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...utterly different in status from one another. The status of England's King is such that for him to go abroad and negotiate with a foreign state would automatically create a "Constitutional Crisis," with alarmed British politicians Hell-bent for abdication. The status of the King of the Belgians is such that last week brown-haired young Leopold III, unaccompanied by any of the Belgian Cabinet, arrived in London to negotiate in person with the British Government vital issues as to Belgium's role and defenses in case of another...
...issues: 1) Since Adolf Hitler has let it be known that any further British-French-Belgian staff talks will be taken amiss in Berlin and regarded as lining up Belgium in an alliance against Germany, shall Der Führer be appeased? 2) Do the British and French intend to join in defending a Belgium once more attacked by Germany? 3) In case German bombers bound for Britain are heard by Belgians roaring over their country, will that constitute a "violation of Belgium" and would the Belgians instantly tip off the British what was coming? 4) What about the Belgian...
...after the royal Belgian Embassy dinner, King Leopold limousined around to the Foreign Office, negotiated for several hours, then dined at Buckingham Palace, resumed his dealings with British statesmen on the third day, at last returned briskly to Brussels, his capital. In official British circles it was intimated that informal agreements had been reached all along the line. Some of these will be implemented in treaty form, and for purposes of signing Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden may go to Brussels. Apparently the Belgian King and British statesmen are satisfied that...
Because Rexist Degrelle is a thorn in their flesh and because they appreciate that Premier van Zeeland stands for traditional, quiet Belgian politics and for no fancy isms, the three parties in the Belgian Cabinet coalition - Catholic, Liberal, Socialist - agreed to offer no rival candidates. The stage was thus set for a fight between parliamentary government and Rexism, a fight in which Degrelle will get no support that the wily Premier can possibly sidetrack...
Leon Marie Joseph Ignace Degrelle, 30-year-old son of a French brewer who be came a naturalized Belgian citizen, first suspected that he had a talent for demagogy when he used to spellbind his fellow law students at Louvain University. Flung at his head by his enemies are the charges that he got no university degree, that he "evaded military service by falsely pleading heart disease." By 1934 he was running his own paper Rex (taking its name from Christus Rex) which, though purporting to work within the frame of the Catholic Party, offended some Catholic leaders...