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Died, Jonkheer Dr. C. J. M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck, 62, president of the Tweede Kamer, lower house of The Netherlands Parliament, thrice Premier; at Vorden, in the Province of Gelderland. Reproached in 1919 for affording ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II & son refuge in the country, he blurted: "To put it bluntly, these gentlemen fell like a brick on our heads. How could we act otherwise than we have done...
...Bill (TIME, May 19, Aug. 6) by 50 votes to 49. Had it not been for the fact that one of the 100 members which forms the membership of the Second Chamber was missing, the result might have been a draw. Premier Jonkheer Dr. C. J. M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck tendered the resignation of the Cabinet to the Queen, who requested the members to remain in office until certain items on the Parliamentary agenda had been settled. A new Cabinet is, however, inevitable...
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