Show 11 dward Begins Self Imposed Exile on Foreign Soil il J I PROCLAIMED CLAIMED KING I G AS EX MONARCH EX-MONARCH sEEKS HAVEN ABROAD j 1 Who Quit Throne ne for Love Entrains I ln I I I for Switzerland After Crossing Channel to French Coast Dec 12 AP The AP-The The Duke of Windsor Windsor former former Ib tor bg Edward of England England is is expected to arrive at Innsbruck c sorrow an official spokesman for the Austrian aid id d tonight BOULOGNE France Dec 12 UR Prince Prince Edward vol- vol tar exile ede from his beloved England boarded his special specia attached to the B Basle Switzerland express train at 8 8 m. m after arriving here from Plymouth w n n England ng aboard I m. m h d destroyer t y Fury Edward no longer Ioner monarch of fc It worlds world's I largest empire died thed foreign but friendly soil soila a 4 this ib French seaport town as asi i Mother brother was proclaimed in inon edon on is U George VI king of Britain and its dominions ons ch officials went nt aboard the theand it and ext extended the she welcome of net c iff people Hundreds lee ice 11 1 b back bk k crowds of curi ri ri- ri rJ i h covered the quay for the mile as the Fury tied up at ath h totes Teres e no i indication dica i n he would W Wallis Simpson twice- twice fuD Baltimore belle whom he dh throne to marry She c at Cannes annes on the Riviera tor Perier of the Nathe Na- Na jj a the French Scotland Yard w ng who is generally assigned to President President President dent Albert Lebrun was in Boulogne Boulogne Boulogne Bou Bou- logne with five fellow inspectors They arranged for the complete isolation Of tit approaches to ship landings landings landings land land- ings in order to protect Edward The English channel steamer Isle of at Thanet was removed from its usual berth here at p. p m. m to allow Edwards Edward's vessel to arrive In th the dead of night after a long mo motor or gr drive ve r rpm m Fort Belv Belvedere dere the man who gave up a throne throna for l love hive ve steamed out from Portsmouth harbor on the south coast of ot England England England Eng Eng- land in a warship His departure was wrapped in secrecy and mystery It was not even known in England on on what ship he had embarked At first it was thought he was aboard the Continued on Page Two Column One King Ex Leaves for Switzerland After Night Trip to France Continued from Page One admiralty yacht Enchantress The Enchantress and the destroyers Fury and Wolfhound sailed together er in the early hours This morning the Enchantress was back at her berth at Ports Ports- mouth People all over the world world per per perhaps haps more people than ever heard hearda a speech before listened before listened last night to the farewell message which Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward delivered to his empire that empire that he could not carry carryon on without the woman I love They remembered his sad reference to his brother brother- successor George VI and the new kings king's one matchless blessing enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed by so many of you and not bestowed upon me a happy home with his wife and children He delivered the speech after a alast alast alast last dinner with the royal family at the royal lodge in Windsor Great Park from the Augusta Tower of I Windsor castle sitting at a table reading from a script which he be had prepared Then he be went back for the last time to Fort Belvedere where he and Mrs Simpson used to laugh happily as they planned and perfected perfected perfected per per- the gardens A small crowd cheered him on his way Edwards Edward's status for status for the moment was was fixed at his broadcast over the official network when he was called Prince Edward Today the title of at duke of at Windsor was Wa con con- e. e upon him by his brother the new king but bub he is a prince by birth Back at Belvedere Edward took tooka a last look around the rooms he loved and bade a last farewell to his servants A few minutes after midnight this morning Edwards Edward's automobile stopped on the outskirts of Ports mouth Its chauffeur looked about aboul uncertainly A sign writer named Hale passed in hi his car and the chauffeur hailed him to ask Hale offered to direct the carThe car The chauffeur declined and Hale pointed the way to the dockyard Thank you very much came a voice from the side window of the car It was Edward muffled in his overcoat The chauffeur stepped on the accelerator and in a few minutes Edward Edwar i was at the dockyard Another car from Belvedere arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived then two police cars then two small trucks used trucks used for shooting parties with parties with luggage In one of the following cars was Colonel the Honorable Piers Legh the princes prince's equerry for 17 years Today was the faithful Legh's forty forty- sixth birthday as he sailed away to exile leaving his American wife and their year old daughter Also there was Inspector David Stoner royal bodyguard from Scotland Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land Yard S The h car cat went at 30 miles an hour through the closely guarded dockyard dockyard dockyard dock dock- yard gates gate It slowed Two naval officers saluted It went vent on to the waterside The yacht Enchantress and the two destroyers were soon steaming from the harbor in iii the clear starry night |