CENTRE HALL, PA. By EDWARD W. PICKARD OVE and the British constitution are the winners in the great contest that has stirred the vast empire to its furthest borders. Ed- ward VIII, stead- » - fast in his determin- ation to make Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson his wife, abdicated as king of Great Britain and emperor of India, and his brother, the duke of York, reigns in his stead as George VI. x Edward's fateful a decision was com- George V1 municated to the house of com- mons by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Haggard and deeply moved, the man who has born the brunt of the struggle on behalf of the cabinet and parliament handed the speaker the royal message and the speaker read it to the half stunned members. This is what Ed- ward said: “Realizing as I do the gravity of this step I can only hope that I shall have the understanding of my peo- ples in the decision I have taken and the reasons which have led me to take it. “I conceive that I am not over- looking the duty that rests on me to place in the forefront the public a“! ciency or with satisfaction to my- self. in the terms following: *“ ‘I, Edward VIII of Great Brit- India, do hereby declare my irre- the throne for myself and my de- scendants. My desire is that effect should be given to this instrument of abdication immediately. the witnesses whose signatures are subscribed.’ "’ accession of his brother throne be expedited, and according- ly enabling legislation effecting the abdication and the accession of the new king was promptly introduced mons and the house of lords. The new king was proclaimed with the traditional ceremony following an assembly of the accession coun- cil made up of privy councilors and other distinguished persons. That evening the ex-king went on who had been his subjects. Edward left England for his self- will return to his na- tive land. Where he will make his home has not been an- nounced. It was stated in Cannes, was with publicly offered Edward VIN ation with the king erwise. Her divorce would not be- come absolute until April 27, but steps were taken in London to speed up the date. Notwithstanding the widespread sympathy for Edward and his once enormous popularity, the general sentiment throughout the British empire is now that he let his coun- try down, that he mainly was to blame for bringing on the crisis and, to quote one correspondent, that “the cabinet's victory was the only possible victory which could be allowed on the present issue.” The great majority of the people did not think Mrs. Simpson, a commoner and twice divorced, was fit to be queen of England. The cabinet and the house of commons emphatically vetoed a morganatic marriage. If he would be true to his love, there was nothing left for the king to do but abdicate. For a day after announcing his resignation of the throne, Edward remained king. But as soon as par- liament passed the abdication mea- sure it was carried to him, and the moment he signed the document Edward ceased to reign. yresumed that, with the permis- jion of the new king, Edwa would retain the duchy of Cornwail and its revenues. With his other re- sources he goes into exile with an annual income of about $500,000, In all the British dominions steps ROM Manila came belated dis- patches telling of the worst dis- aster that ever befell the Philip- pines—a great flood which swept through the fertile and densely pop- ulated Cagayan valley in northern Luzon and destroying possibly thou- sands of the inhabitants. The full extent of the death toll may never be known. The waters of the Cagayan river, suddenly swollen by a typhoon and torrential rains, in- undated many villages and towns in the 50 mile wide valley. So isolated was the stricken area that a former provincial military com- mander required four days to fight his way to an outlying point from which he informed the world of the disaster. Military airplanes were used to carry medical supplies and relief agents to the district. TRICKEN with paralysis that af- fected both his legs, Pope Pius XI was believed go be in a serious condition because he already was afflicted with asth- ma, arterio sclero- sis and high blood prassure. At first the holy father flat. ly refused to submit to a medical exam- ination, saying “I am in the hands of God,” and he even insisted on dictating and signing letters. # But later he was persuaded to take Pope Pius complete repose, which his physi- cians said was vitally necessary. Father Agostino Gemelli of Milan, \ ment indicating that rigid meas- possible uremic poisoning. | spiritual exercises. He was barely | able to stir the left leg and physi- cians found limb had spread also to the right leg. EMBERS of the M sembled in Pasadena, Calif., were told by Secretary of provide a better farm program than | the AAA; but he also said the certain agricultural products.” | “the farmers of the United States | possible to agricultural | from Pan-America, while at the same time reserving the right to | say ‘no’ when any vital branch of | by too great imports.” Mr. Wallace declared the preser- { damental than national agricultural | two, however. Danger of the United | States becoming involved in a se- other interferes with trade. ‘Last year 68 per cent of our ag- ricultural exports went to five coun- | tries which are certain to be in- volved in any major difficulty in Europe and Asia. Only 10 per cent of our agricultural exports went to Pan-America. Both our hearts and our heads lead us in- creasingly to Pan-America but the facts are stubborn and of neces- sity can be brought in line with our desires only slowly.” The federation conferred upon Mr. Wallace its highest honor, the award for