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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 38, 8 November 1937, Page 5

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Duke Strongly Demes U.S. Labour Charges SINCERE MOTIVE OF TOUR

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(Beceived 8, 845 a.m.) LOKDOK, Kov. 6. It ia nnderstpod the Puke and Duehess •: Windsor ara going to Austria shortly an'd that the Duke is abandoning for some months his plans _ xo study iudustrial plans and honsing Behemes, says a Paris message. The Duke of Windsor, in a statement, emphatically repeats that there is no shadow of justification for any suggestion that he is allied to any industrial system or that he is for or against any political or raeial doctrme, and he expresses the earnest hope that _ after this announcement his real and sineere motive for the proposed visit to America will be properly understood. His Highness will personally convey thanks to those industrial companies which have so generously extended mvitations to him and all who have assisted in the arrangements. - According to a later message from Paris, it is officiaUy stated on behalf oi the Duke of Windsor that he is remaininz ia Paris until further notiee. Crowds waited vaiply outside the hotel after being attracted by Tumours that the Duke was leaving Paris. The Duke's spokesman said: 'From now on the Duke's movements will be private, as with the postpon ment of ihe visit to the Unitea States the Duke no longer considers himself a public fiSThe D#ily Mirror shows how diffieult it is for the Duke to travel as4a private eitizen. It.adds: "It seems that a man so eminent cannot undertake tours of inspection without being misunderstood." , _ ... The Irish Times, reports a Dublm telegram, says: "The Duke and Duehess of Windsux inevitably received splashes of tar irom the Bedaux brnsh, but do not suppose for a moment that fhis is the whole storv. The Duke of Windsor is not likely to have achieved unpopularity with such suddenness for so trivial a reapon, nor does the alleged hostility of the Labour unions explain Mrs Eoosevelt's decision to be absent from Whito House during the Duke and Duehess of Windsor's visit." The Ke ws-Chronicle says: "The Duke of ' -Hndsor has boldly and wisely abandoned a tour which would have given great offence. He does nbt always choose friends best suited to his position."