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December 12, 1939.

Fateful

Abdication Days?

DECEMBER 2.-The Blation of

· Bradford' says his, address was not

Royal:

DEOENBET, 1, 1070.TUS Behon "We hope he is aware of him noed,, DECEMBER 6-Mr. Italdwin, in] Royal Family meet

the of Bradford, Dr. A. W. F. Blunt, in Some of us wylah ho gave more the House, BAYS woman the Lodge, Windsor, Fort Belvedere and

King married would necemarily bo-| Marlborough House.. an address to his diocesan conference, positive signs of such awareness."

como Queen.

DECEMBER 10-The King's ab--- may: "The benefit of the King's

Duke of York's DECEMBER 7--Empire Parlia-cation, and the Coronation depends, under Glod òng the faith, prayer, and

self-intended as a reboko, adde: "What menis aummoned. Mr Simpson succession announced in Parliament. MAY 28, 1037-—Announcement in dedication of the King himself, and I had reference to was the fact that, seues a statement that she is willing

to all outward appearance, the King to withdraw from "a situation which the London Gazello that the Duke seems to live entirely Indifferently to, has been rendered both unhappy and of Windsor will still hold-the title the publio practice of religion."

"His Royal Highness,” bai that the unionable."

profix "II.R.;” will not extend to DECEMBER %-1} 1 announced. DEÇEMBER 8.-—Mr. Baldwin ħas Mrs. Simpson on her marriage, 'or that "anscule Constitutional crisis" his sixth conference with the King to any possible children. ** has arisen because of the King'sat"-Fork · Belvedere.

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- JUNE 32-Marriage of the Duke Intention to marry Mrs. Simpson. DECEMBER 9.—Members of the and Mrs. Simpson,”

on that it would be improper for mo to say anything except command -hira ..

to God's grace, which he will so abundantly need, as we all need it—for this King is a man like ourselves—if he is to do his duly faithfully.

KING GEORGE VI YESTERDAY

COMPLETED

Three Courageous Years

N the afternoon of December 11, 1936, the Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P., Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, had an audience of the King at 145, Piccadilly.

That announcement in broadcast I have ever heard from a

woman's Ups:

"I have, however, a message for

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country that King George you from the King. He bids the VI had succeeded King Ed-people of this country be of good cheer in spite of the dark clouds hanging over the whole world. ward VIII.

THE prefix "Special to the Telegraph" is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph" to indicate news which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommuni-

It was three days before King cations Ordinance, 1936. Buch Rows A George's 41st birthday, and he bears the indication "UX* is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by was the 41st monarch in succes- the United Press Associations, who re serve all rights and forbid republication,sion from William the Con- either wholly or in part without previous arrangement

Dear December:

queror.

"He knows well that, as ever be- fore-in critical times, they will keep cool heads and brave hearts

Even in this swift and crowded world of to-day we have not had time to forget so entirely the events of recent days as not to feel an added warmth from, this Christmas now close at hand.

* * *

T was unfortunate that the first months of King George's reign were marred by a campaign of

calumny against his elder brother.

That night King George dined with Prince Edward at Royal YOU'RE the last month of Lodge, Windsor Great Park, the year. but in some respects with Queen Mary, the Princess

One could wish that some of the Royal, the Duke of Gloucester,

Privy Councillors to whom at Buck- the first. You must be merry-the Duke of Kent, and the Earl ingham Palace he said: "I have suf no other month has Christmas. and Countess of Athlone.

fered a very real loss by the decision of my brother, for by his going I am Yet you're a wonderful month

After dinner Prince Edward drove deprived of a close friendship which anyway.

And more wonderful to Windsor Castle, and delivered his I valued highly," did not move them-

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George returned to his house in Pic- campaign.

We must be charitable, and ascribe cadilly. Later that day he gave his it to a misguided loyalty, and, let mo Arst audience at Buckingham Palace repeat, an utterly unnecessary ap- to Sir John Simon, which was follow- prehensiveness about the Coronation. There is no need to remind readers, ed by his first Privy Council at St.

for whom the triumph of the Corona- James's Palace. This was the Acces- tion, on May 12, 1937, is bright memory, how unnecessary that ap-

sion Council.

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☆ * ON the Glorious First of June

Isn't it wonderful, when you

On his birthday, December 14, in prehensiveness was. stop to think of it, that happ!-reply to the Lords' Address, present- ness doesn't depend on latitude ed to him by the Earl of Cromer, or longitude, on temperature or King George raid, climate?

the King created Mr. Baid-

by COMPTON

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those who find any doubts about the quality of his elocution doubled no

more:

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Twoя u busy autumn. The King and Queen of Bulgaria were received at the beginning of

MACKENZIE November

"You may be assured that it is my win an Earl and a Knight of the

Garter. -Do-you-mind-my-telling-you-determination. to do all that lies with Two days later the King and Queen. where we would like best to be in my power to safeguard the, liber- telephoned their congratulations to ties of my people and to promote the Duke of Windsor on his, marri- with you? In the Homeland, their prosperity and contentment."

age.

On August 3 the King flew to bla among snow-laden pines, where

It is only when we recall the camp for public school and working skating ponds glisten and ring

pregnant circumstances in which boys at Southwold in Suffolk, and we with laughter, and fireplaces these words were delivered that the were all of us relieved that at last fuse families into new bonds of stereotyped phrases of royal cloqu- it looked as if his holiday had begun. The rest of the summer and corly cheer and happiness. And, say: ence become fraught with majesty. autumn was spent at Balmoral, but on

The love of the people of the West Riding, and at Leeds was having by October 20 he was touring the If we adults like you, how must the children love you! Frost Empire for King George VI does not to look at gas-masks at an A.R.P. und fairies.

