avoided would be’ by legislation dealing with a particular case. His Majesty's government, is not prepared to introduce such legislation (Cheers). Moreover,-the ‘matters’ to be dealt with are of ‘common concern to the common.wealth as ‘a whole and such a .change could: not be effected without the assent of all the dominions. “I am satisfied from the inquiries I have made that this assent would not be forthcoming. I felt it right that I should make this statement before the House adjourns‘today in order to remove a widespread misunderstanding. At this moment I have no other statement to make.”
LAFAYETTE WRITER AND LAWYER DEAD
Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 4-—Dr. | Lynn Rogers, 50, former lawyer: and well-known writer, is dead’ here. ‘Dr. Rogers-held degrees from Wabash College, Indiana Law. School, and the - University of Michigan School of Medicine. He served in the Medical Corps during the World War, ;
FAMED FOR CIRCUS
BY United Press .
MIAMI, Fla, Dec.
tor of a dog and pony circus known throughout the country in the nineties. He came to: Miami. irom Bloomington, Ind., last September.
4—Funeral |; services will be held tonight for| James ‘W. Gentry, 65, former opera-{
Denies Pressure Exerted By Dominions. - (Contitined from Page One) King's romance with , Mrs. Ernest
Simpson. The Sovereign is the. link that: binds the dominjons:to‘'the mother
‘country. Their consent would be
necessary to the King's abdication. It was believed . that today’s ‘Cabinet ‘meeting - concerned
solely: the replies of dominion lead=
ers to inquiries of the government. Vincent Massey, high commission= er for Canada, and Charles T. te Water, high commissioner for South Africa, were in the center of nego= tiations. It was understood that they, with Malcolm MacDonald, dominions sec= retary, conferred last night with Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer and probable next prime minister. Then Mr. Massey and te Water went with MacDonald to the dominions office and remained until nearly mdnight. Interest all over the empire was intense. - At Canberra, the Australian Cabi~ net met today and. adjourned to await further news from London. A coronation committee - meeting set for Monday, was postponed. -
By United Press VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec. oe British Columbians appeared une coricerned over the likelihood thag King Edward VIII will marry Wallis pson, J. N. Kelly, tor of the Vancouver News-Heral observed today. 5 Only interest. was the King's poda. : sible abdication. The News-Herald printed Mrs. Simpson’s name. for the first time Thursday, Bl
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15 Children Are Taken | By the Employes at The Star Store.
+ Children Clothed vosesennniesi iS Office cash ........,.........$198
Clothe - A - Child, Indianapolis, neared: the 100 mark- in needy :School. children pledged winter ‘ clothing ‘today. The Star Store and its employes sent- the annual Christmas drive to the 97 mark when they took 15 children. ; “It’s our own Christmas party’ that we give ourselves,” employes | said as they: “turned customeg- g Santas. 2 The women’s auxiliary of ne 5 dianapolis - Post No. 4, American” Legion, and the post, through Mrs. Louis ' Yochem, auxiliary ‘president, and -George Swaim, post. nder,- entered Clothe= A-Child again wi a request for four children. N Today’s -donors follow* Star Store and: Employes, 15 children. Indianapolis post No. 4, American" 18 jon, and the Ladies Auxiliary, four ren.
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