THE DUKE OF WINDSOR

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21967, 16 December 1936, Page 11

THE DUKE OF WINDSOR

A HOLLYWOOD OFFER

ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO APPEAR IN FILM

(UNITED TKESS ASSOCIATION—COPVRIGnT.) (Received December 15, 10.5 p.m.) HOLLYWOOD, December 14. Arthur Wenzel, a film promotor, has sent a cablegram to the Duke of Windsor offering him 1,000,000 dollars and a mansion to come to Hollywood with Mrs Simpson and act in a film: "The Right to Love."

THE DUKE PLAYS GOLF

REQUEST FOR PRIVACY ENFORCED

PHOTOGRAPHER ARRESTED

(Received December 15, 7.5 p.m.) VIENNA, December 14. A special detachment of gendarmes from Baden, with fixed bayonets, guarded all night the entrances to Enzesfeld Castle, where the Duke of Windsor is staying. The Duke was in bed soon after midnight. There is no railway within miles of the castle, the roads to which are usually impassable in winter 1 , sleighs being the only means of transport. The Duke arose early to-day and strolled in the beautiful park. The telephone line from Enzesfeld to Cannes was <jngaged for 23 minutes after breakfast. The arrival of the Duke has led to a rush of tourists to hotels in the Vienna Forest. The Viennese newspapers publish long notices appreciative of Britain and the Duke of Windsor and expressing the hope that he will be allowed a quiet rest .n order to recuperate after a fortnight of intense strain. An official statement from the Duke of Windsor says: "I am remaining at Enzesfeld Castle until after Christmas. I hope I will be accorded the same consideration and privacy as 1 on my previous visits." Lord Brownlow has arrived at Enzesfeld. It is understood that he brought messages from Mrs Simpson. The Duke of Windsor played golf on the castle course with Baron Rothschild in the afternoon. International journalists and photographers, who are crowding the local inn, waited for four hours, after which they telegraphed to the Duke requesting a few snapshots and promising not to annoy him further, but the Austrian authorities enforced the demand for complete privacy. A film cameraman, who evaded the cordon of gendarmes and attempted to take a photograph, was arrested and the film confiscated. Another hired an aeroplane in the hope of snapping the Duke playing golf, but he had completed the round. The German Ministry for Propaganda'has instructed editors to publish nothing aboiit the Duke of Windsor without official sanction.

RECORDS OF SPEECH ON SALE >N NEW YORK

(Received December 15, 10.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 15. New York gramophone shops have large advertisements in the newspapers offering records of Prince Edward’s speech—“the actual broadcast, perfectly recorded.” MRS SIMPSON’S HEAVY MAIL MANY THREATENING LETTERS (Received December 15, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, December 15. The Cannes correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says Mrs Simpson is receiving 500 letters a day, many of a menacing character. The Duke of Windsor telephones every night, often as late as 3 a.m. She does not retire until the call comes through. SOUVENIR HUNTERS ACTIVE (Received December 15, 10.30 p.m.) ♦ NEW YORK, December 15. A message from Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, says that souvenir hunters are carrying away bits of the house in which Mrs Simpson was born. The owners have been compelled to guard the building, which is unoccupied. THE FREE STATE BILLS BRITAIN EXPECTED TO PROTEST (Received December 15, 10.50 p.m.) LONDON, December 15. The diplomatic correspondent of the “Morning Post” says Mr Malcolm Mac Donald (Secretary for the Dominions) is expected to make an important statement u* the House oi Commons to-day about the Free State bills which the British Government regards both as a violation of the Free State constitution and of the Statute of Westminster. Mr Mac Donald is expected to express this view, formally protesting against the measures, but it is considered unlikely that any further action will be taken. Well-informed British quarters believe that Mr dc Valera inspired the act in his desire to placate the extremists, who saw in the abdication the opportunity to sever the last connexion with the Empire, while simultaneously taking the precaution to keep the Free State within, the Empire.