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I think I can spot the one error she 'made
BY DONALD EDGAR
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Y chad," wrote anybody who had served
Ernest Samp and loved them so well to leave them." wife formare when she was, wailing in Cannes For the abhiented king to join her. "rould you possibly have settled down in the old life and forgotten the fairyland through which you had passed My child. I do not think "
Ust
"My child," No Gold phrase to
Wall Simpson on the face of al
matu sophisticated, travelled, yn wouldn't thank that anyone who knew her well would end her child."
Twice married, of years, Kay.
FOOLED
POOR Wallis!
fooled,
She
from
Mrs
"THE". "CHINA" | "MAIL, SATURDAY,
Simpson.
Father
remembering CHURCHILL
Reading such massages it her book yoni almost feel
for her.
For her childishness #1 Thinking that King Edward VIII'S attempt to
Twice TURTIN 20 divorced Americui comunion- er would not encounter in placable hostility Church. from State, from pathetically
- which, in those the fireside radio rhals of Society
President Roosevelt, MUK. years, still existed with It
gested a broadcast talk. capital S.
"David was immediately in- terested. His face lighted up with a dash of his normal was enthusiasm." utterly fooled But King Edward VII by the magnificent inbred was elected, powerful
like the English ruler
the Presi- hypocrisy of
of
United the who over the centuries had dent
their comfort States. The only broadenst evolved for und better
"David" WAR allowed government onureby to which it paid make was a gesture of fare. service but which it had well when he had already con signed the Instrument of exbined, cribbed, unt
Abdication. Aned.
And then.. "David." King THE GLITTER Edward VHI, the Duke of Windsor.
not help. POOR Wallis! so ignorant, "David," she #YA, "did se misguiding! nothing to disabuse me of those misconceptions."
"It's got to be done." said IN the vital months of her
destiny when the con- The King, mentioning to her stitutional crisis grof unsler fjal she was to dine with the brooding control
Minister of the Prime Stanley Baldwin, she wust "Sooner or later my Prime utterly misinformed of the Minister must ineet my power of the King.
future wife.”
AM
And yel there WIN It chlid-like quality her Her book. The Heart He Its Reasons," shows her as wilful,
bstinate. ax romantic as a child and, unfortunately, as ignorant as a child on matter that was of unique importance to her life.
That
!
matter
British monarchy
Wins
Slice
MISINFORMED
to
To have been so misguided.
And yet, how could it have been otherwise? Who Kress What woman would have kept
Thes
RA
NAMES OF
19363
THE EGYPTIANS FIND THE SWISS
THE FAMOUS
AIR
EMBROIDER
HER
STORY
For example:
T was 1935. At a party in Chelsea Mrs Simpson met Winston Chur- chill then at one of the lowest vbbs of his political fortunes." Church!!! took exception to some remarks by an American journalist and crumpled him "under extemporaneous salvoes of logic and irony."
N
SO AGREEABLE
or is it the gap in Nasser's exchange control that makes them prolong their stay?
By SAM WHITE
Gonova. members of the Arab thole extrcino caution, would TEUTRAL Switzerland Lengue.
lend so much as a ten eentime piece to what one of them swarms with Egypt- The presence of so many described to me as "a three- Lans these days. Egyptians on Swiss soil at quarter bankrupt, dictator"
Was Within minutes of booking this time is worrying the urges enough. into my hotel I bumped into Swiss authorities, ever on COMplete secRECY four. Was there an Egypt the look, qut for possible lan delegation In town? I breaches of their cherished misggestion that the Swiss naked the hall porter. No, neutrality. Just tourists, he explained. It has also reproduced in third party.
In that dend-pan Swiss cities like Geneva Home- Complete banking Decrecy way he added: "It must be thing of the atmosphere of might be described as Switzer
laod's Accond national industry, an unusually hot summer in intrigue and suspicion attracting thereby foreign capital Catro, sir. We haye 20 characteristic of neutral from all over the world. Egyptian guests staying capitais n wartime here."
are
tourists are
new
SVILA
details
of an individual
finding the Swiss climate so agreeable Egyptian bank account, that they are making arrangements longed stay.
for
With touching
What was even worse was the
bankers would so much reveal client's accounts to Q
najvete the neutmilly
дя
In
Its
This secrecy la carrled to such an extent that the Swiss Gov- POLICE WORRIED ernnient cannot take part fully The rush of Egyptians is
in the work of the European The Swiss police, for Payments Union because Biwisa particularly great in Late- sanne where in two hotels example, are worried that banku do not give them suff the majority of the guests rests may be spies engaged for genuine concern in the role
some of their Egyptian clently detailed information.
There is, however, an element Egyptian. The arrivals appear to be sternly chiefly in trying to ferret Switzerland
may play A out the Swis banking Westeżn sanctions are applied patriotic and they shun the secrets of fellow Egyptians. again Egyp small colony of Egyptian
Chinese Communists hold Two Egyptians were re- considerable sum of Swis refugees who have lived here
cently expelled from Swit- currency and it has already been Farouk Hince
zerland after being partially openly stated in Cairo that deposed.
