Evening star., 1936-12-04
AMERICAN PRESS
' SIDES WITH KING
William Allen White Tells
Edward What to Say
With Loudspeaker.
b the Associated Press.

heav1ly on the Slue OF hlnS Go"aiu
In his desire to marry. Mrs. Wallis
Simpson over the objections Of his
ministers and empire.
The New York Times said: "s
He (King EdwardD has to conform to
constitutional usage. He is spoken OF
symbol of the power Of the state and
unity of the empire. Yet he must do
nothing as separate person to i'm
pair the great convention which is
the condition Of his being on the
throne"
William Allen White, in the En-
poria Gazette: If he (King Edward)
wanted to solidify himself in the
hearts Of the world he would stalk out
on the front porch of Buckingham
Palace with loud speaker In his
hand and say to the wide world:
"'Well, as was saying, never did
care so much for this Ringing job.
Anyway, I got me plenty of rocks.
spondulix and other quick assets, and
so far as that goes what are you going
to do about it? Anyway, you are
all bunch of white -livered hypocrites,
for if I was to carry this gal on the
pay roll as a subrosa cutie instead OF
taking her in through the front door
and giving her a good name, you would
all wink and snicker and say "Oh, we'll,
boys will be boys" but anyway she Is
not that kind of a girl and am
not that kind of a fellow and
now in closing, ladies and gentlemen,
my beloved people and all sundry. will
you kindly excuse me for a minute
while you 60 to hell'"
Kansas City Star: while the Bald
win government and the King seem to
have reached an impasse. the English
people are famous for their ability to
work out compromises to meet any
situation"
Made Rule Object Of Test.
New York Daily News: by trying
to merge the public and private sides
of his life, Edward VIII has made
himself, and therefore his kingship,
the subject Of gossip. cartoons. revue
Jokes and so on"
New York Herald Tribune: "A
forced abdication might threaten the
emotional and symbolic usefulness Of
the monarchy quite as thoroughly as
might the opposed marriage"
Cleveland News: Whatever hap
pens, she (Mrs. Simpson, has carved
herself a niche in history. She can
not be less than the woman who al
most shattered Great Britain"
st. Paul Pioneer Press: "Com-
moner, even multiple divorcee. might
be tolerated as queen, but when to
all that is added American touch
the delightful snobbery with which
English regard their royalty can stand
no more. Temptation is strong to tell
those Englishmen Mrs. Simpson would
make just as good queen as most
they have had and better than
some"
Hero Of Liberals.
Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal-"It
Is a battle of conservatism VS.. liberal
ism and the King has become the
hero and idol of the Liberals. Edward
has won the support of the masses.
He has enraged only the ruling caste"
Baltimore Evening Sun-"It would
be pleasant and even thrilling to go
on believing that the present uproar
In Great Britain were pure Cinder-
ella story-that it all grew out of the
desire Of a prince charming to wed
the girl Of his choice. But alas, fairy
stories are still fairy stories, and un-
less we are mistaken, much Of the ex-
citement is simply politics. and rather
unpleasant politics at that"
Poor King, Poor Minister"
Chicago Daily News-"Poor King,
poor Mrs. Simpson, poor prime min
ister-each torn by conflicting loyal
ties. It Is like a Greek tragedy. The
tangle is such now that, whoever wins,
no really happy solution seems pos
sible."
Chicago Tribune-"Edward has done
himself, his family and the crown in
durable injury. He is now only an.
other instrument Of government who
can be called to question, even as one
of his ministers and for conduct a
minister would not have to answer for.
The legendary royal immunity begins
to take on the form of myth"
Oakland (Calif) Tribune: "Give
Wally Simpson a breaks it not pos
sible that he (the King) was largely
instrumental in inducing the capti-
waiting lady to apply for a divorce?
Is she to be. left waiting at the
church? King Edward is Of age.
Will he have the courage to follow
the dictates Of his own heart or sue
cumb to criticism of high British
oficials?"
San Francisco Chronicle: "An
England knows what all America
knew months ago, that it's self
imposed censorship has done more
harm than good. We are witnessing,
first as gossip, now as a constitutional
crisis, what the literature of the fu-
ture may place first in great ro-
mances Of history"
Held Matter Of Contract.
Santa Fe IN. Mex.) New Mexican:
'There is no issue of puritanism, only
Of a contract. If he (King Edward)
isn't ready to 60 through with that
job he should abdicate at once.
If you are going to carry on you have
to live up to the rules"
Denver (Colo) News: I'VE think
that much Of the opposition to the
King. if it could be fairly traced to
the origin, would be found running
much deeper than just the Simpson
issue. He seemed to be insisting on
living his own way rather than follow
ing the rule book Of royalty. All that
jrked. Then the Simpson affair came
along and that gave those who were
already lifting their eyebrows and
struggling their shoulders something
on which to hang their hats, 50 to
speak"
King