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...husband gave his life for Belgium and King Albert," cried one widow. "I know the Association of Belgian War Veterans has petitioned King Leopold to keep the belga on the gold standard and that people say he will. But can we trust the young King to protect our savings? If only King Albert were alive...
Privately Catholics discussed with their priests the latest move of wavy-haired young King Leopold III in calling to the Premiership an economist untried in statecraft, Professor Paul van Zeeland, Vice Governor of the National Bank of Belgium. In her wisdom Mother Church could offer no fiscal consolation. Her attitude, cautiously reflected by the Catholic Press of Belgium, was that no good could be expected of van Zeeland, "an admirer of Roosevelt...
...spirit of "national sacrifice" this step was taken (TIME, Nov. 8, 1926). Last week, up to the very moment of Premier van Zeeland's announcement, the 25-year pledge in which King Albert participated was cited reassuringly as a reason why Belgians need not fear devaluation under King Leopold. When the belga finally slid off gold, Flemish peasants, thriftiest in the world, demonstrated fiercely in their villages against "Our French King...
...clear mandate of an entire electorate more flatly disregarded. Soon the Chamber gave the van Zeeland Cabinet a vote of confidence 107-to-54, although 92% of the Deputies were pledged to oppose devaluation. When the Senate balked and seemed about to vote "no confidence," young King Leopold hastily threw the Belgian Crown's great influence behind devaluation, summoning leaders to the Royal Palace. The Senate voted "confidence." Thereupon, as a starter, the Cabinet fixed devaluation of the belga definitely...
Beside being decorated an officer of the Order of Leopold II by King Albert, he has served as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Harvard Medical Alumni Association...