distinguished service to agriculture. PLANS of John L. Lewis and his associates in the C. 1. O. for organizing the automobile industry workers seemingly are greatly fur. thered by the formation of a joint council of the United Automobile Workers of America and the Fed- eration of Flat Glass Workers. These two unions, controlling as they do virtually organized work- ers in the automotive industry, have agreed to unite in a common cause in any controversy with the indus- try. They are both members of the Lewis group and so are under suspension by the American Fed- eration of Labor, FOr the first time the government has taken a hand in the steel la- bor crisis. The national labor re- lations board has issued a com- plaint charging the United States Steel corporation and its subsidi- ary, the Carnegie-lllinois Steel company, with “interfering with the self-organization of employees’ in Carnegie’s 21 plants. This action followed the board's ITH the launching of the Gneisenau, her second 26,000- ton battleship, Germany moved an- other step toward her goal of a navy large enough to bottle up the Rus- sian fleet. Reichsfuehrer Hitler and many high officials attended the ceremony. The ship was christened by Frau Maerker, widow of the commander of the old Gneisenau, which went down in the battle of the Faulkland islands 22 years ago. Berlin correspondents believe the new German fleet will have reached 420,000 tons by 1942, It will possess no less than five 35,000-ton battle- ships, to which can be added two 26,000-ton battleships, three existing 1,000-ton pocket battleships and fourteen light and heavy cruisers, including three more boats. There will be 40 destroyers riers and submarines up to the limit aly, Russia and Portugal to join them in an effort to end the Span- ish war by mediation. It was thought the time was ripe for this, since both the government forces and the rebels are exhausted by their fierce and inconclusive fight- ing. The announcement of the plan came on the eve of the meeting of the League of Nations council, sum- moned to Geneva to consider the Madrid-Valencia government's ap- peal against Germany and Italy be- cause of their recognition of the Fascist rebel junta. It is the hope of France and Britain that the Span- ish people will be permitted to de- cide by ballot whether they shall have a Fascist or a Socialist gov- ernment. OURTEEN when a perished airlmer airport in persons big Dutch The plane struck trees Among the victims were Juan de la Cierva, inventor of the autogyro, and Admiral Saloman Sweden. There were only three sur- vivors of the disaster. H EADS of 21 delegations to the peace conference in Buenos among them was Secretary of State Hull, who proposed a program contain “eight pillars of peace’ upon which rest peace and pros- perity. These were: 1. Internal quiet and education. 2. Frequent inter. confer- ences. 3. Swift Secreta peace pacts. Hull 4. Adoption of a common neutral- ity policy. 5. Fair and equal commercial pol- ratifica- existing 6. Practical international coopera- tion, - 7. Strengthening of international law. 8. Faithful observance of the Next day Mr. Hull offered a neu- lics. His plan would create a per- committee to co-ordinate existing cy, based on the the Republican national com- mittee, called a meeting of that body to be held in Chicago Decem- ber 17, and announced that at that time he would submit his resigna- tion, Mr. Hamilton desires that the committee shall be able to address itself to the plans for a party come- back with a clean slate and with new officers in command, if a change of personnel shall deemed more conducive to success. paign has been criticized by some leaders in the East, and also by a few of the most radical of the western leaders; but it may well be that the criticism represents only minority views of the committee and that Mr. Hamilton's resigna- tion will not be accepted. SECRETARY OF THE TREAS- URY HENRY MORGENTHAU announced the mid-December fi- nancing operations of the treasury, the main features being further borrowing and refunding that will put the national debt above 34 bil- lion dollars, lowered interest rates on government bonds and elimina. tion of preferential treatment for the small investor. {J Washington.—Observers of affairs in the national capital frequently et a different Dr. High % slant on state- Predicts ments by “close advisers of the President'’ or activities of ‘‘those on the inside” than persons living | at distances from Washington. They are less likely to be misled in their conclusions as to the meaning of such statements or actions, come | as they may from “high sources,” than others not closely in touch. But even this close contact by ob- servers here does not always pro- duce for them a definite finality on their conclusions because some things are simply impossible of | proof. The above statements are by way of directing attention to the inabil- ity of the corps of correspondents here to tell whether Dr. Stanley High was speaking with the approv- al or even the acquiescence of azine recently to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt is in a mood to disci- pline the newspapers of the coun- try. Dr. High, to summarize many words in his magazine article, rath- er forecast Mr. Roosevelt in his new term of office will not abandon his { liberal policies but probably curred during his first term-—except the press. us all reason ed with certain types of newspapers in this country and that he may be expected to ‘crack down' on them. The consensus among the writing fraternity in Washington is that Dr. High has an opportunity at least to know the Presidential mind. He has virtually lived with it during the no