HOMAGE TO KING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 8, 8 December 1936, Page 2

HOMAGE TO KING

DEMONSTRATIONS IN LONDON. CHORUSES IN STREETS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 7. 2.0 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 6. W'estmiristcr Abbey was thronged for the morning service. The Archbishop of York, in common with the other clergy throughout Britain, asked 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 members of Cabinet assembled, broke the police cordon and swarmed to the road. Mounted police edged them back, after which they sang the National Anthem and lustily cheered the King. When the members. of Cabinet dispersed a section of the crowd broke out booing and shouting: "Besign ! Wc 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 "He's a Jolly Good Fellow." They chorused, "We want the King! We are going to keep our King!" The police told the crowd 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 the traffic. They swung into a mighty chorus of "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 the representatives of both Houses to an emergency meeting on Monday in order to discuss the crisis.