MALICE CHARGE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 4, 20 January 1937, Page 8

MALICE CHARGE

Archbishop's Broadcast on Ex-King M.P'S QUESTIONS ( By Telegraph— PreBs Assn.— Copynght.) LONDON, Jan. 18. Feeling tbat tbe Arcbbisbop oi Canterbury's broadcast on tbe abdication on December 13 bad too mucli "malice and venom", Mr. Ernest Thurtle proposes to question whetber tbe text bad been submitted to the broadcasting authorities for approval before delivery. Mr Thurtle, in an interview, said: "My question will be directed to tbat part oi tbe broadcast wbicb was dennitelv censorious of tbe ex-King. Tbe address was given m the category of 'religious broadcast', but passages seemed out of keeping with tbat spirit-.'' Reierring tp tbe Arcbbisliop's expression of sadness that the ex-King "should have- sought happiness in a manner inconsistent with the Christia'n prineiples of inarriage,'' Mr. Thurtle added: "Divorce is recognised by tbe. law of tbe . land. If it'were divorce to wbicb the- Arcbbisbop referred, there is nothing inconsistent with tbe laws of tbe land in marrying a divorced person. "It ts the general rule of the broadcasting corporation not to broadcast anything calculated seriously to offend a large number of listeners. I think the ATcbbisbop's address was in that category." Mr. Thurtle, wbo is Labour member for Shoreditcb, was born in tbe Stata of New York, U.S.A.