THURSDAY, DEC. 17. 1936
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I have a feeling that the great
majority of Americans feel much
more sympathetic with King Ed
ward VIII of England in his clash
with tlie British Government, than
they do with Prime Minister Stan
ley Baldwin and his Cabinet. That
is not o,nly because the King made
himself well known and popular on
his two visits to this country when
he was Prince of Wales, but be
cause of what I think is the gen
eral American feeling that even a
king’s private life and matrimonial
affairs are his own concern and
those of nobody else.
As 1 read the news from Eng-
and, the King’s desire to marl-y
\lrs. Simpson was merely seized
ipon as an excuse by the ministry
0 undertake to reassert the ex-
Jusive right of Parliament to gov-
:rn the Empire, and to rebuke the
Cing for what seemed to be inter-
erence in political affairs. The ex
sting order of the British aris-
ocracy is afraid of what might hap-
len if the King showed too much
ympathy for and interest in the
roubles of the common people and
he unemployed.
INSTITUTION .... unique
The British Constitution is acuri-
us thing, it is not written down
nywhere. it is made up entirely
f laws, customs .and precedents.
Is fundamental principle, however,
1 that Parliament constitutes the
ctual government of the natio,n
nd that the King must be guided
y the advice of the Cabinet,
ihich is composed of members of
le House of Commons. Even the
louse of Lords has nO'thing to say
bout the government.
The latest amendment to the
iritish Constitution was the adop-
ion by the Commons of a resolu-
ion depriving the House of Lords
if its previous veto power over en-
ictmcnts of the Commons. That
vas just ibefore the war, when Lloyd
ieorge, as Premier, was fighting for
is program of land taxation and
reater security for labor, a pro
ram of which the Lords did not
pprove. King George V, acting on
le advice of his Cabinet, threaten-
1 to create enough new Peers of
le Realm to provide a majority
)r Lloy.d George’s program in the
Louse of Lords. Under this threat
le Lords capitulated.
There have been clashes between
le King and Parliament many
mes in the past 300 years.
BDICATION .... James II
O.ne thing tlie King of England
m always do if he disagrees with
is ministers is to quit his job.
in.e side or the other must resign,
they cannot reconcile their dif-
;rence. If the Cabinet resigns the
■ing must call upon some other
lember of Parliament to form a
ew Cabinet. If he cannot get the
upport of a majority of Parlia-
lent, the next step is to call for
general election of a new Parlia-
iient. And if the new Parliament
till stands out against the King,
here isn’t anything left for the
Cing to do but either to come off
lis perch or resign.
James 11 chose to abdicate the
throne of England rather than yield
the franklin press and the highlands
MACONIAN
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NEW YORK,. ,.. Ted Peckham,
(above), ■who built a business here
of supplying college boys as es
corts to young women attending
social functions, is now looking
for new worlds to^ conquer. He
sailed away this week to esUblish
similar services in European cities.-
to the dictation of Parliament. He
did not formally resign, but threw
the great seal of England into the
Thames, got on a ship and went to
the Continent. A great many good
people of England still think that
his descendants ar.e the rightful
monarchs of the nation.
AMERICA .... George III
America has figured in two con
stitutional crises in England. George
III refused tO' take the advice of
his Cabinet, which was to leave the
American colonies alone, and by
his stubborness forced the Revolu
tionary War and lost the colonies.
Now an American woman whom
King Edward VI'II wants to marry
has precipitated the most serious
Englisli constitutional crises in
more than ISO years.
iVlrs. Simpson’s ancestors fought
the British in the Revolution.
DIVORCE modern
The only ground upon which the
British Cabinet objected to the
King’s marrying Mrs. Simpson was
not that she was a Commoner nor
an American, but that she had been
twice divorced. That fact, they felt,
would impair the respect which
they felt the peoples of the British
Empire should feel for their queen;
hut when the King proposed to
marry her in his capacity as Duke
of Cornwall, and not as King, they
said it cQuld not be done. Anyone
he married would have to be Queen.
Kings have been married before
to divorcees, and at least one fa
mous monarch, Henry VJII, divorc
ed two or three of 'his own wives.
I think there is a good deal of
hypocrisy about this divorce pre
text. Certainly the post-war atmo
sphere in which King Edward has
grown up takes a much more lib
eral attitude toward divorce than
did the people of his Great Grand-
mother, Victoria’s time.
Lake Emory
By LUTHER ANDERSON
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Mrs. Fanny Gibson, of Cowee,
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B. W. Justice has taken his crop
of tobacco to market at Asiheville,
and is also visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Weymer Young, of Hender
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The 4-H club members here are
very sorry to see^-Ir. Floyd Long
move to Higdonvine.
Miss Kathryn Ammons spent the
week-end at her home here.
Miss Elenora Dalton spent the
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The B. Y. P. U. had an entertain
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