The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-07
ANNOUNCEMENT OF MRS. SIMPSON
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No Reason for Hurry
 The suggestions reached the king through a group of members of parliament close to Winston Church. ill--who, it is to be noted, has been at the forefront of thoG who insist that there is no reason for hurry in : solving the emergency.
 As result of the suggestions, 1t was said in authoritative quarters, the chances that the king would ab- dicate-which were said to have been 10 to 1-were no more than 2 to l today.
 It is known now that Churchill saw the king secretly Friday eve ming.
 The latest suggestion was con- veyed to the king actually this nor ming, the United Press was informed, and at once brought new hope that there might be a solution of the crisis. It was made through his closest advisers who have been with him during his ordeal at Fort Bel vedere.
 Renouncing Proposed
 Behind the Suggestion-made by the kings own supporters-there was apparently belief that it would be better for the country if the king renounced Mrs. Simpson. It was impossible, in the frame of mind in which the king has been for days, bluntly to propose that he chuck" Mrs. Simpson.
 Instead 1t was suggested delicately that he calmly ponder the problem and, if he thought it advisable, to discuss with her the advisability of letting water flow under the bridge, as 1t was expressed, while he re- tained his sceptre.
 If after a trial period the king decided he would be unbearably unhappy without Mrs. Simpson, his friends pointed out to him, he would then remain free to abdicate at a laster date and to marry the woman he desired.
 The consultation with the king through his advisers at once dis closed, it was said, his urgent wish to adhere unswervingly to tEe con- stitution and avoid any gesture, however slight. that would jeopar- dize its integrity.
 Must Tell World
 If the king adopted his friends counsel, after a conference with Mrs. Simpson, he would be expected to make clear to the world, without specifically mentioning Mrs. Simp- sons name, that he accepted both the constitutional position and the advice of his cabinet.
 He would then emphasize his de- cision to refrain from marrying con- trary to his ministers advice or at the risk of infringing the constitu- ton.
 This formula, 50 one of the most responsible of the grounp behind the suggestion, told the United Press, is definitely regarded as a last resort to save the king for his throne and for the country which loves him.
 The cabinet is said in reliable quarter to be ready to await the kings decision if he pursued this course.
 Sense of Chivalry
 There is a feeling, in line with the new plan, that the king has been impelled by a gentleman's sense of chivalry to refuse the pleas of his government and his own mother to give up Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
 It is understandable that the king would not put his own job first in such a matter. But that he has made himself deaf to pleas that he give up Mrs. Simpson as matter of duty is now asserted to be a deter mination mot to let Wallis down. that is, to marry her even if he must abdicate to do 50 now that her life has been inextricably brought into this emergency.
 The United Press informant said that many of the kings admirers were convinced there must be some thing much stronger than mere in- fatuation to make perhaps the worlds most popular fiugre suddenly emerge, after g years of devotion to duty, headstrong man who re- sisted angrily the pleas of govern ment and family that he was en- dangering the prestige of the throne.
 These admirers feel that a desire to stand by Mrs. Simpson, to share the responsibility for any humilia- ton that may result to her, to show the world that he, as an English man, is determined to be gentle man at any cost, is really behind the kings apparent indifference to please those who want him to choose between abandoning Mrs. Simpson and abdicating.