DECISION WELCOMED IN LONDON

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22244, 8 November 1937, Page 11

DECISION WELCOMED IN LONDON

"TOUR BOLDLY AND WISELY ABANDONED" (Received November 7, 11 p.m.) LONDON, November 6. The "Daily Mirror" says the present situation shows how difficult it is for the Duke to travel as a private citizen. It adds': "It seems that a man so eminent cannot undertake tours of inspection without being misunderstood." The "Irish Times" says: "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor inevitably received splashes of tar from the Bedaux brush, but we do not suppose for a moment that this is the whole story. The Duke is not likely to have achieved unpopularity with such suddenness for so trivial a reason, nor does the alleged hostility of the American Labour unions explain Mrs Roosevelt s decision to be absent from the White House during their visit." The "News-Chronicle" says that (the Duke oi Windsor boldly and wisely abandoned a tour which ! would have given great offence. "He does not always choose the friends best suited to his position,' the paper added. , Mr Charles Bedaux, in a cablegram to the Duke, said: "I am compelled in honesty and friendship to advise you that because of mistaken attacks against me I am convinced that your proposed study will be 'made difficult under my guidance. Since my sole object has been and is to serve your repeatedly expressed decire to obtain first-hand information from personal observation, I respectfully suggest and. in your behalf, implore that you relieve me completely from all my duties in connexion with your American trip." Mr Bedaux concluded that the dissociation was necessary in spite of the Duke's insistence, and he closed, "I remain, sire, your devoted friend."