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Even between Amiens and Bapaume, where Weygand's rescuing Army had cut a few small nicks in the German corridor, the French were thrown. Then, incredibly, at 4 a.m. Tuesday morning, Leopold King of the Belgians-without consulting his Allies, against the counsel of his ministers-tossed in the sponge, ordered his army to lay down its arms. Premier Reynaud embittered, sarcastic, told his people by radio of the action "without precedent in history." Despite their King's order, he said, the Belgian Government would continue to function, would "raise a new army" to fight alongside the allies...
...France and Britain, King Leopold's 'was a ghastly decision, for the gallant Belgian Army was the vital left wing of their pocketed troops. The Belgian capitulation made the plight of Maxime Weygand's northern armies nearly hopeless. For Weygand needed planes, tanks, fresh divisions, and above all time to reorganize his Army, a sixth of whose best men had been cut off. All he had now was his own resourcefulness and the courage of France...
...First duty of Belgium's Leopold was to emulate his father, lead his Army in the field. His three children, nephews and niece of Italian Crown Prince Umberto, were reported to have gone to Italy. Small Princess Josephine Charlotte resumed the study of Latin with her tutor. Monsieur Du Pare...
...Vatican press. Cried Farinacci in his Cremona Regime Fasdsta: "Since September . . . Osservatore and the Holy See have had a common cause with the Allies." Last fortnight, when German troops suddenly moved into Holland and Belgium, Pope Pius XII sent messages of sympathy to Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, King Leopold of the Belgians; and Osservatore Romano, in a burst of indignation, let itself go again. That day Editor Dalla Torre printed 150,000 copies, speeded up the Vatican's little press until it almost shook apart...
...most clergymen who have been preaching pacifism and U. S. neutrality now favor all help to the Allies short of war. Typical are two Chicago churchmen: Methodist Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf and Dr. Louis Leopold Mann, influential rabbi of Sinai Temple. They believed stanchly in the Johnson Act. thought U. S. defense ample. But last week they strongly urged all credit to the Allies, all speed in building U. S. defense...