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...remain Belgian," affirmed Belgium's Minister of Colonies, Albert de Vleeschauwer, rebutting hints that Germany may get the Congo in the same way that she got Sudetenland (see p. 25). "We did not steal the Belgian Congo and nobody will steal it from us." Chimed Premier Paul Henri Spaak before the Chamber of Deputies: "The Congo belongs to us. Our rights to it are established and nobody can contest them...
...evenminded Belgium, however, this trend is often reversed. Last week, a time of international if not national stress, the Belgian electorate voted overwhelmingly for the moderate parties in the municipal elections held every six years. Heaviest winners were the Socialist and Catholic Parties, supporters of Premier Paul Henri Spaak. Even the pro-French Liberal Party, thought to be losing its hold, showed wide gains. Heaviest losers were the Communists, Rexists and Flemish Nationalists. The pro-Fascist Rexists blamed their losses on the fact that their Führer, dynamic Léon Degrelle, suffering from congestion of the lungs, failed...
...anxious to call an election, which would most likely increase Rexist strength, democratic young King Leopold turned over to his good friend, 39-year-old Paul Henri Spaak, moderate Socialist, the task of forming another coalition Cabinet. At week's end Premier-Designate Spaak, Foreign Minister to the Janson Cabinet, had ready a National Union Government of Socialists, Liberals and Catholics. "Take it or leave it," said Spaak. The parties took...
...late King Albert I, was on his way (TIME, Feb. 28). In a seven-day "sentimental journey" he toured reconstructed War areas, which he had not visited since he accompanied President Wilson in 1919. After conversing with young King Leopold III, Premier Paul Emile Janson and Foreign Minister Paul Spaak, the former President left for Lille, France, two medals the richer...
During the War, able Liberal Janson worked under Relief Director Herbert Hoover, became Defense Minister in 1920, has since been Minister of Justice four times, today is the uncle of his own Foreign Minister, Paul Henri Spaak. Often a representative of Belgium at sessions of the League of Nations, Premier Janson is rated conscientious, independent of mind and a brilliant orator. "My new Government," he declared, "will continue Belgium's policy of steering clear of foreign alliances...