Some of these Egyptian forged papers in obtaining Iron Curtain countries
successful with the aid of Swiss francs may replace sterl
ing as a trade medium with COMPROMISES Switzerland's fixed policy of
often results 11 pro- Egyptian National Bank recently strange compromises where
proposed to the Swis an financial interests are involved. exchange of bank apprentices. Take for exampão the case of THINGS TOUGHER
politely Republic The proposal was
Aviation, the great manufacturing These are undoubtedly the turned down. At the same time US aircraft
the Swiss have been subjected company, fortunate ones who got their to some rather sily nagging by Republic Aviation has a com- money out of Egypt and into Britain and Franco, and this has pany, Republic Aviation Inter-
what not improved the tempers in the national, registered during
in Lugano. Switzerland
Federal capital of Berne.
I main function is to act as a the
Recently the British and financial HQ for its operatione in might be described as
Ambassadors presented fulling a 20 million dollar con a solemn note to the Swiss Gov- tract for supplies of spares to palmy days of Farouk's Frenc
Nowadays things are ramcal warning them of the NATO dr forces. reign. much tougher, and Egypt- danger of Switzerland becoming
Republic, before establishing a clearing house for Nesser's
itself in Lugano, came to a deal Excellent whisky-St James'sians
subjected to financial deals.
over taxation which is quite Forty the King's cellar. And extremely stringent financial The note, went on to warn the normal in Switzerland.
Swiss controls.
mo grunt credit to It involved the payment of a Nasser, And not to hand over lump sum to dispose of all taxe- Diven 80, Home astute the old
Suez Canal Company's ilon claims for the next Swiss "financial advisers" assets In Switzerland to the
year's. have been able to move nationalloed Suez Company.
Now the company wishes It was a note of astonishing increase its 00-strong staff funds for Egyptian clients stupidly for which the Swisa Lugano. The Swiss have refused via Syria and Lebanon.
charitable to grant them
permission for This is a gap in Nasser's explanation that "Britain and this increase,
on the
groundia at that this would constitute exchange control which he France were rather excited
the time."
obviously "unascutral” behaviotir, is unable to close completely
The idea that
hard-headed countries are Swiss bankers, notorious for
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Later he said: "You know, Mrs Simpson, I don't get a chance to do this sort of thing very often since my break with the Tory leadership. As a matter of fact, this is the first time Clemmy and I have been invited out
this year."
BEECHAM
AT
#1
given by Cunard, Thom Beecham wis playing Simpson there. Cunard,
party Lady Sir
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Mrs WALS
Lady
of spite
her deep love and appreciation of musk opera." was mischievous.
done
be moaned, stow
*only aroma remains. I've suffered major disaster,""
GEORGE V
"DAVID had another bute that 1 also envled. some Ume after
the
are
attri- For our morrlage was puzzled by the fact that because both and while he was the acknowledged
lender
of men's fashion, he
now
make the
rarely bought a new suit M COMMERCIAL TELEVISION IN BRITAIN: Simpson mentioned this to the yuchin
her head or sought knowledge "Over and above the charm of she write ast his personality,"
their friendship deepened, and the warmth of his manner. he was the rpent resume to a new and glitterbug world that exe:ied me as nothing 101 my Life har In her heart she believed. "David," she replied. "you before. that the King of England mustn't talk this way. The "Trains were hek;
Handel for a considerable time. could do what he wanted, den is impossible. They'll materialised the best suites in
to him flung Lady Cunard went up
"There's nest hotels were
mystery." "Nothing that I had seen never let you.”
open: airplanes stood waiting." with an expression of perfect replied. "Take, for instance, the had made me appreciate how "Rest assured," replied With "David"
sult Biarritz innocence and said: "So lovely, tartan dinner
his Royal vulnerable the King really the King. "I will manage it in
Highness wore
night at Italian Lakes.. it was enough tired won't you give us a little the Thomas. Now, if you aren't too
dinner. Was, how littl power he somehow."
to turn any woman's head. could actually rommand,
atone, to use Lord Templewood's Handel?" cominent, which she uses her-
how little his wishes really AN APPEAL counted for against those of
ment.
destined,
10
Cannes
10
Sir Thomas had been playing
Duke's factotum.
"According
no
Last
he
10 the tailor's marks on the inside pocket it selt, that of a women who was Sie Thomas blanched and was made for his father fir 1897. "very attractive and intelligent, almost despairingly blurted out: Now, I am happy to see
the inevitable very American and with
sull looking so well, after being I've rufftted to H.R.H., even though or no lunowledge of English life
late WONDERLAND
never did hold with his Mojcxly's Insistence In having
trousers creased
the
Ite
"But, my good woman, been playing Handel all even- ing."
his
His Ministers and Parlia. As the crisis took its pre- "Right to the end," she course. "David" talked about goes on. "it seemed utterly appeal to the people of
ATER Britain and the Dominions
* "David" threw inconceivable to me that the
discretion
the winds. "Have you?" was, the airy sides." ..."their decent and loyal British people ami the
There was a brilliant social life Dominions would ever allow sentiments would be felt in in London, at Fort Belvedere, at response, accompanied by a look Downing Street, and the Buckingham Palace, and at Bais of contrived contrition. "And to present picture would be moral, quickly reversed.
