Show news review of current events th the e world over king edward abdicates and Is succeeded b by y duke of york I 1 pope stricken with paralysis wallace promises better farm pro program rain by EDWARD W PICKARD oc western newspaper union LOVE and the british constitution are the winners in the great contest that has stirred the vast empire to its furthest borders edward VIII steadfast in his determination to make mrs I 1 wallis wal lis 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 A george VI lm edwards fateful george va decision was corn com munica ted to the house of commons 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 edward said realizing as I 1 do the gravity of this step I 1 can only hope that I 1 shall have the understanding of my peoples in the decision I 1 have taken and the reasons which have led me to take it 1 I conceive that I 1 am not overlooking the duty that rests on me to place in the forefront the public interest when I 1 declare that I 1 am conscious that I 1 can no longer discharge this heavy task with efficiency or with satisfaction to myself 1 I have accordingly this morning executed an instrument of abdication in the terms following 1 I edward VIII of great britain ireland the british dominions beyond the seas king emperor of india do hereby declare my irrevocable determination to renounce the throne for myself and my descendants ants my desire is that effect should be given to this instrument of abdication immediately in token thereof I 1 have hereunto set my hand this day of december 1936 in the presence of the witnesses whose signatures are subscribed there followed a request that the accession of his brother to the throne be expedited and accordingly enabling legislation effecting the abdication and the accession of the new king was promptly introduced and put through the house of commons and the house of lords the new king was proclaimed with the traditional ceremony following an assembly of the accession council made up of privy councillors councilors counci lors and other distinguished persons that evening the ex king went on the air to broadcast a message of farewell to the half billion people who had been his subjects edward left england for his self imposed exile and probably never will return to his native land where he will make his home has not been announced noun ced it was stated in cannes where mrs simpson was with friends that he would not go there now wally publicly offered to renounce her assoni edward VIII aaion with the king if that would settle agg the controversy but he chose otherwise her divorce would not become absolute until april 27 but steps were taken in london lo 10 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 country down that he mainly was vas to blame for bringing on the crisis and to quote one correspondent that the cabinets 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 ire 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 parliament passed the abdication measure it was carried to him and the moment he signed the document edward ceased to reign it W was s presumed that with the permission of the new king edward would retain the duchy of cornwall and its revenues with his other resources he goes into exile with an annual income of about in all the british dominions steps were taken to ratify the abdication of the king and the accession of the duke of york there was considerable uneasiness concerning the course the legislature of the irish free state might pursue for events seemed to give ireland the chance to shake off the last vest vestiges igei of adherence to the british empire FROM manila came belated dispatches telling of the worst disaster that ever befell the philippines a great flood which s wept swept through the fertile and densely populated valley in northern luzon and destroying possibly thousands of the inhabitants the full extent of the death toll may never be known the waters of the river suddenly swell swollen en by a typhoon and torrential rains inundated many villages and towns in in the 50 mile wide valley so isolated was the stricken area that a former provincial military commander 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 S with paralysis that af fectea both his legs pope pius XI was believed go be in a serious condition because he be already was afflicted with asthma arterio sclerosis I 1 NI IE and high blood pressure pr assure at first the holy father flatly refused to subi submit nit to a medical examination saying 1 I am in the hands of god and he even insisted on dictating and signing letters but later he was persuaded to take pope POP pius s complete repose which his physicians said was vitally necessary father agostino gemelli of milan a medical expert was summoned to vatican city and gave out a statement indicating that rigid measures were being taken to stave off possible poisoning the popes illness was discovered when he was unable to arise for a ceremonial concluding a week of spiritual exercises he was barely able to stir the left leg and physicians found that the heaviness of limb had spread also to the right leg M MEMBERS EMBERS of the american farm bureau federation assembled in pasadena calif were told by secretary of agriculture re wallace that the government would provide a better farm program than the AAA but he also said the farmer must be willing to accept small increases in the imports of certain agricultural products in the cause of peace he said the farmers of the united states must learn to say yes as often as possible to agricultural imports from pan america arnerich while at the same time reserving the right to say no when any vital branch of agriculture is likely to be menaced by too great imports mr wallace declared the pr preservation eser of world peace is more fundamental da than national agricultural