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Born. To Prince Albert of Liège, 25, heir to the throne of Belgium now held by his brother, Bachelor King Baudouin, and Princess Paola, 22: their first child, second in line of succession; in Brussels. Name: Philippe Léopold Louis Marie. Weight...
Everywhere young King Baudouin went on his flying inspection trip through the major towns of the Congo last week, he heard the insistent cries of nationalist leaders for Congolese independence. But from the dark interior of the Kasai province came ominous notice that, once Belgian control ends, the self-rule everyone seemed to want will bring with it barbarism and strife...
...local ruler, 70-year-old King Lukengu, who has more than 300 wives, at first was suspected of promoting the revival of tschipapa, but when he faithfully turned in several tribal poison mixers to the white authorities, he was exonerated of blame-just in time to be received by Baudouin during his stop at Luluabourg...
...Belgian Congo, young King Baudouin arrived on a hastily planned flight from Brussels to see for himself what could be salvaged from Belgium's tattered colonial policy. Until last week Minister of the Congo Auguste de Schrijver clung fiercely to the line that the Belgian Congo Africans must be content with local self-rule now, with a gradual transition to independence in 1964. His plans collapsed when Joseph Kasavubu's big Abako Party and other native groups announced a boycott of territorial elections, the first step in De Schrijver's plan for a slow evolution. As nervous...
...time has come to satisfy the legitimate aspirations of the Congolese, and at the same time avoid the disappointments of uncontrolled evolution . . . Belgium spontaneously and generously calls the Congo to a near independence." One reply, scrawled with chalk on a Stanleyville wall: "Vive le Rot Kasavubu, Au Revoir Baudouin...