Britain Allegedly Nervous

Northern Advocate, 10 May 1939, Page 5

Britain Allegedly Nervous

NEW YORK, May‘9. The newspapers print the Duke of Windsor's address on their front pages, using the full text, but emphasis is placed on the circumstances of its delivery rather than on what he said. The “New York Herald-Tribune,” after referring to the international situation, commented editorially: “The times are serious for Royal visitings' and the somewhat ill-timed message bi’oadcast by the Duke of Windsor, with its completely ill-conceived suppression by the British Broadcating monopoly, falls oddly in the midst of his brother’s progress. Sentiments of Little Meaning. , “The speech’s unexceptionable sentiments were of the sort that have little meaning except when they come from men in positions of influence and responsibility, such as the Duke of Windsor no longer holds. “One could not help wondering first, why the appeal was made, and second, why the British are still so nervous about their former Prince.” Both the United Press and the Associated Press say it is understood from 'a reliable source that because of London criticism that he was “beginning to act up” os soon as the King was out of the country, the Duke conversed with the King on Sunday night by radiophone aboard the Empress of Australia, and the King is understood to have given permission for the talk.