conservation and added there is an important relation between the two however danger of the united states becoming involved in a serious war comes from the fact that we export goods to europe and when war comes one side or the other interferes with trade last year 63 per cent of our agricultural ri exports went to five countries which are certain to be in involved 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 increasingly crea singly to pan america but the facts are stubborn and of necessity 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 P LANS of john L lewis and his JL 1 associates in the C 1 I 0 for organizing the automobile industry workers seemingly are greatly furthered by the formation of a joint council of the united automobile workers of america and the federation of flat glass workers these two unions controlling as they do virtually organized workers in the automotive industry have agreed to unite in a common cause in any controversy with the industry they are both members of the lewis group and so are under suspension by the american federation of labor C OR the first time the government ahas 1 has taken a hand in the steel labor crisis the national labor relations board has issued a complaint charging the united states steel corporation and its subsidiary the carnegie illinois steel company with interfering with the self organization of employees in carnegles Carne gies 21 plants this action followed the boards investigation of charges filed by philip murray chairman of the and M F tighe veteran president of the amalgamated association of iron steel and tin workers W ITH the launching of the gneisenau her second ton battleship germany moved another step toward her goal of a navy na VY large enough to bottle up t the he russian fleet fuehrer hitler and many high officials attended the ceremony the ship was christened by frau maerker widow ot 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 reache d tons by 1912 it will possess no less than five ton battleships to which can be added two ton battleships three existing 1000 ton pocket battleships and fourteen light and heavy cruisers including three more ton boats there will be 40 destroyers and torpedo boats two airplane carriers and submarines up to tile the limit of the 1935 pact with great britain F FRANCE RANCE and great britain united in an invitation to germany italy russia and portugal to joi join n them in an effort to end the spanish 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 fighting the announcement of the plan came on the eve of the meeting of the league of nations council summoned to geneva to consider the madrid valencia governments appeal against germany and italy because of their recognition of the fascist rebel junta it is the hope of france and britain that the spanish people will be permitted to decide by ballot whether they shall have a fascist or a socialist government ern ment filien FOURTEEN persons perished when a big dutch airliner crashed near croyden airport in england anoland soon after taking off in a dense dense fog the plane struck trees and houses and was destroyed by names flames among the vacti victims ims were juan de la cierva cherva inventor of the autogiro auto gyro and admiral saloman lindman former prime minister of sweden there were only three survivors of the disaster T LJ 1 EADS of 21 delegations to the JL A peace conference pon ference in buenos aires outlined national policies and among them was secretary of state hull who proposed a program containing what he termed eight pillars of peace upon which rest peace and prosperity these were 1 internal luiei quiet and education 2 frequent international c confer 0 n f e r ances 3 swift ratification rei t I 1 0 n of 0 f existing se secretary peace pacts 11 4 adoption of a common neutrality policy 5 fair and equal commercial policies iches 6 practical international cooperation 7 strengthening of international law 8 faithful observance of the sanctity of treaties next day mr hull offered a neutrality pact for all american republics his plan would create a permanent inter american consultative committee to ordinate coordinate co existing peace instruments and bring agreement on a common neutrality policy based on the united states neutrality theory JOHN HAMILTON chain chairman nan of the republican national committee called a meeting of that body to be held in chicago december 17 and announced that at that time he would submit his resignation mr hamilton desires that the committee shall be able to address itself to the plans tor for a party comeback with a clean slate and with new officers in command if a change of personnel shall be deemed more conducive tu to success the management of the late campaign 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 hamiltons resignation will not be accepted SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HENRY announced the mid december financing operations of t the treasury the main features be being further borrowing and refunding that will put the national debt above 34 billion dollars lowered interest rates on government bonds and elimination of preferential treatment for the small investor the secretary said that tile the december 15 financing which includes the borrowing of millions to cover continuation of deficits incurred would be the last until march when heavy income tax collections will pour into the treasury refunding raises the overall amount of the financing to 1 in announcing that the treasury would not permit the small investor to have his subscription up to met in full as in the past but would be forced to accept a share just as is the big bond buyer declared that the public had abuse abused tile the privilege the plan to give the little fellow a break was initiated by secretary ogden mills during the hoover regime |