The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-12
THE ENGLISH CRISIS PASSES

1.-The king is dead-Long live the KING!
Edward VIII is numbered with those
who have reigned as the kings OF the vast
British empire. The king is now George w.
The empire stands-stands the strain Oh
this unusual and remarkably dramatic cpl
sode. AS we say in our American vernac-
ular, Great Britain is doing business at the
old Stand. 1t would require something in
the nature of world cataclysm to do more
than momentarily disturb the steady march
of John Bulls empire, or to disturb the
equilibrium of the peoples of the islands
and the dominions. The British are steady
and dependable in the management OF
their internal affairs; they are conserva-
tive and, again as We say in the United
States, they are practical and hard-headed,
The love affair of their king with the
American woman has stirred the British
empire-at home and in the dominions.
This is the perfectly natural consequences
of the affair-one that is tragic in some OF
its aspects in spite of what now appears to
be the satisfactory settlement of the diff
Guilty engineered by Prime Minister STAN
ley Baldwin.
Edward was forced to choose Mrs. Simp-
son or the crown. He chose Mrs. Simpson.
There is no reason to suppose that ne was
ignorant in the beginning of the conse-
quences of his association with Mrs. Simp-
son if he proposed to marry her and make
her his queen. He is no doubt as familiar
as any citizen of the empire with the laws
and customs of his country; and if he
thought he could ignore them and have his
way, he, of course, showed lack of judg-
ment. If he was willing, as he evidently
was, to surrender the crown and take Mrs.
Simpson, that was his privilege. His course
will be approved by some and condemned
by others. The outcome for Edward and
Mrs. Simpson is matter which the world
will be interested in watching, but it will
have to unfold as the years pass and no
present predictions of the outcome as it
will affect the lives of the couple is Justi-
fed at present. ...,
Certainly, all right thinking people, re-
SAulcSS VI IllSil views VI bhS ,tiSh1 VI
wrong of the kings action, will wish him
and his American wife long life and great
happiness. The king has made stagger-
ing sacrifice for the purpose of marrying
Mrs. Simpson. 1t remains to be seen if she
is the woman who can show understanding
and appreciation of the sacrifice and in re
turn make the remainder of Edwards life
happy and successful. .,.
George vi may make a more satlsfac
tory record as King of England than Ed
ward VIII would have made. Edward has
and has voiced great confidence, in hi
brothers qualifications for the position o
monarch. Those who are, informed holt
similar views. In addition to his persona
qualifications the new king has as hi
queen a woman who approaches the idea
from the standpoint of British opinion a
to what the wife of the monarch ought t.
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Queen Elizabeth is an attractive, gra
cious, intelligent and practical woman. Al
a woman, housewife, the mother of chill
dren, she has measured up to the. highes
British standards. There is every reason
to believe that she will be as highly re
garded as queen.
The Austrian compositor who tried t.
commit suicide by eating type might a