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Show Edward-Wally Romance Unhidden During Cruise aMora WH mirrtnti o, km Bla Baoor aill la Mra Waaa WorfMa aol 9m aaa J. mM t Mmi a a la aroaiaM In 1 1 ill of -rtfitw, ' aot Maiail wiaiia ojaar. TMa M aaa a i a ai a ojwaa oa I nr By ROOfR D. CRrCNK AaaacUtad Fraaa Staff WiiUr Long rang camaYat, foruaad acroa tha blu tparklinf wtlart of th Adriatic, quickly revealed th Identity of King Edwtrd't lem-uiina lem-uiina "myttary" guaat aboard tha holiday cruia yacht Nahlin. Edward hlmaalf made no secret' af her pressnee. evaa peeing graciously gra-ciously with the dark-hatred, merry-eyed merry-eyed Mrs. Wallis Warfield Blmp-soa Blmp-soa at his side. One erene. In a mot or boat, shewed Mr, sum peon with ksr band affectionately af-fectionately touching th king's arm. Aim oat every phot showed them together, bare-armed and happy . . bathing In the Adriatic. . .strolling through tha streets af picturesque Dalmatian villages. . .rambling ever lbs Creek eeuntryelde. .. The "mystery" was la London. Op, Abate aard The British press at first published pub-lished capMons Identifying only male mem bars af the royal rruieing party, par-ty, then recalled photographers si-, si-, together. If Edward wanted privacy, be I gave no sign af It He was as epen lui aknrreanait la bia frlonitihla thalr Bryansten rourt manag aad moved ta a palatial, while-fronted aew home In Cumberland terrace, a mil from Buckingham palace. Two blus-hslmslsd London hobbies hob-bies stood guard eutslds, and presently pres-ently King Edward awa personal bodyguard, the towering 300-pound Chief Inapector David akortsr af Scotland Yard was assigned la protect pro-tect Mrs. Simpson. Th British press continued lis silence. si-lence. American and continental newspaper men alone seemed to knew what mighty events war brewing. On October XT. th divorce action, charging 'misconduct'' Infidelity being the only legal grounds for divorce di-vorce In Britain cams up for bearing bear-ing at Lbs Ipswich assises. Little AW inali a Tb llttl -old world" market for Mra Dimpooa as any young maa la love as he showed one more, aa hla return ta London, whaa be had the court circular announce Mrs. fUmpeaa'a name among gueeta at hla Scottish, caa-Ue caa-Ue at Balm or si He had already Introduced Baldwin Bald-win and ether member f th cabinet cab-inet ta Mrs. Simpson. Now, at Balmoral, h Introduced her t mem bore of the royal family the Duke and Dueheaoet f York, Qlouosotsr and KsnU Headlong Leva Alt were at Balmoral. Queen Mother Mary, still In mourning for hsr husband, George V, remained la London. As a sample af hit headlong love by n mean eocret Edward himself, dreaeed In th gay plaid of a Scottish king, cam down from th Balmoral highland ta meat Mrs. Simpson at Aberdeen. Together they motored ta the castle. Four days later, September M, reports from London said that Mr. Simpson, Harvard-educated ship- Elng broker, a former officer In I ma)sty't rrarb Coldstream guards, planned to soak a divorce. In Msyfalr. the announcement caused little ar na surprise. The Simpson had been frequently ea-tram ea-tram ed. and a year earlier. In Paris, an attsmpt te effect a reconciliation had failed. They went together only "for appearance ap-pearance sake" and not always then. Fsahionablt hostsssst oftsn Invited Mr. Simpson for n party, without her husband, and Invited the husband ta th Beat party, without hi wife. On October II Blmpeoa on-bounced on-bounced that hit wlft had brought lull for divorce and that the cast -will not be defended." Mrs. Blmpeoa already had left town ai ipewicn lareaoea snia eua-pense. eua-pense. But not about Mra. Simeon Sime-on a. They had tcarcely heard af ker. Their inta roe t waa centered aa a murder case, a rare event la that buoolie community. Bo, aside from foreign corraspond-ents. corraspond-ents. Mrs. Blmpeoa was th target f llttl attantion aa aha tat In the courtroom, a trim, slender figure In blue, with a polkadot blouse and )aunty-englad "wafer" hat, awaiting tht momentous decision of Mr. Jua-tic Jua-tic Sir John Anthony Hawk. It look esactly IT minutss. The plaintiff testified that bar husband had spent tha night with an "unnamed woman" aad then item-vleaged, item-vleaged, beweggled Mr. Justice Hswke announced brusqualy: "Oh, vsry wall, a decree mel." Not since Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragoa to marry the Ill-fated Anns Bolsyn, In loU. thereby there-by completing the rupture with the Church of Rome, had any severance of marital tlae hald tuck far-reaching potentialities. Million I nlnfarmrd And yet. Incredible a It seeme now. Brltsln's millions hsd no slight! Inkling af what had hsp-psnsd. hsp-psnsd. Only twa of London'! three afternoon after-noon nswipepen mentioned th vent They printed deeply-burled and brief accounts of the divorce, without with-out linking Mrs. Hlmpson's name weth that of the king. A prlvetely-clrrulstsd megaslnt. The Week, distributed te a select clientele la London, disregardsd the censorship, but dsclarsd la a biting article that reports of a marriage between tb king and Mrs. Simpson wore "estreme slander." Th American press, however, continued printing the news and the flood of Edward-Wallis stortss, bounding bark serosa the Atlantic, finally led Jack McGovsrn. fiery Scottish M. P., wh once described the royal family at "a gang of para I tea," ta nee In th houae of common and attempt to discus th romance. All be got waa a chill load of ti-kmc. ti-kmc. Yelled Frewa At last, guardedly, In a manner baffling to -Brlfons, "not In th know," ths stately London Times hinted dark disapproval of ths romance ro-mance In aa obecurely-worded editorial edi-torial about the appointments of a new general In South Africa, Bald the Times: "It la tht king s position . . , that must be kept above reproach ar ridicule, rid-icule, and Uiat it Incomparably more Important than tht individual who fllla It.' This -depth charge." totally msaninglst to Britain's millions, waa neve rUieleas aa amlnout warning warn-ing of how the powerful "old guard" conserve tlvee viewed the romance. One December 1, the bishop of Bradford. Dr. W. A. F. Blunt, voiced another warning te the king. Lid Peps Off la a thlnly-vsilsd criticism of Edward'! Ed-ward'! private life, he declared: "Ths king's personal vlsws are hla own. but It Is still an ssssntlal Idsa of kingship . . . that the king needs U grace of Cod for bit attic. W hop he It aware of hli need. Bom of ui wish he gsvs mora positive eigne of such swsreness. Provincial nswapepert played the speech In flsring black hesdllnss and tht ltd was off. Tht greet London metropolitan nswspapsri followed. Ths censorship was lifted, and tht crisis suddenly was revealed ta ths British public In all Its breath-taking magnitude. |