Word: belgians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the patronage of His Majesty King Albert and His Highness Prince Albert de Ligne, Belgian Ambassador to the U.S., there arrived last week in Manhattan the Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards, for a three months' tour...
...twelve richest men in Europe is Belgium's picturesque, choleric Emile Francqui. Like the late great Cecil Rhodes, he found his fortune and lost his temper beneath the blazing sun of Africa-Belgian Congo. Three years ago, as Finance Minister, he won world fame by ''saving'' (stabilizing) the Belgian franc (TIME, Nov. 8, 1926). For the past month he has represented Belgium on the Second Dawes Committee which is striving at Paris to revise the Dawes Plan (TIME, Feb. 18, et seq.). Last week a news leak from the secret Committee sessions revealed that...
...parade your ignorance, Messieurs!" said M. Francqui, irate. "Even as a Minister of the Belgian Crown I have never accepted a centime for service to my country...
When Dr. Schacht proceeded to dwell again, last week, on the palpable iniquity of expecting Germany to pay Reparations for 62 years, the five fingers of Croesus Francqui's right hand were observed to tap impatiently on the Committee table. As the Governor paused for breath the Belgian leaped up, fire in eyes...
...most fetching of these pictures (see below), shows her wearing the collar of an officer in the Legion of Honor, while across the scarlet bosom of her mess jacket dangle the British D.S.O.; the Star of Mons, the Cross of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and the Belgian Croix de Guerre with palm...