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think I didn't recognise it. We
have I was something unbelievably must
hal piano tuned wonderful for the girl from tomorrow." Baltimore... the girl who had married first on obscure naval pilet and then a prosperous, but modest-living business man,
And Wallis loved
ilfe.
this new And what is more she is not afraid of admitting it!
"All I can say."
BROWNLOW
JUST
before she said to the Abdication Simpson
Ernest Simpson when he met Mrs
ber after one of her foreign trips with "David," that it
was like being Wallis in Won- derland.
lelt
for the South
of France in the company of Ernest looked of her quiz- Lord Brown-
"It sounds to me." zically
ho low (Perry). sald thoughtfully, "indeed like HE hod
a trip behind the 'Looking- equipped himself with a fur- Gilesa, Or, better yet, an ex- lined cost with an astrakhan cursion into the realm of Peter collar. In his pocket he had pui Far's 'Never-Never Land.'"**
a bottle of whisky.
And from then ол "David"
France. reached Lugal.
pa
MONCKTON
THE Windsors,
on the fall, of
For-
MT
(now
Sir)
Walter Monckidn arrived to tell
German
Duchess.
that t
secret agents
were
FIRST BIRTHDAY-AND
watches
anyone can
IN
DIFFICULTIES
By JOHN MCKENNA
Ave
to
in
London. cost. At the moment, there them to produce a "balanced” OMMERCIAL television are about 28 million poten- output.
say. is becauso This, they celebrated its first an- tial viewers
people with
"balance" is not profitable and, niversary last week if access to television sets —
unles Parliament votes them celebrate is the right word. but only five million who some money, they cannot be t~ Information on who are able to view commercial pected to carry out its frestruc-
Hon what is always television.
This argument has proved, of dubious, but the best guess A very sizable proportion course a godsend to COUTLINET- make is that of the 18 million who can cial belevision's
Who critics, that it appeñes · Ex- about two of three of the receive only BBC transmis point out viewers whose sets will pick sion live in areas where com- cbigation and then announce tremely immoral to take on an up both commercial televi- mercial television is avall blandily that you cannot adil it
unlesa sion and the British Broad- able.
'n Government You get crant casting Corporation's out-
Tho Government, however, put watch commercial tele-
ha; remained strangely silent on vision at peak periods.
the question, It laequally silent on the other antics of commercial television
This in itself must be dis- heartening to the commer-
The BBC gul hát plotting to kidnap the Duke and massive lead- but only cial television bosses. More because many people still disheartening, however, is have not converted their the fact that they financial difficulties.
"But how could we possibly be of any use to them?" David Sets and many others live asked incredulously.
in places where commercial television is stili not avail-
"Walter was very serious. I able. Winston is convinced that
event of A
Was always "Peter Pan" to During the journey Mrs Hitler is crazy enough to be Ernest Simpson.
Shopson said, “Perry, what is tempted; in car?"
the
"My
this smell of whisky in the successful invasion of Britain, to
on
So there we are again. child," he had written to Wallis in a Wonderland airendy haunt- ed by such goblins as the Erline Minister and the Archbishop of
The essential Canterbury
Ingredient of a Perfect Dry Martini
Sole Distributors: CALDDEOK, MACGREGOR
a co., LTD.
(COPYRIGNT)
try to put the Duke back "Perry's face fell, and he the throne in the belief that this clutched at his pocket.. You're would divide and confuse the
quite right, Walls, he replied. people'"
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
YOU CAME TO SPY ON US
WHY
SON, I PREFER TO TALK
TO YOUR FATHERS MR. JONES, A FEW FACTS PUZZLE ME→→→
HOW DID YOU MOVE IN WITHOUT ANYONE KNOWING? WHAT HAPPENED TO MR CRAB FOR TWO DAYST AND THE GREEN BLOODSTAIN --THE *CHIMNEY--7
THAT'S ALL SILLY TALK. LEAVE NOW--WHILE YOU CAN AND FORGET US. RIGHT. FATHER?
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For instance, there seems little doubt that, the proportion, of American » produced pro- grammes exceeds that envisaged by Parliament when it decried that programinės bei prom, dominantly Betish.
The "integration" of 'commitiga The "but only" is not a
cinis with programmes also encer: many obviously have
seems to run dangerously clow to a contravention. of... Parila. not converted their sets be-
The commercial txlevision ment's instructions that no cause they have looked at
companies, meanwhile,
may be Dimit grÍNO) and commercial television
that they are violating the Act and that commcrelais
mtit be. 'judged it 'unworthy of the of Parlament which requires carried only in natural breaks
within or between, programmes, The truth is, of course, a stint the precint Government estüb- lished commercial television as a deliberate act of polley, and to force
of busines it out would negate that policy. It is therstore inclbed", fo, det porte, teleelalans go let own
By Lee Fall and Phil'Davis'.
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