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Show Windsor May Make Trip : Z To America Next Year PARIS, No. (AD Tk Dak af Windsor b eonaldsrrag lour to Ruse is, person clow to the royal party said) teasajat. PARIS, Nov. 6 (Af) Members of the Duke of Wbxbor' write disclosed today that the royal party was studying the possibility of making the postponed tour of the United 8tates early next year. They declared the protect was "definitely not canceled." monarch as hopeful that public opinion in America would "change" within a few months, opening the way for the trip which waa to have started today, but waa postponed by Windsor because of "grave misconceptions" mis-conceptions" of his motives. Nearly 70 trunks, it was learned, aent to Cherbourg for tha voyage, were reloaded today and ahipped bark to Paria. The itinerant duke and duthess I were busily engaged, an associate Isaid. In discussing what next to do, where next to go now. that their American tour had been delayed. Remain la Seclualoa They and their party remained In the seclusion of the royal auita all morning. Even David Storier, the duke's bodyguard, . who usually strolls through the hotel lobby, waa not seen. the slightest" signs of an Imminent departure since the duke's postponement post-ponement statement was distributed last night, leas than 19 hours before Edward and his American-born duchesa planned to atart for America. Amer-ica. The statement said tha duke made the postponement with "great reluctance" re-luctance" and waa motivated by "grave miaconceptiona which have arisen and miastatementa which have appeared" about the motives and purpose of the tour. Two Factors Considered British sources said the decision probably waa baaed on two factors: 1. The duke deaired not to create cre-ate any possible strain on British-American British-American relations and felt that any trouble over hla visit would offend Britain generally. 2. The duke considered that in view of a critical reaolution by the Federation of Labor In Baltimore the duchess' home town the time was not ripe for a visit. The statement added that "the duke emphatically repeata that there la no shadow of justification for any suggestion be is allied with any Industrial system or that he is for or againat an particular political politi-cal or racial doctrine. , . ." Tha Baltimore labor organisation on Wednesday adopted a reaolution "warning"- organized labor not to be "taken in" by "slumming parties professing to help and to atudy labor." It criticiaed the Windsors' recent visit to Germany. Bedaux Attacked The resolution also attacked Charles E. Bedaux, an Industrial engineer and friend of the Windsors, Wind-sors, who was to have been their guide on a 37-day tour to atudy induatrial conditiona and boualng. The federation called Bedaux an "archenemy" of labor because of his Industrial work aystem known to labor aa the "stretchout" Moat of the French preaa refrained re-frained from commenting Immediately Immedi-ately on tha postponement. Labor newspapers made the duke's announcement a small item on Inside pages. Only rightist organs. or-gans. La Jour and La Figaro, carried car-ried editorials. "It ia certain that the duke atrongly resents the hostility of which he is the object," said Le Jour, "particularly so because of the warm receptiona he received In the United States when ha went there aa Prince of Wales." Le Figaro aaid: 'The couple's trip through Germany Ger-many produced the aaddest effects. Their arrival at New York on a ahip flying tha nasi flag after their travels in the nasi reich would seem, to aay tha least, a regrettable manifestation." mani-festation." British Preaa Comments Moat British newspapers played the story under prominent headlines head-lines and some carried editorial comment The British government waa believed to have welcomed the decision, since it was understood te feel the trip might cause harm in the light of the Baltimore labor attack. The liberal London Newa Chronicle Chron-icle aaid: "He (Windsor) haa wisely wise-ly abandoned a tour that would have given great offense. The United States will not think any worse of the duke for that' Hia own qualities quali-ties are aterling, but he does not always choose the friends best suited la his position." |