Word: iii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cause for alarm. Reason: the extraordinary prestige and stabilizing ability of the Throne. Its power is a legacy from that masterly European schemer Leopold II, who died in 1909, and from his heroic successor, Belgium's Wartime King Albert. Fortunately, the throne next came to young King Leopold III, today easily the outstanding European crowned head in strength of mind and leadership. Last week His Majesty, having presided for some days over the vain efforts of Belgian politicians to find a successor for able, honest but scandal- seared Premier Paul van Zeeland, who recently resigned (TIME, Nov.1), calmly announced...
...King was taking a risk in stepping out of his country and away from his Government at such a crucial time. They felt that the Government was not so much being left behind as it was going abroad in the person of the King. Reason: The last time Leopold III went to London, His Majesty negotiated with the British Foreign Office and brought back to Brussels a treaty giving Belgium an altogether different status in Europe*(TIME, April 5 et seq.). This act of state by the King eclipsed in importance anything his Cabinet or Premier have yet done...
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...pact" between Japan and Germany, although it was signed last year, and that Italy's signature last week is "equivalent to signature of the original pact." Ambassadors Hotta and von Ribbentrop, having signed this ludicrous concession to a Dictator's vanity, were each rewarded by Vittorio Emanuele III, King and Emperor, with the Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice & Lazarus...
...Cabinet of Premier Paul van Zeeland this week seemed to be reorganized under the leadership of Finance Minister Henri de Man and the resignations of its members were before King Leopold III. Many expected Economist van Zeeland to go to Basle and succeed the recently drowned Director of the Bank for International Settlements, M. Pierre Quesnay. Attacks of the Belgian Fascists or Rexists upon M. van Zeeland for continuing to receive emoluments from the National Bank of Belgium after he became Premier resulted in a parliamentary vote clearing van Zeeland (TIME, Sept. 20 et ante). But the blatant Rexist press...