Evening star., 1936-11-30
.LAWMAKER BACKS
KING EDWARD S
RIGHT TO ROMANCE
Canadian Woman M. P.
0mits Reference, However,
in Town Hall Talk.
LIBERAL POINT OF VIEW
IS TOLD IN Interview
But the Hon. Agnes MacPhail
Cuts Short Questioning
by Reporters.

sS
A marriage between King Edward
VIII Of England and Mrs. Wallis
Warfield Simpson Of Baltimore, Md,
is the affair of King Edward and
Mrs. Simpson, the Hon. Agnes Mac
Phail, only woman member Of the
Canadian Parliament. told reporters
after her talk last night before the
Town Hall at the Shoreham Hotel.
In the midst of her explanation of
her liberal point Of view on the
worlds most famous current romance,
she suddenly halted when she real
lied she was talking for publication
and declined to expound further her
thoughts on the matter.
Miss MacPhail earlier had been re-
lieved Of the embarrassment of speak
ing directly to the Town Hall audi
ence concerning King Edwards
American friend by Huston Thomp-
son, chairman of the Board Of Trus-
tees of the Town Hall and presiding
officer Of the meeting, who announced:
There are many questions before
me concerning Canada's attitude to-
ward the lady whose name we haven't
named and whose name we are not
going to name. and I am not going
to ask these questions Of Miss Mac
Phail."
They should do as they please" 4"
Miss MacPhail told reporters of King
Edward and Mrs. Simpson, before she
stopped and exclaimed:
Really, can't say anything"
Stresses Canadian Freedom.
At the beginning of her talk Miss
MacPhail. who has been a Canadian
legislator since 1921 without pledging
allegiance to any political party, en-
phasized Canada's feeling of freedom
from England, whose King is nomi-
nally Canada's King.
Miss MacPhail said she was pleased
by the good will existing between Can
ada and the United States, but the
Canadian M. p, who Is a vigorous
worker in the cause of peace, con-
demned our armaments policy:
If you wish the world to pay more
attention to the brave, sweet words
about good will and peace which DRIP
from the lips Of your President Roose.
velt. ! should say it is time to call q
halt on military and naval appro.
priations.
Il am not goot at hiding what
think, and so am saying it. thinl
there is a point at which military
preparations cease to become defensive
and become offensive to those look.
ing on"
Miss McPhail, who was the frs
woman appointed to membership or
the League of Nations Disarmament
Commission, expanded this point wher
she was asked by the audience if she
did not think American military
strength would not aid Canada in thu
event Of aggression from the Fal
East?"
Il never get along with people whit
fear nations are coming across great
seas to gobble us up." she replied.
One Of the sensations of the evening
was provided by member OF the
panel Of questioners, holder of an i'm.
portant New Deal post, who expressed
his lack Of sympathy with a major
New Deal policy. He was Kenneth
Simpson, secretary of the Securitie.
and Exchange Commission, who in.
terrupted another member of the pane
to say:
Il think 1t would be great II We
could get rid of some of our gold. Cole
gets you nothing but a sense of secur.
ity. Great Britain in her great day.
did not seek gold. She held interest.
bearing paper and put the gold to worl
In other parts of the world. I wish
Canada would sell her gold to coun.
tries like Germany and Austria anc
others with unbalanced budgets ane
deprecated currencies."
Gold Policy Discussion.
Gold is one Of this country's CHIEF
imports from Canada, and the policy
OF buying gold in unlimited quantities
was initiated by President Roosevelt
in 1893.
II hope you in the United States
don't get wise to that" Miss Mac
Phail said after Simpson spoke.
Canada should be represented at the
1nter-American Peace Conference at
Buenos Aires. Argentina, Miss Mac
Phail said, but Canada asked not to
be invited" She continued:
II think 1t is a neighborhood meet
ing and that we are one Of the neigh
bors. If the conference brings out
that there will be no domination by
the United States, 1t will hasten the
day Of Canada's realization that her
place is definitely North American"