VIEWS IN AMERICA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 7 December 1936, Page 7

VIEWS IN AMERICA.

MUCH “PLAINLY SILLY.” OTHER EXPRESSIONS FRIENDLY. NEW YORK, Dec. 5. The British crisis continues to dominate the Press, and newspaper circulations are reported to be mounting. In kind and variety the comment on the news beggars description. A great deal of it is plainly silly, but some seriously examines the constitutional question. Some is vicious, but most of it is friendly and romantic. The New York World Telegram says that public sentiment and democracy in the final analysis are the real, ruler. It is sometimes slow to form and act, but once it is aroused it sweeps everything and so the answer will be given by the great rank and file which, as yet, has scarcely been heard from. The Herald-Tribune, in a leading article on the world issue ; says: “If the sudden and incredible crisis in which the British Crown has been involved has revealed nothing else it has revealed to thinking citizens of every nation the basic importance of the British Empire in the world structure. The far-flung sympathy with the King is the sympathy that every human being feels with the appealing theme that the world is well lost in the cause of love, but the problem of the Empire brings other factors into play. No man can say what will happen to the distant Dominions if the powerful centralising force of the Crown is removed. Americans will not pretend to offer advice, but cannot conceal that profound concern that a solution may be found before irreparable damage is done will be the universal hope.” Among many leading Americans who are commenting on the situation is Mr H. L. Mencken, who says: “It is the biggest Cinderella story.” Mr Upton Sinclair, a second cousin of Airs Simpson. has cabled a protest to the British Cabinet. A group of Columbia University professors have issued a symposium emphasising the possibility of a compromise with the Dominions’ conventionality rather than the constitutional position. Dr. Lewis Allen, who officiated at the birth of Mrs Simpson at Monterey (Pennsylvania), commented on her popularity. .The New York Sun. in a leading article, is one of few papers to express concern for Queen Mary. It says her perturbation must enlist the sympathy of all. A despatch from Tokio says that Profession Heki, Janan’s leading phrenologist. recommends Airs Simpson .to marry a man with a wide face, broad forehead, and heavy jaw.