Reindeer and infinitely less does it depend on any show, where he was able to tell his dreams. Anticipation and

words uttered by his anxiou ad- listeners that the gas-masks in the

war "had pinched your nose." visera.

One can imagine what he felt al wickedness on show again. realization. From the fjorda of Norway to the veldts of South Africa, glad greetings. Nazi Confession

Resort to the air

arm and magnetic mines for destruction of merchant vessels is a con- fession that submarines have disappointed the Nazi leaders.

depend on any words of his, and

That love came once for all when the thought of all this miserable His speech at the Opening of a man without personal ambition,paraphernalia of human folly and Parilament lasted for 13 minutes, and assumed the responsibility of the mightlest throne in the world because

ho believed it to be his duty.

* I

HAD the honour in 1932 of assisting as Rector of Glas- gow University at the conferment of honorary degrees on the Duke and Duchess of York.

on

These occasions are always anxious business for the chief figures.

His Royal Highness laid me out, by asking why there were not the samo number of windows on one side of the Chapel as on the other.

"It offends my sense of symmetry," he said,

I was unable to offer any explana-

was

The facts are grim for them. Air bombing or the use of "pirate" mines is imperative if there are to be any hope that war on our ships would frighten us and threaten neutrals and, perhaps most important, en- courage the German people. tion, but presently the Duke discover- Mr. Hore-Belisha recently deed for himself that it was due to a fined three courses possible to building on the other side, and

able to assure him with perfect aln- Nazism. It may try to smash cerity that he knew a great deal more through by sea and air, it may about architecture than I did, walt for an allied offensive, it I had the honour of sitting next may try to lure us into the dis-to the Duchess at lunch in the uni- versity after the ceremony, and 1 cussion of terms of peace. Who think I was never more surprised in can guess all the possibilities of my life than when she told me that she had listened to the broadcast of distracted Nazi counsels?

ny Rectorial Address (nearly an hour We must expect to endure long). stern hours. Great Issues are for decision. The strength of a powerful nation under the orders of men who have declared to acknowledge no right, but force of her Majesty, I could not help

I realised from that what a pas- sionate interest, she must have in Scottish affairs,

And when on that critical Septem- ber, I listened to the broadcast speech

thinking that whatever she meant

to the Empire she meant just a little more to her own: Scotland.

is arrayed against Britain and the. Empire and France. One thing about the future of the sincerely hope that speech will conflict is clear and certain. Time! be made available on 'a gramophone record, for I have no hesitation, in la on our side..

teclaring it to be the most moving

GRIN

AND

BEAR IT

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“I have the grandest now press agent-I've been robbed of my jowals, my house burned down and I received three extortion

notas-mall in one Wook!”, 14 Airett

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On Armistice Day people listening to the broadcast heard suddenly over the silence shrieks and the claster of horses,

Later that month, on November 18, the King greeted King Leopold of Belgium at Victoria, and at. the, bon- quet in Buckingham Palaco said to bla royal visitor, "Your visits to these shores will have enabled you, to see for yourself how strong are the bonds of mutual interests and of common Ideals which bind this country with your own."

On November 24 he received a number of Italian ex-Servico men and on November 20 he gave a lunch to MM. Chautemps and Delbos at the conclusion of the Anglo-French talks. His 42nd birthday was celebrated at Buckingham Pulsen by a children's party given by Princess Elizabeth. and Princess Margaret.

On Christmas Day the King broad- cast from Sandringham. He said he could not aspire to take his father's place, but, "is this is the first Christ- mas since our Coronation; the Queen and I feel that we want to send you all a further word of gratitude for the love and loyalty you gave us from every quarter of the Empire during this unforgettable year now drawing to its end.

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ND then came this unfor- 4 gettablo year of 1938, with war clouds gathering all over Europe. In February Mr. Eden resigned from the Foreign Office.

In May the King opened the Glas- gow Exhibition.:

In June he and the Queen werd on the point of setling out for the visit to Paris when the Countess of Strath- more died, and the visit had to be postponed until July 19.

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That visit to Paris must have been wonderful assurance to the King and Queen of their personal influence in this dimcult. time, and once again it is meet to insist on the vital part -played-by-the Queen on that historic-

occasion.

Then came last September and the end of that crisis, when Mr. Cham- berialn

returned from Munich and the King led him out on to the balcony of Buckingham Palace to ac knowledge the greetings of the great crowd below-the first time that any King has shared an ovation with his Prime Minister, and a poignant illus tration of the relief and gratitude he must have felt. "

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Their Victims Ask For A Square Deal

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PRITISH seamen, who face the terrors of the U-boat as well as the normal dangers of the sea, feel they are not getting a fair deal re garding compensation, for injuries,

Sufferers

through

enemy action

action are particularly bitter.

They say that the regulations under which they are compensated deprives them of their rights at common law,

Instead, of being paid wages, while Incapacitated, as any other workanen would be under the Workmen's Cam- pensation Acts, they receive merely a temporary allowance based on the degree

of disability. They point out. also, that any disablility prevents them from getting: another ship.

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Among the instances referred to the National Union of Seamen are cares: from the torpedoed Athenia.

151. A. Wook

One is of a stewardess, who would normally carn. about...£40..n month. Her disability has been assessed at 20 per cent, and she is being paid 15. a week.

A male member of the crew, almilarly assessed, is being paid 22. Ut. n week.

Strenuous efforis are being made- by the unton to get this altered, and it is also asking for a revision of the compensation for. Toat kit.»

Evidence was shown to the "Dally Herald" that to provide a new of exsentials would east a deckhand practically £16, Just twice the amount ha receives,

Men who sailed before the outbreak of war are particularly hard hit, as they enrried many things they would not have frid with them bad they known of the danger of losing H264.