DUKE OF WINDSOR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 May 1939, Page 5

DUKE OF WINDSOR

PEACE BROADCAST NOT TO BE RELAYED IN BRITAIN. 8.8. C. ANNOUNCEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association -Copyright. (Received This Day. 9.55 a.m.) LONDON. May 8. The British Broadcasting Corporalion is not relaying the Duke of Windsor’s broadcast from Verdun. PLANS IN AMERICA ' MODERATE PUBLIC INTEREST. POSSIBILITY UNTIMELY PUBLICITY. NEW YORK. May 8. The National. Broadcasting Corporation is widely publicising Ihe Duke of Windsor s peace message to be broadcast on Monday from Verdun to America. Moderate public interest in being' shown. The Press is speculating on the coincidence of the broadcast with their Majesties’ departure from London. Correspondents recall the trip to America planned for the Duke -.of Windsor by Mr Dedaux in 1937 and express the opinion that the Duke may cancel his present plans when it is realised that the broadcast could be interpreted as untimely publicity. , ■ The N.B.C. explained that it had invited the Duke to talk “in the light of world conditions.” but that the Duke replied: “1 prefer' to deliver a peace appeal from the appropriate background of Verdun, describing the battlefields, recalling my own war experiences and by implication bringing out the horrors of war and the need for a peaceful solution of world problems.” “NO TIME TO LOSE” DUKE REPLIES TO CRITICS. (Independent Cable Service.) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 8. The Duke of Wmasor, replying to criticism that his broadcast was inappropriate in view of the Royal visit to America, has issued a statement explaining that when he accepted the invitation to speak over the air he did so though realising that criticism was likely. He was sincerely convinced, however, that a personal, non-politi-cal message might be of some value at the present time. He felt that, with the uncertainty of the present situation, there was no time to lose.”