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...King's speech, written after a conference with Christian Socialist Premier-designate Paul van Zeeland, was broadcast first in a somewhat heavy French, for Wallonia, where Leopold had lost in the March 12 plebiscite; then in a thin, nervous Flemish, for Flanders, which had voted for his return. Leopold recognized that he should reign again only with the approval of a "great majority" (he got an overall 57.68% in the plebiscite), and with the "loyal support of all political groups...
Another Vote? In this week's referendum, Leopold got 72.2% of the Flanders vote. He barely carried Brabant (50.2%) and got only 40.2% of the vote in Wallonia. For the country as a whole his majority...
...opponents conceded that he should be allowed to return if he got 65%. Leaders of the Liberal Party, which holds the balance of power in Parliament, imposed a stricter condition: they would vote against Leopold unless he got a majority in all three sections of the country-Flanders, Wallonia and Brabant (the Brussels area...
Acerbity & Rancor. Socialist Leader Paul-Henri Spaak opposed holding a referendum. He foresaw that the vote for Leopold might fall in the indecisive area between 55% and 65%, and that the King would carry Flanders, lose Wallonia. In that case, said Spaak, "the government would not only have on its hands the King's abdication or return, it would also have to appease the anger, acerbity and rancor of Flanders or Wallonia...
...nation along the thorny path of recovery might fall upon the Catholic party, which favored the return of King Leopold III from exile. In pious, conservative Flanders, mottoes like "Wij eischen onzen Koning terug" (We want our King back) suddenly appeared on house walls. But in leftish, French-speaking Wallonia, an all-Catholic government might cause strikes and riots...