England A waits Expectant

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 290, 8 December 1936, Page 7

England A waits Expectant

All Quiet at Fort Belvedere

Labour Leaders Denial

United Press Assn.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

Received Tuesday, 2 a.m.

LONDON, Dec. 7,

Sunday night’s meeting of Cabinet lasted an hour and 40 minutes. It may result in a long statement by the Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwin) in the House of Commons Monday, which may contain a surprise and possibly a revelation of something of what the King said during his consultations with the Pi'ime Minister after the crisis.

Private notice of a question from Major C. R. Attlee (leader of the Opposition) may lead to Mr. Baldwin disclosing his Majesty’s expressed intentions and more clearly indicating a solution.

There was less activity overnight at the King’s country house,-Fort Belvedere, which was confirmed by the earlier extinction of the lights which hitherto were visible well into the morning.

The King’s legal adviser, Mr. Monckton, again spent the night there and left at 9.30 for London.

The Dominions Minister, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, was an early visitor to No. 10 Downing Street, carrying a bundle of documents, which were assumed to be in preparation of Mr. Baldwin’s statement in the Commons, which is expected at p.m. after which the ordinary business will be resumed.

Baldwins Statement To-day