"J.N.S." Hits Back.

"J.W.D." may be interested to learn that Queen Anne is also dead, although of course that event, like his alleged reply, has nothing to do with Primates, Politicians, or Princes.

I am greatly flattered by "J.W.D.'s" judgment about my enlightenment. It is, perhaps, unfortunate that in using the words. "smiling prince" and "No. 1 Salesman" I was merely emphasising the words used by the professional politicians in the days when Edward was Prince of Wales.

I confess to be vaguely puzzled by "J.W.D." This is the first time that I have ever heard of a "Legend of the House of Windsor." To begin with I should have thought it too young to possess any. Moreover I can find nothing in the story of the Hanoverians to inspire hero-worship or noble legends. The late Arthur Lynch in "The Rosy Fingers," refers to the line of kings as follows: ". . . The list of these monarchs is really terrible—ignorant, superstition-drenched ruffians succeeded by libertines of a degraded type, with occasional bright phases of mental incompetents . . ."

"The fierce light that beats upon the throne," which so disturbs "J.W.D." causing him to romance in a maze of historical inaccuracies was the very thing that did not prevent Edward from setting out on a path which would have, without doubt, led to a successful terminus in the disposal and destruction of the hypocrisy, blah and traditions which are the wands of the church and the politicians.

"J.W.D." believes Mrs. Simpson was the cause of the abdication. I have dealt with the "divorce reason" in another article. "J.W.D." suggests unaristocratic origins. Mrs. Sompson's ancestry goes back further in Britain's history than the King's own House of Windsor and Hanover. The family is Let me quote "Liberty": ". . . descended from that noble knight, Pagan de Warfield, who came to England with William the Conqueror . . ."

No, "J.W.D." I make no hero of Edward, but I do face the facts, and on those facts I maintain that I can still stick to the conclusion reached in the last paragraph of my article. Facts. Not mediaeval romances. I would suggest that "J.W.D." read articles thoroughly before attempting a "reply."

—J.N.S.