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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Received the King's assent in traditional Norman French "Le Roy le veult!" ("The King so wills!") to the bill giving India a new federal form and Constitution, this act being the longest ever passed by Parliament (TIME...
...Premier, after all, did his first big job as War Minister. Prior to 1914 he persuaded the Queen and Parliament to strengthen the Dutch frontier so heavily that the German General Staff reputedly scrapped a set of plans which was to have sent their War machine crashing across The Netherlands as well as Belgium. Today since the solution of many a World problem may again be sought in war, Premier Colijn is suspected of having tentatively and secretly reversed the most fundamental policy of The Netherlands: neutrality...
Exulted Liberal King at Ottawa last week: "I hope this will lead Premier Bennett to see what he can expect as a result of refusing the dissolution of Parliament we have asked and clinging to office to the very last minute!'' Of caustic Mr. King and the ever-gentlemanly but reserved and unpopular Premier is told this tale...
...understood that Her Majesty made him promise to keep the guilder on gold before he received the royal mandate. Next day Catholic Aalberse came back to tell Protestant Wilhelmina that he could not get a majority in Parliament. Gratified, the Queen again named Colijn her Premier...
...Equality of Sacrifice." To the radio rushed Pierre Laval and explained as follows: "By the decision of Parliament we, the Government, are charged with defending the national patrimony. There are Frenchmen who talk of 'devaluation,' of 'reflation' and of 'revalorization.' They forget that France already has lost four-fifths of the value of its currency. Other Governments may prefer to print false money. This Government will have none of that...