Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Oceasional rain probably tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow; lowest tem- perature tonight about 40 degrees; gentle winds. Temperatures—Highest, 44, at noon today; lowest, 36, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page A-21. Closing New York Markets, Page 20 84th YEAR. No. 33,826. Entered as second class matter WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936—SIXTY-SIX PAGES. ###### WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foend The onl; i | in Washington wi Associated Press News ng u and Wirephoto Services. aper the Yesterday’s Circulation, 141,776 (Some returns not yet received.) (). Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. YORK TO BECOME KING AS EDWARD QUITS; BALDWIN BARES FULL ABDICATION STORY ® < ADMIRES KING FOR “COURAGE,” SAYS MINISTER Empire Must Go Ahead With Destiny Undisturbed, He Declares in Commons. EDWARD STAYED AT BELVEDERE TO AVOID CHEERS OF HIS PEOPLE Couldn’t Face Them While Making De- cision—Penciled Note Calls for Aid to York. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 10.—Prime Minister Baldwin, appearing before the House of Commons to announce the abdication of King Edward, went into great detail concerning the discussions with the monarch during which every effort was made to avoid the crisis. Discussing the futile negotiations, the prime minister said: “I have to move that his majesty’s most gracious message be now considered. “No more grave message has ever been received by Parliament and no more difficult and I might almost say more repugnant task has ever been imposed upon the prime minister. “I will ask the House, which I know will not be without sympathy for me now, to remember that in this last week I have had little time in which to compose a speech for delivery today. “And so I must tell what I have to tell, truthfully, sincerely and plainly, with no attempt to dress up or to adorn, and I shail have little or nothing to say in the way of comment or criticism, of praise or blame. “I think my best course today and one that the House would desire is to tell them so far as I can what has passed between his majesty and myself and what has led up to the present New Ruler of Britain’s Vast Empire situation “I would like to say at the start that his majesty as Prince of Wales | has honored me for many years with @ friendship which I value and I know that he would agree with me “n. g to you that it was not only s p but between man and man a friendship of perfection. | Tells of Friendship. | “I would like to tell the House when | 1 begin that when I said ‘good-by’ ! on Tuesday night at Fort Belvedere we both knew and felt and said to each other that that friendship, so far from being impaired py discus- sions this last week, bound us more | closely together than it ever has and | would last for life. “Now, sir, the House will want to, know when it was that I had my first | interview with his majesty. “I may say that his majesty has been most gemerous in allowing me to tell the House the pertinent part of the discussions tha’ took place be- tween us. “As the House is aware, I had been ordered in August and September to take a complete rest, which, owing to the kindness of my staff and consider- ation of all my colleagues, I was able to enjoy fully, and when October came, although I had been ordered to take & rest that month, I felt I could not in fairness to my work take a further holiday and I came, as it were, on half time before the middle of October. “I was then for the first time sinoe the beginning of August in a position to look into things. “There were two things that dis- quieted me at that moment. “There was coming into my office of a vast volume correspondence mainly at that time from British subjects and American citizens of British origin in the United States, all expressing perturbation and un- easiness on what was then appearing in the American press. “I was aware also that there was in the near future a divorce case com- ing on, the results of which made me realize that possibly a difficult situa- tion might arise later. Some One Should See Him. “T felt it was essential that some one should see his majesty and warn him of the difficult situation that might arise later if occasion was given for continuation of this kind of gossip and criticism—that might come if this gossip and criticism spread from the other side of the Atlantic to this country. “I thought in the circumstances there was only one who could speak to him and talk the matter over with (See BALDWIN, Page A-4.) DIVISION ANNIHILATED IN DRIVE INTO MONGOLIA. Gen. Fu Claims Capture of Irreg- ular Stronghold of Tamiao as He Presses On. BY the Associated Press. KWEISUI, Suiyuan Province, China, December 10—~Gen. Fu Tso-Yi an- nounced today his Suiyuanese defend- ers had annihilated a division of ir- regular Manchouquan troops, open- ing up a wide area of inner Mongolia to Chinese domination. 