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...this was speaking solemnly of undisputed things. It was no state secret that Belgium feared invasion by Germany and not by the Allies. No bones were ever made by King Leopold about his 1936 policy of "immunity," to replace "neutrality." He ended his alliance with Britain and France only lest it drag Belgium into war when they went. He desperately hoped and worked for peace right up to last week. He retained the Allies' pledge of defense in case Germany sought to attack them again through Belgium, because he more than guessed, he knew, that Germany would...
...Cross of the Iron Cross to Lieut. Witzig and seven other flying officers for their "incomparable daring" in taking Eben Emael and certain bridges over the Albert Canal. He promoted Lieut. Witzig to captain. To the inventors of the new Angriffsmittel went greater tribute: real alarm among the Allies lest this unknown new weapon prove a key to unlock the Maginot Line...
...were 148 killed, 337 wounded. In every French cinema audiences were soon being warned to keep away from unexploded Nazi bombs or fallen aircraft. Some of the bombs, perhaps with time fuses, exploded last week as much as two hours after they hit the earth. Sporting events were canceled lest crowds be bombed. The French were told to shoot enemy parachutists in plain clothes or Allied uniforms...
...Lest the Swedes make a mistake about their position, Tass, official Russian news agency, issued a belated announcement which said...
...Lest readers doubt the author's moral purpose, Hsi's only son is clawed to death by Gold Lotus' cat. Hsi himself dies in his prime from an overdose of aphrodisiac pills...