Evening star., 1937-01-17
WINDSOR MAY co
TOCANNES SOON
Feeling Is Expressed That
Mrs. Simpson and Duke
Will See Each Other.
By the Associated Press.


CANNES. France. January l6.-A
sudden dash OF the Duke of Windsor
to the woman for whom he sacrificed
his throne would be no surprise to
most Riviera folk.
Repeated and emphatic statements
made in behalf of Mrs. Wallis Simp-
son that she has no plans for seeing
the Duke before. Spring and that in
no event will he come to Cannes.
have not dispeHed the local belief
that he may show up at any moment.
Such statements. at first doubted.
are now generally accepted as sincere.
But, people point out, the Duke Is
known as very impulsive person
and any plan can be changed.
The voluntary separation Of the
two who seem destined to a high
place in future accounts Of the great
loves Of history puzzles the people
Of Cannes and nearby resorts.
Why. they ask, should two persons
who showed a disregard for con-
ventionalism to the extent of shaking
an empire. now become so scrupulous
on the score?
Question Of Sacrifice.
Why, they ask, should a man who
loves a woman so much that he gave
up his kingdom for her. and who
surely must long to see her, deprive
himself of her company for months?
Some fine day. they predict almost
unanimously. the Duke, bored with
the loneliness of his Austrian castle,
will rush to her, final decree or no
final decree.
The coming Of the former King
would not necessarily prevent the
granting OF Mrs. Simpsons final de-
cree Of divorce. IN the period be-
tween the granting of the decree nisi
and the final decree Mrs. Simpson Is
put on good behavior. But she is not
forbidden to see any man, not even
one who has publicly declared his
love for her.
In predicting the coming of the
duke before Spring. Cannes folk ad-
init they are fathering the thought
with the wish.
They don't deny they would like
to see him-the visiting foreigners
because it would provide a new thrill
and the local people because it would
be good for business.
Purchase Of Villa Possible.
And If he doesn't arrive before then
he surely will buy a villa on the
Riviera and settle down here. Riviera
people say, pointing out that this
strip Of coast has always been at
tractive to him.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Simpson lives at
Villa Lou Wei and participates more
and more in the social life of Cannes.
No longer do crowds gather when
she goes shopping. no longer do people
stare at her. Cannes has become ac-
customed to her.
She attends dinner parties and
plays bridge both at Loui Wei and
at the villas of several friends, she
taxes drives through the mountains,
she strolls in the garden and reads
and writes-and talks each day by
telephone with the former King.
Her plans are to remain at Lou
Wei until the final decree is granted
and then. presumably, to marry the
Duke Of Windsor.
Some say the marriage will take
place in Budapest, some say in Italy.
Nothing in this respect has been con-
firmed, and doubtlessly nothing will
until the ceremony is performed.
Where they will live also Is q mys-
terry, perhaps as much to themselves
as to others. Two things are certain,
a person very close to Mrs. Simpson
says-they will not 60 to America and
will not return to England for some
time.