1 Gen. Pu's headquarters claimed cap- ture of the irregular Mongol strong- hold of Tamiao, 756 miles east of Pailingimiao, which fell before the Chinese advance two weeks ago. The victory, if confirmed, would herald an early end to the fighting in Suiyuan, which is now largely un- der Chinese domination, observers said, and the spread of the central government’s authority throughout COMNENT DENED BY M. SIHPSON “Has Nothing to Say” on Abdication—Edward Un- likely to Visit Villa. BY the Associated Press CANNES, Prance, December 10.— Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson “has nothing to say” concerning the abdi- cation of King Edward, her spokes- man, Lord Brownlow, declared today. She asserted through another inter- mediary, Herman Rogers, that there is not “the remotest possibility” that Edward will join her in Lou Viei Villa here “now or later.” It was Rogers, a New Yorker, who offered her the use of the villa after she left London. Lord Brownlow said Edward’s Amer- ican friend had been informed of his abdication before word of it was brought to the villa by newspaper men. “There Is No Statement.” “There is no statement and there will be no statement,” he said, visibly shaken with emotion. Lord Brownlow was a gentleman-in-waiting to the King. Twilight shadows were just begin- ning to fall from orange and pine trees alcng the lane leading to the villa when newspaper men received word that the British monarch was leaving his throne. Two dogs in a nearby house howled disconsolately. Before the abdication was officially announced in London, Rogers de- clared: “Not only is the King not coming to the villa, but he is not coming to the Riviera. Plans Not Known. “What his definite plans are we do not know but we do know that much. “There are no changes so far as Mrs. Simpson’s plans are concerned. She (See SIMPSON, Page A-4) Edward Is Held Likely to Live At Warrenton Virginia Friend of Mrs. Simpson Calls It “Probable.” and escort of Wallis Warfield Spencer during her divorce proceedings here in 1927, said today he considered it “not at all unlikely” for the King and “In fact, it wouldn't surprise me at all,” sald the 35-year-old banker George VI, the former Duke of York, who today became King of England, when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. POPE HAS RELAPSE FROM PARALYSIS Rallies Somewhat After Treatment, but May Never Walk Again. BYthe Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 10.—It DAIL SESSION CALLED Irish Prepare to Rush Through Emergency Legislation. PARLIAMENT TOLD OF ABDICATION. I Text of King’s Message By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 10.—King Edward's words in renouncing the Briitsh throne were read as fol- lows: “I have determined to renounce the throne. “After long and anxious con- sideration I have determined to renounce the throne to which I succeeded on the - death of my “Realizing as I do the gravity of this step, I can only hope.that I shall have the understanding of my peoples in the decision I have taken and the reasons which have led me to take it. “I will not enter now into my private feeling, but I would beg that it should be remembered that “My execution of this instrument has been witnessed by my three brothers, their royal highnesses the Duke of York, the Duke of Glou- cester and the Duke of Kent, “I deeply appreciate -the spirit which has actuated the appeals which have been made to me to take a different decision and I have before reaching my final de- termination most fully pondered over them. “But my mind is made -up. Moreover further delay cannot but be most injurious to the peoples whom I have tried to serve as Prince of Wales and as King, and whose future happiness and pros- perity are the constant wish of my heart. “I take my leave of them in the confident hope that the course which I have thought it right to follow is that which is best for the stability of the throne and empire and happiness of my people. “I am deeply sensible of the consideration which they have al- will extend in full measure to my successor. “I sm most anxious that there should be no delay of any kind in giving effect to the instrument which I have executed, and that ISSUE OVERSUBSCRIBED —_— Morgenthau Reports Heavy De- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. CURB ON INDUSTRY IN WARTIME URGED " Drastic Control of Finance and Business Proposed by Army and Navy. ‘B the Assoclated Press. Drastic regulation of industry and finance, including Government control of prices, was proposed today' by the Army and Navy in an industrial mobil- ization plan designed to insure unin- terrupted supply of the Nation's armed forces in event of war. Representing a revision of the 1931 and 1933 mobilization programs, the new plan will be submitted to Congress with the draft of proposed legislation. It would commit the Government to & sweeping policy of “industrial pre- paredness” so adequate munitions and equipment might be produced when needed with & minimum disruption of . Powers Given President. ‘The President, at his discretion In time of war, would be empowered to: 1. Fix prices of commodities and reg- ulate their manufacture, use, sale and distribution; real estate prices rentals also could be “frozen.” ‘management per- sonnel into Government service and And at’ .