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...links. Three years ago he donated a silver cup-La Coupe du Roi des Beiges, for a tournament at Onex, Switzerland-and last year he won the cup himself. This year he reached the quarter finals of the amateur championship in Paris. Other members of the Onex club hail Leopold III, King of the Belgians, as "a perfect golfer...
Belgium's Christian Socialists, who had fallen just short of an absolute majority (TIME, July 4), last week sought to form a coalition cabinet. Premier-designate Paul van Zeeland pledged an "unflinching" fight for return of exiled King Leopold III. The Liberal Party shunned "rash decisions" on the royal question; they wanted tax cuts first. The Socialists growled ominously: if Leopold came back, they would call a general strike. As the tense maneuvering between the parties continued, it seemed that Belgium's royal question would have no easy answer...
...they won a majority, either in their own right or with the help of dissident pro-Leopold Liberals, the Catholics promised to call for a popular "advisory" referendum on the royal question. No one seemed to doubt that Leopold would get a majority in such a plebiscite...
...Tough Decision. This week, after the votes were counted, Leopold's chances of returning home were still doubtful. The Catholics missed by three votes the 107 needed for a clear majority of the Lower Chamber. Probably more than three Liberals would be willing to join with them in voting for a plebiscite on Leopold. The Catholics, however, would rather govern in continued coalition with the Socialists (66 deputies) than with the Liberals (30 deputies). On the whole, the election represented an anti-Marxist swing. The rightist Liberal Party made the largest gain, and the Communists suffered the sharpest loss...
...villa, Le Reposoir, in Switzerland's Pregny, King Leopold listened to the radio news on the election, broke the tension once to go swimming with Mary Liliane. He wanted to come back, but was enough of a Belgian himself not to hurry...