doubt that he had opportunities and informally with the Chief Exec- utive in a manner not permitted more than a few persons. On this basis, if on no other, one would be led to believe that Dr. High was writing in a sense a reflection of said at the beginning, none of us can be sure, While Dr. High definitely is in a position as an adviser to the Presi- dent to know the trend of Mr. Roosevelt's mind, he was delight. cept as to the press. be much ado about nothing. So many of the Presidential advisers and insiders have been writing and talking and acting in the last three years that it is difficult to tell which is the real story. answer-—that Dr. High has turned loose a toy balloon. {is blown the wrong way by com- ly will hear no more about a dis- cipline for the press. If the com- ments are friendly, another story may be expected and its nature is not now to be forecast. * * * Assuming now that Dr. High has | faithfully presented the President's . . thoughts on the Hit Unfair 8 newspapers of the Journalism country, it seems entirely proper that the suggestion be examined from the viewpoint of national wel- fare. | Dr. High, to be sure, made clear {in his article that the President's | efforts to reform the press will be | addressed only to those newspapers | which engage in misrepresentation, {color their news or are guilty of unfair journalism. 1 believe that | the vast majority of our newspapers properly are jealous of the integ- rity of their policies. I believe that the vast majority of our editors re- gard the responsibility of leader- ship as something quite sacred and not to be tainted. In the same breath that we mention the President's | purported thoughts and the attitude {of most newspapers, one cannot | help but recall that at least three- fourths of all newspaper circula- | tion in the recent Presidential cam- | paign was opposed to President | Roosevelt's re-election, | Thus, and in view of these cir- | cumstances, it may be disconceri- {ing to a good many people to read | the strong language that Dr. High ‘has used in reflecting the implica- | tions of the Presidential mind. To | that school of thought, the Doctor's | language, if it means anything, | means that Mr. Roosevelt proposes ‘to take steps, directly or indirect- ily, to make the entire press of | America conform to his ideas of what constitutes “fair journalism.” In other words, if their interpre- tation of the High article is correct, there can be intimidation of the press from the White House, The intimidation could come from Presidential tongue lashing of news- papers or any one individual news- paper which the President believed was guilty of “unfair journalism.” The net result of such a course, ees ul Rt Lt ms will never fight out the issues in which it believes and to which it may have been committed there- tofore. I do not defend unfair newspa- pers and I do not believe anyone else can defend them. Newspapers, because of their position as leaders, must conform to the maximum of honesty. 1 think, however, that the number of unfair journals is de- clining because public sentiment ness. If Mr. Roosevelt actually has in mind the things presented by Dr. High, then a wave of resent- ment is likely to arise and that unfair newspapers. vail among the several capable observers here in Wash ington. Only a few, as far as I can discern, believe that the Presi. half. * ® * Colonel Edwin A. Halsey, secre- tary of the senate, recently has had compiled some Slow to Change on constitutional teresting. First, the fact that there succeeded and became a part of the Constitution, is to me significant. It shows very definite- damental law of our country and that they do not make these changes until there is something approx- imating unanimity of belief that they are necessary. Colonel Halsey's compilation dis- closed the further interesting fact that economic conditions have a di- curately the desires of the people to alter or revise the Constitution. It seems that when there is plenty the nation is going along happily, even few of the demagogues have But let hard times de- upon us, let there be mil- and forward comes a perfect deluge of proposals to change the Consti- tution. Very accurate proof of the above statement is given in the records The most important political question agitating the con- gress during the first part of this decade was the proposal to change congress take office. Latterly, and after the tion. Colonel Halsey disclosed that there had been 20 proposals which would authorize congress to deal with working hours and wages; 7 authority over agricultural produc- tion and 9 limiting the power and authority of the Supreme court to tional or otherwise modify court jurisdiction. There were two sug- welfare of the nation. The Halsey document also reflects maneuvers of various blocs and tional prohibition. that it was forced upon the country too soon. That is to say it was made operative before a sufficiently large majority of the poeple were in favor of it. This seems to be substantiat- ed by the figures which show that during the last decade, there were 135 proposals for repeal of the 18th amendment out of a total of 479 res- olutions for constitutional amend- ment. In other words, had there been anything like the necessary popular majority in favor of pro- hibition, we would have seen very few attempts in congress to repeal the liquor control amendment. © Western Newspaper Union, Stools Before Chairs Chairs, which we take for granted nowadays, were not in common use until the last part of the Seventeenth century. Before that time hard wooden stools were the only seating conveniences known. 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