Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1936, Page 3

EDWARD GREETED BY LLOYD GEORGE War-Time Premier Wires Regret at “Unchivalrous Attacks Upon You.’f By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 25.—David Lloyd George, war-time prime minister of Britain, startled the nation’ yester- day with a telegram of Christmas greetings to the Duke of Windsor re- gretting “the unchivalrous attacks upon you.” Newspaper nosters blared “new Ed- ward sensation” and displayed promi- nently the text of the telegram sent to the duke in Austria. It read: “Best Christmas greetings from an old minister of the crown who holds you in as high esteem as ever and re- gards you with deeper loyal affection, deplores the shabby and stupid treat- ment accorded you, resents the mean and unchivalrous attacks upon you and regrets the loss sustained by the British empire of a monarch who sym- pathized with the lowliest of his sub- Jects.” EDWARD NOT MERRY. Christmas Eve Cheerfulness Believed to Be Only Show. ENZESFELD, Austria, December 25 () .—For the self-exiled Duke of Windsor it was not a very merry Christmas eve. Last night the former King Edward VIII was alone at the chateau here with his hosts, Baron and Baroness De Rothschild. He nad declined an invitation to join Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania for Christmas. Five Christmas trees blazed with lights in various rooms of the chateau, and earlier the duke looked in at a party at which Baroness De Rothschild distributed gifts to 25 children whose parents are employed on the estate. With the children the duke seemed cheerful enough. But other com- panions were said to detect evidence that his show of cheerfulness was superficial, that he felt his separation from the Christmas testivities of his family at Sandringham Palace and from Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, for love of whom he gave up his throne. Cablegrams and letters, including thousands from America, continued to pour in on the former King, most of them applauding his sacrifice of his crown for love. The duke, however, showed little interest. GIFTS REMAIN MYSTERY. Mrs. Simpson Spends Christmas Eve Quietly. B the Associated Press. CANNES, France, December 24 (7). =—What Christmas gifts, if any, have been exchanged by Edward, Duke of | Windsor, and Mrs., Wallis Warfield Simpson remained a mystery last| night. Herman Rogers of New York, at whose villa Lou Viei here Mrs. Simp- ! son is staying, said, “She won't tell » me anything about that.” He added that as far as he knew no | gift had arrived from the duke's re- treat at Enzesfeld, Austria. Mrs. Simpson spent a quiet Christ- | mas eve, shunning the traditional gay | French celebration at the Cannes Casino. She was expected to remain today at the Rogers villa and to ex- change Christmas greetings with the Duke of Windsor by telephone. 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N Four months that seemed like eons will have passed since that foggy | night on December 3 when the woman, who might have been Queen, said farewell to the man who was King. Four 'months is an eternity to two people STAR Mrs. Simpson in Wax Londoners are talking avidly of the wax figure of former King Edward’s friend, Mrs. Wal lis Simpson, which has just been placed in Mme. Tussaud’s collection of wazwork figures. Finish- ing touches were being applied by workers when the above photo was taken. The King and Myrs. Simpson (This is the final article of a series of ten written by Newbold Noyes, associate editor of The Star, and authorized by his cousin, Wallis Simpson, and the former King Edward VIII.) BY NEWBOLD NOYES. NE happy April day when the who love like these, but they have deci Wallis herself confirmed that decision as recently as the day this article | is being written, There had been so many conflicting stories, so many wild and unsupported rumors that I cabled*" Mrs. Simpson at Cannes. I asked her if it were true that she planned to visit the King in Austria 'n the imme- diate future. Her answer was no. She said more than that. She sald she intended to remain at Cannes, at the villa of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers, “for several months.” I have not communicated with the. ex-King since I left London a fort- night ago. It could be possible, of course, that he would visit the Villa Lou Viei. But I think we can dismiss that possibility as unlikely ‘in the extreme. When Edward of Windsor again meets the woman he loves, I think you may be sure that she will be a free woman, able at last td give an answer to & proposal of marriage, | It has been said that Wallis’ divorce from Ernest Simpson was being has- tened so she and the ex-King might marry by February 1. If any ore | should know the truth -of that state- ment, Wallis Simpson should: Authentic Denial. I asked her if it were true. “The answer is no,” said a cable- gram in reply. For weeks stories have been hum- ming over the cables from London that King Edward has given Mrs. Simpson a fabulous fortune in jewels and that, before she left England, she was forced to return them because they were crown jewels. There was the yarn that Mayfair dowagers had recognized on Mrs. Simpson the same royal jewelry that King Edward VII bought for Queen Alexandra and which she bequeathed to Edward VIII, her faverite grand- . | son, with the remark it was “for your future queen, David, dear.” Owned Attractive Jewelry. It is true that Wallis Simpson had a collection of attentiori-conipelling jewels. ‘They are attractive, many of them, because of their rare antique setting rather than because of their intrinsic worth: A great many of these pieces are family heirlooms. The idea that she was compelled to return any of Edward’s gifts is preposterous, but to set the