VIEWS OF WRITERS TO THE TIMES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 307, 11 December 1936, Page 5

VIEWS OF WRITERS TO THE TIMES

“SOME GAVE EVERYTHING FOR EMPIRE.” SACRIFICES HAVE BEEN MADE IN NAME OF THE KING. LONDON, December 10. The Times in a leading article says that on no occasion in history of The Times has correspondence been so heavy, the vast numbers of letters making publication or even acknowledgment impossible. To illustrate certain aspects of the public mind and the progressive trend of opinion, the earliest letters were mostly sentimental. Many of the writers were women. Typical comment was: k*- We will never acknowledge another King while Edward lives. Let him without sin cast the first stone.” Such letters are still arriving, *»'but the proportion is steadily declining, being succeeded by letters which dwell on the services and sacrifices of the people, especially in War time, in the name of the King. “Some Gave Everything For Empire.” .1 ’ *‘Our King is asked to give up the woman he loves that the EmA * e ’W ;»’ pre may still rest on solid ground,” says one. “Thousands gave up the women they loved, and much more than the King is asked. Some gave everything. I cannot fail to believe the King we always loved and looked up to can fail to do the same for the Empire.” This is now the predominant line of thought in letters to The Times. ■ The general consensus of opinion is that the King remains unmoved by the grave political considerations which Mr. Baldwin and others have pressed upon him,” says the Daily Telegraph in a leading article. “There is gathering impatience at the protracted delay. We must hope Mr.’ Baldwin’s statement to-day will contain the authoritative word which is already overdue.”