|the truth, Mvs. Simpson, th 5. Set up & $500,000,000 fund for emergency capital loans industry. RETIRING RULER BELIEVED READY TO DEPART SOON Monarch Determined to Wed Mrs. Simpson From Outset, Prime Minister Says. TELLS OF HIS FRIENDLY TALKS WITH SOVEREIGN ON RUMORS Formal Statement of Edward Asks Lawmakers to Name Successor at Once—Canterbury Comments, : BULLETIN. LONDON, December 10 (A.P.).—“We can do no other than accept it,” said Opposition Leader Attlee in an address to the House of Com- mons tonight after that body reconvened to con- sider legisjation to make King Edward’s abdica- tion efféctive. By the Auoc.n(eé’?reu. LONDON, December 10.—King Edward of England abdicated his ancient, mighty throne today. e He ;dli nfixzry Wallis Warfield Simpson as man, not onarch. Albert 'Fraderick Arthur George, the tall, 40-year-old Duke of Yprk; will rule over the 495,000,000 subjects of the mt;lwsmp e on earth. e Ed qfld“ GE‘;ZfiiX‘g Tel report, B an e Tele, h , inten leave the country, probably t.omorr%!:.p ote In “a me from his majesty the King, signed by his own hpq" apt. Edward Algernon Fitzroy, Speaker of the House ounced the abdication to a House of Com- m!xlm in which tension and hysteria were breathing, living gs. : the globe, through sundown and dawn, to those who bear allegiance to England’s King flashed this message from their sovereign: “After:loag and ‘anxious consideration, I have deter- mined to yendunce the throne to which I succeeded on the death of njy rather, and I now am communicating this, my final and $rrevocable decision.” Go!veinment Victor in Tremendous Struggle. In that épochal moment of eight centuries, the Com- mons, thq pgople and the empire saw their government victoriousiin:a tremendous constitutional struggle with a monarch wha reigned for less than a year. . Rather than give up the twice-divorced American woman wEo Yaited today within the rain-splashed walls of a villa on tpe [Cote d’Azur, in France, balked by state and church injhig desire for morganatic marriage, Edward VIII signed n,orning the decree of abdication. York, his! heir, and his other two brothers, the Dukes of Gloucestej and Kent, witnessed the historic deed. And the swift mac¢hinery to make a new King began throbbing in London ar;d ughout the empire, while the King, through Baldwin, fol§ the Parliament assembled: “My t‘ln,l is made up * * * further delay cannot but be inju: ‘ous %o phe people whom I have tried to serve * * * “I caniorjly hope that I shall have the understanding of my peoples. § * *” iBaldwin Moves Immediate Consideration. s 1 somber, Stanley Baldwin, the first mi T, g | ag?:omlderauon oteythe abdication hy Parliament, s the King’s own wish, for his message said: st anxious that there should be no delay of any kind in giving ef to the instrument which I have executed, and that all necessary §teps should be taken immediately to secure that my . my brother, his royal highness the Duke of end the throne.” p, breathless, hush, Baldwin pleaded for an under- in the most “repugnant task ever imposed ter,” and told tlfi; smg lgée 1t_he momentous weeks an Tl m! . 'e‘;’fgfifby. %x? Tu:sday night,” Baldwin told his rr‘:vhlle unsmiling crowds surged and jostled outside Square, “we both knew, and felt, and said to each friendship—so far from being impaired by the dis- is last week—bound us more closely together than it ever had- d that it would last for life.” Parlian.ejt will remain in session, it was indicated, until all m;‘u :‘;emgken for the abdication of one King ay A Co:ncll will be called together, followed by a special in ‘Commons. The members of Parliament are expected their pew oath of allegiance on Monday. i 3bdication Law Ready for Introduction. A bill t¢ rpake the abdication law is ready now for introduction, here and ir the dominions. Ha, 2 ward’s renunciation of the throne came without his pledge of hope for the empire’s stability and the ple’ ppiness gave the whole situation the aspect of a lward. last fateful country drama. to take th his younger brother, the Duke of Kent, spent the ents of his reign at Turreted Fort Belvedere, the t which has been the focal point of the empire's Parliament heard the word of abdication the new Duke of Gloucester had left Edward’s side to motor n of Windsor. ry had gene to her second son’s home in while Commons assembled. la Lou Viei at Cannes, even before the world knew A rough her kesman-host, Herman Rogers, said flatly that Edward would not join her there. That the plans of the man who had been King and the woman he loves a secret unto themselves. whole crisis for Commons in a voice low He described his discussions with the and told the members how Edward from determination to marry her. to speak,” he said, “it was my duty * * * not only as counselor but as friend.” the monarch had wrestled with the Pludml