The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-03
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at the grave constitutional issue to be raised by Q conflict between the kings intentions and the advice of his ministers, but nearly oil of them sAw' that the real justification of Doctor BluntS remarks lay Gin the words of the Yorkshire P0sD in the certain statements which have appeared h reputable United States journals, even in some Dominion newspapers, and which cannot be treated with indifference
 Tt is . simple fact that the the American campaign of publicity % long wisely ignored in this couTl- try, now has reached the point where it goes far beyond that side of His MajHety'S life which may just y held to be private. Transatlantic journalism, aS everyone knows whose business ic to follow it-and in this case, the flood of letters and newspaper cuttings reaching public men in England, leaves no escape s subject to periodical waves of ex- citement about some particular topic . personal topic by choice, above all. such . topic as the personality of the king of England.
 Reflects Interest
 "And here, at least, 1t Is fair to say that 1t faithfully reflects the interest of great mass of it's read. CTS, for Americans gre essentially personal people who are in the habit of assessing other countries by the character of their outstand- ing figures, Musgolini, 5tAlin, Hitler, or whoever 1t may be.
 King George v, as many of them have written lately, was such 2 typical figure in their eyes. He stood for them, for the solid worth of England, and his present majesty. who is known ct first hand to far more of them than any of his pre- decesgors, came to the throne, for this reason, with all the greater op- portunity for pcrpetuating and strengthening tradition--to the irn- mense advantage of relations be- tween the two great English speak ing dcmocracies.
 Fast Diss Jpearing
 "That opportunity has seemed lately to be fast disappearing in the picture daily drawn in scores of American newspapers--Tnuch of 1t exaggerated, some of 1t sheer in- vention, but displaying sufficient basis in fact to make it plausible.
 Tt has even gone to the length Of in the last fortnight of predicting a marriage Incompatible with the throne and announcing Queen Mary,s approval of it--guggcstions which may well becm startling to most of the kingy g'/5jecY in Eng land but which are doing infinite harm in the United States and the British domin:0ns. For the reaction to this gpate of gossip ig by no means what might have been expected by those whose whole impression of Americans B derived from their popular press.
 Tt ig neither light-hcartcd nor indifferent and certainly b not sym pathetic. On the contrary, there is the most profound and widespread sense of bewildermcnt extending far beyond the individual monarch, to the admired and enyied i1stitu- ton of British monarchy itself.
 Path of King Not Easy
 "The path of q king can never be an easy onc--leaBt Of all of king who has reached middle age with out the blessing of a happy marriage. Princes, (wrotc that sagacious com- mcntator, The Trimmer Halifax,) might rather expect to be lamented than enyied for being in q station that expogeth them if they do not do more t0 answer mems expecta- tiong than human nature will allow, If that was true in the 17tl. century, it is doubly true in the goth, for tt is q curious paradox that in an age which often ig supposed to be more lax and more tolerant than its pre- dccessorB, and in countries which pride themselves on the obliteration of social distinctions. there survives more universally than ever before, a sense that kingghip must Dc kept above public criticism.
 No reasonable person expects more iin Halifaxg words) than hu- man nature will allow Even . king is entitled to his relaxation and the companionship of his chosen friends. What he cannot and will not afYord--and what the nation and empire cannot afford--is that the influence of the great once he holds Ghould be weakened If ever his pri- vate inclinA.i were to come in open conflict with public duty and De allowed to prevail"