report to rest forever I asked her by cable if she had been “forced prior leaving England to return large quantity Jjewels claimed as crown property.” Her “No” was as emphatic as & cabled word could be. Aside from the report that the Duke of Windsor is about to purchase “a vast estate” hither, thither and yon, stories have beén printed that Wallis had bought & home in northern Af- z rica and that she was negotiating for the purchase of the old Merryman honjestead in Green Spring Valley, near Baltimore. Another Cable, Another Denial. I queried her about these two ru- mors. She denied them both. Since my return from London I have been told it was learmed “on good authority” that Mrs. Simpson was offering her personal disry for sale, and that she was contracting for the sale of & personal by-line story of her romance. I don't know how many people believed such sn o ‘Winter has lifted its grip from the Austrian slopes, Wallis Warfleld —A. P. Photo. buds are bursting at Villa Lou Viei and Simpson and Edward, Duke of Windsor, will meet again. ided to stick it out. obviously stupid claim, but I cabled her that such reports were in circu- lation. | I'm surprised that she even bothered | to deny them. However, I am glad | that she did. The stories gbout Edward’s “heavy | drinking” during the pre-abdication crisis are not only inaccurate and un- fair, but are actually libelous. “* * * So much brandy and soda was con- tinually taken by his majesty during | the early stages of the crisis.” “s ¢ * And it was necessary once to | apply a stomach pump * * *” In Command of Himself. ‘That is pure hokum. I have al- ready sald that on the night I dined with the King he refused a cocktail and consumed merely one glass of Burgundy with his meal and a small | liqueur afterward. Purthermore, I was in communication with the King several times each day during the period covered by the “heavy drink- ing” balderdash, and I can state defi- nitely that no man was ever more entirely in control of his every faculty than the King was during that. inter- lude. He was calm, decisive and in every respect competent and prepared to deal with the problems he was facing. All of these scurrilous and libelous attacks on his character seem to me the more cowardly because those who made them know perfectly well that the Duke of Windsor’s position pre- cludes the possibility of the ordinary recourse to law available to any com- mon citizen. Among the false rumors circulating here and abroad were in- timations that both the Duke of Wind- sor and Mrs. Simpson were disposed to deny the authenticity of the 10 arti- cles I have written. ‘To dispel any such impression, suf- fice it to say that in response to & cable from me on December 16 asking from Mrs. Simpson a reaffirmation of the approval I was.giver by her and the King prior to the prepara- following cablegram: “Not slightest hint disapproval. Merely upset by claims of rival news organs.” ' Faith Confirmed. The rumors persisted. Again I asked Mrs. Simpson to correct them and to rely on my judgment as to the truth and accuracy with which I was telling their story as I know it. ‘Within a few hours I received this answer: “Trusting -your judgment and very grateful your efforts.” . The story is told, and I hope that the telling of it has been interesting as well as conducive to' & better and truer understanding of two very hu- man and very fine people whose love | Valencia Socialist government, relia- tion of these articles, I received the ‘WASHINGTON, GOLD FREEZNG MAY ALTER PLANS Reserve Board May Find Further Credit Expansion Curb Unnecessary. By the Associated Press. The Federal Reserve Board may not have to curb credit expansion further next month, in the light of the Treas- ury’s program to “sterilize” gold im- ports, officials said yesterday as some congressional critics protested against slowing down credit expansion. ¥ The Treasury’s plan may alter the board’s intentions to exercise its con- trol powers early in January, officials sald. Congressional advocates of currency and credit expansion continued to criticize vigorously the gold steriliza- tion plan, which aims to bar gold im- ports from becoming the basis for added bank credit. Representative Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi issued a statement saying the Treasury policy was threatening the country with “the grave danger of another depression.” He predicted that if “Congress sits supinely by” and permits it to be car- ried out, “our majorities in both houses will be swept away just as fast as the people can get a vote on them.” Rankin declared recent reports that commodity prices were too high and the country “in a dangerous boom™ were “nothing in the world but propa- ganda designed to prepare the public mind for another deflation.” The Treasury policy previously had been attacked by Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, long an ad- vocate of currency expansion. He called the policy “unnecessary and possibly dangerous.” Before the Treasury plan was an- nounced the Federal Reserve Board had considered further increasing bank reserve requirements. War (Continued From First Page.) many in a position where a final choice must be made promptly because of the stress of internal affairs. Yvon Delbos, French foreign min- ister, conferred with Italian as well as German diplomatic officials in Paris, arousing reports Italy sided with the democracies. ‘The French press speculated on the possibility of another “week end sur- prise,” forecasting Hitler's decision to- morrow. Uneasiness was felt in some London quarters but it did not reach the pro- portions of the alarm in Paris where the French said five fully equipped German army divisions were ready for immediate service in Spain at Der Fuehrer's command. HITLER ANSWER AWAITED. Key to War or Peace Expected in Word From Berlin. PARIS, December 25 (#)—The key to war or peace in Europe lay with | Chancellor Hitler’s decision whether to | send 60,000 German soldiers to Spain, foreign office officials indicated last night. Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos awaited Hitler's word on the request of Gen. Francisco Franco to send troops to aid the Spanish Fascists. Delbos conveyed to the German Am- bassador the French government's concern and hinted a French army might go to the aid of the Madrid- ble advices said. Foreign office circles said they had reports five German army divisions were fully equipped and ready for im- mediate service in Spain, if the Reichsfuehrer should command. Officials who charged thus far had | sent only technical experts or aviators to aid the Spanish insurgents, ad- mitted the decision would be a difficult one for Hitler because “if men are not | sent, Franco will probably lose the ‘'With loss of the war,” one official said, “will go Germany's hopes for political influence and obtaining raw | materials that only Fascist Spain can give her. “On the other hand, if men are sent, there will be the risk of European war, which Germany, in her present eco- nomic condition, can hardly stand.” The foreign office spokesman added that Italy, which with Germany, rec- ognized the Fascist junta of Burgos, “had almost completely” withdrawn from Spain following a favorable turn in her negotiations with Britain for a Mediterranean agreement. The foreign office said France had conveyed a warning to the German Ambassador here that any armed “in- vasion” of Spain by Nazi troops might force the Paris government to speed aid to Madrid, with whose government that of Socialist Premier Leon Blum is sympathetic. 5 BOMBS GREET CHRISTMAS. Fascist Planes Attack Madrid, Injuring | Several. | MADRID, December 25 (#).—The roar of exploding aerial bombe split the Christmas calm of Madrid today. Fascist warplanes loosed bombs on We Pause to Wish Our I Multitude of Friends and Patrons A Wonderfally Merry Christmas With All the Joy and Be Merry ond the New Yoor Bring You Hoppi- ness and Prosperity. To My Many Friends and Clients— D. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1836 Rebel soldiers wearing heavy boots and heavy capes take up their positions in the snow- covered trenches outside Madrid, waiting for the signal to advance. the northwestern district of Arguelles and on government lines near Mon- cloa. The detonations could be heard plainly because of the unfamiliar tran- quility which blanketed the war-torn Spanish capital in the early morning. Guns boomed intermittently throughout Christmas eve. Machine- gun fire could be heard on various sec- tors. Several were injured in the air raid. A report from Bilbeo said the German freighter Palos was brought into the harbor there, escorted by two Socialist government gunboats, after officers allegedly had found “contra- band” destined for the Fascist insur- gents. ‘The German ship, en route from Hamburg, was reported to have been proceeding to Pasajes, Spanish seaport near San Sebastian, with a cargo of 1500 tons of merchandise for the Fascists. x A Socialist gunboat accosted the freighter, the reports said, and fired a signal shot which was not answered. As the vessel finally surrendered, it | was asserted, several Soclalist naval officers jumped aboard to inspect the ship's log and took posséssion of the | freight when ‘“contraband” was dis- covered. Socialist forces in their advance in the sector between Boadilla del Monte and Romanillos, west of Madrid, were stated to have*captured a strategic position and found the bodies of many Moors and quantities of material. Spain’s Socialist soldiers will eat & | kind of Mulligan stew for Christmas dinner and have some of the other comforts of home while they lie in the trenches around Madrid, the govern- ment announced. The statement brought some cheer to the' militiamen, coming on the | heels of & government claim of gains | around Boadilla del Monte, just west | of the city. They were cautioned not to relax their vigilance, however. FASCISTS EXPECT RESPITE, WITH FASCISTS ON THE MA-| DRID FRONT, December 25 () —| Christmas eve was just another frigid —Wide World Photo. night to Fascist soldiers in their trenches and dugouts around Madrid, | although their officers looked forward to tasting some champagne their su- preme chief sent them. Truckloads of other presents and wines also were brought up, but they were for distribution to the men on Twelfth-night, January 6, which is S ——— PAINT For Fuery Purpose MUTH i 3th St. LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON 8. ADAMS more generally celebrated in Spain than Christmas eve. The soldiers expected to enjoy a respite from battle until after New Year, in keeping with the way this civil war has been conducted in gen- eral—the holding of fire during a flesta as well as during a siesta, In all the villages to.the west of Madrid—such as Navalcarnpero, Le. ganes, Carabnchel, Alcoron and Yune cos—Christmas services were planned, although many of the churches wers stripped bare of ornaments and left littered with demolished statues by war plunderers. FRANCO WARNS SHIPPING. Northern Ports Held by Socialists to Be Mined. SALAMANCA, Spain, December 24 (#).—Gen. Prancisco Franco, Fascist commander, warned foreign shipping tonight it risked being sunk entering any Spanish port. Franco, who previously had de- clared a blockade of the Spanish coast, reiterated his warning that northern ports held by the Socialist government would be mined. He named the harbors of Bilbao, Santander, Gijon and Aviles as those the insurgents intended next to close and mine. 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