"TO LOSE KING WOULD BE TRAGEDY”

Northern Advocate, 8 December 1936, Page 5

"TO LOSE KING WOULD BE TRAGEDY”

“DAILY MAIL’S” FIVE QUESTIONS

[United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright .] LReceived 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 7. “The country will be glad to note that the Government is affording the King the fullest opportunity of weighing his decision,” says the “Daily Mail,” pointing out that it is less than a week since the crisis broke into public notice. It says; “The destiny of the Crown, which has endured tor centuries, need not be settled between a Wednesday and a Wednesday. The King must understand by now that, whatever issues have to bo faced* one sentiment predominates. “It is that simple, human, abiding feeling that, to lose this young leader whom the people trust and love, would be one of the darkest tragedies that ever befel loyal and devoted subjects of the realm.” Ministers, as never before, must bend their minds to this profound Empire problem, and must examine every loophole and search exhaustively for a compromise. When the King acquaints them with his wishes, the nation will pray that a way accommodating them will be found to the advantage of Empire and King. Unconventional Make-Up. The “Mail” appears with an unconventional front page. The heading “God Save The King” supersedes a reduced title line, and then, in the boldest type, are five questions including:— Will the Government approach the Dominions to reconsider their verdict against the King and consent to marriage? Would abdication mean the King’s exile? Ttyese are sandwiched between still larger type, stating: “Forty-five million people demand to know,” and “And then they will judge.”

“STAND BY KING” DEMONSTRATORS DEALT WITH

(Received 3 p.m.) LONDON, December 7,

Various suburban police courts dealt with cases in which the accused were fined or discharged with a warning for damaging property by chalking: “Stand by the King!” and similar slogans, sometimes accompanied by a black shirt swastika on walls.

Shortly after Mr Baldwin returned to Downing Street at 9.15 p.m.:, a group of youths pased along Whitehall, selling pamphlets and shouting “Stand by the