CHARGES AGAINST CABINET

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21960, 8 December 1936, Page 9

CHARGES AGAINST CABINET

“Bringing Pressure to

Bear on King”

COMMENT BY “THE TIMES”

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(Received December 7, 11.30 p.m.)

LONDON, December 7. “The Times,” in a leader, deprecates irresponsible comments, and adds: “The problem raised by the King can be solved only by the King. Three false charges have been made against Mr Baldwin and bis colleagues—that they presented the King with some form of ultimatum, that they influenced their Dominion colleagues and Opposition leaders to bring pressure to bear on the King, and that they are now pressing the King to renounce his project or abdicate. , “These charges were put torwara under cover of a plea for time ana patience. There can be no thought or hurrying the King’s choice, but he will be the first to see that a reasonably speedy answer is required. “Until that decision is taken, let there be truce to insinuations against British and Dominions’ Ministers. The “Irish Times” says: “The King must choose between his Crown and Mrs Simpson. It is well that the an should be cleared by Mr Baldwin and for the people to know precisely where they stand. Enemies of the British Commonwealth everywhere are waiting a chance to undermine its interests, and it is essential that British peoples shall show a united front. Without a strong monarchy, no such front is possible.” The “Scotsman,” in an edjtonai, says: “The King’s proposed marriage would be incompatible with the dignity of the Crown. It might bring the King great happiness to which his subjects cannot be indifferent, but if that happiness were bought at the sacrifice of the people’s devotion and loyalty, the lowered prestige of the Crown and the debasement of the hereditary monarchy, it is too dear for the nation, if not for the King.” MRS SIMPSON STILL IN CANNES ESCORT FROM BRITAIN LORD BROWN LOW MENTIONED 1 (Received December 8, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, December 7. The “Daily Telegraph” says Lord Brownlow, Lord-in-Waiting to the King, escorted Mrs Simpson from London to Cannes. Mrs Simpson, who is very tired, is not leaving her room. She will probably not stay for more than four or five days, according to Mrs Herman Rogers, who is her hostess. The blinds on the windows of Mrs Simpson’s room have been drawn all day. Police are guarding the villa grounds at all points, and photographers who climbed adjacent trees were disappointed. The captain of the Hon. Mrs Reginald Fellowes’s yacht Sister Anne, which is now in Monte Carlo Harbour, has been ordered on board the vessel, probably in preparation for a cruise by Mrs Simpson. Workmen were busy all day on Sunday altering Mrs Fellowes’s villa at Rocquer Brune, near Cap Martin. Possibly Mrs Simpson will stay there. The Cannes correspondent of “The Times is authorised to say that Mrs Simpson has given no interview to any journalist either in England or France. OBJECTION OF UNDERGRADUATES OXFORD VIEW’ PUBLISHED IN AMERICA (Received December 7. 7.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 6. The Harvard University publication prints a cablegram from its representative in Oxford, outlining undergraduate objections to Mrs Simpson, containing almost obscene references. NO RIGHT TO TAKE PART LORD MARLEY’S VIEWS (Received December 7, 7.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 6. Lord Marley, in a lecture in New York to-day, said; “The Dominions have no legal right to play any part in the Simpson case. Truthfully, several Dominion Governments do not represent the peoples a bit more than does the Parliament at Westminster speak for England to-day. “Mr Baldwin consulted the Dominions with a view to obtaining support for his own Cabinet. The effect of the Empire-wide appeal has been imposing, yet, I believe, means < less than nothing.” I “A COMPLETE SURPRISE” I (Received December 7, 11.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 7. | The “Sun” .deprecates the attempt I overseas to make political capital ( out of the crisis which is shaking ! the Empire. , „ . The editorial adds; “Until the British Government informed the Commonwealth Government at the end of last week of the tragic difference between the King and his Ministers, the Commonwealth Government was entirely unaware of the crisis. While there is ample evidence that the first approach was from the King to the British Cabinet, there is equal warrant for the belief that the first communication from the British Government came as a complete surprise to the Governments of Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.”