PRIMATE'S VIEW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 292, 9 December 1936, Page 7

PRIMATE'S VIEW.

KING'S MARRIAGE. Matter Never Discussed With His Majesty. LATE FATHER'S ANXIETY. United Press Association. —Copyright. LONDON, December 8. "The Times," referring to other newspapers' statements that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, is actively opposing the King's projected marriage, says:— "That the Primate is indeed opposed to the King's project nobody doubts; and so are vast numbers of His Majesty's subjects, even among those who are not what is called ecclesiastically minded. "But it is a fact that the Archbis'iop has on no occasion so much as discussed with the King the matter which must be uppermost in his thoughts. He may well have thought that "any intervention on his part would do more harm than good, both because of his position as head of the Church of England and because of his known friendship with King Edward's father, whose closing days were clouded by anxiety for the future." STANDARD OF DUTY. ARCHBISHOP OF YORK SPEAKS (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, December S. "We are called upon to face some new, startling and bewildering situation almost every week," said the Archbishop of York at the Diocesan Conference. "What we need is a sure grasp on something that does not give a very permanent conviction about what is really important, and a scale of values whereby we might judge which interest or -sentiment should give way when we arc distracted by divergent claims. "We have a most solemn responsibility to judge what js our duty and dp it with the utmost conscientiousness. 11' we do that we are no longer responsible for results. If we are cither defiant of God or slack in the exercise of our judgment we are then responsible for the resultant harm.'' HUGE MAIL. i LETTERS FROM SUBJECTS. (Reefiivpii i p.m.) LONDON, December S. Evidence of the immense growth of the mail for Fort Belvedere is contained in the fact that usually a motor cyclist coped with it all, but now a ' postal delivery van is necessary. It is understood the increase is mainly letters from the King's subjects. A Capetown message says that both the "Cape Times" and the "Cape Argus" call for an early settlement of the crisis in order to avert progressively ruinous effects.