THE KING

Evening Star, Issue 22515, 7 December 1936, Page 12

THE KING

SCENES IN LONDON CROWD COLLECTS OUTSIDE PALACE THOUSANDS SING " GOD BLESS PRINCE OF WALES "■ Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 6. (Received December 7, at 2 p.m.) Westminster Abbey was thronged for the morning service. The Archbishop of York, in common with other clergy throughout Britain, asked for divine guidance for the heart and mind of the King, the people of the Empire, ministers, and) law-givers. The police had to clear Downing Street after the Archbishop of Canterbury’s motor was mobbed. The crowd as the members of Cabinet assembled broke the police cordon and swarmed on the road. Mounted police edged them back, after which' they sang the National Anthem lustily and) cheered the King. When the members of Cabinet dispersed a section of the crowd broke out booing and shouting, “Resign! We want the King. We don’t want Baldwin.” Police reserves cleared the street anew and the crowds then moved to Buckingham Palace, where they sang the National Anthem, ‘Land of Hope and Glory,’ and ‘ For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,’ and chorused “ Wo want' the King. We are going to keep our King.” The police told the crowd that the King was not at the Palace ‘.and advised them to depart, but they remained and repeated) the choruses. The crowd grew to several thousand, impeding trafiic, and swung into a mighty chorus with ‘ God Bless the Prince of Wales.’ Earlier a smaller demonstration occurred outside the Duke of York’s home in Piccadilly. The Earl of Mansfield, Mr A. R. Wise, and other Conservative members have invited representatives of both Houses to an ■ emergency meeting tomorrow, in order to discuss the crisis.