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Great issue before the world today is whether present political quarrels and economic tensions are to end in another Great War. As Victim No. 1 of the last War, small Belgium has a great stake in maintaining Peace. Last week Citizen Paul van Zeeland of Belgium made a report on the world economic situation that claimed the attention of the world's Presidents. Dictators, Premiers and their ablest political and economic experts...
...Paul Emile Janson went before Parliament last week as head of another Cabinet, the first Liberal Premier of Belgium since 1884. Brussels political experts figure he has a majority of 70 in the Chamber. In effect M. Janson simply reformed the Cabinet of nonparty Economist Professor Paul van Zeeland (TIME, Nov. 1), expected by many last week to return as Premier after the courts confirm a Parliamentary vote which recently cleared him of charges in connection with a scandal at the National Bank of Belgium (TiME, Sept. 20 et ante). In his program speech last week, Premier Janson promised...
...form a Cabinet was Belgian Liberal Paul Emile Janson. He hustled over to London to tell Leopold III he had lined up the necessary majority, returned to Brussels accompanying His Majesty, discovered to his chagrin that the backing he thought he had obtained had slipped away. Thus Professor van Zeeland, who offered his resignation on Oct. 25, remained Premier of Belgium...
...Belgium, the rival Catholic and the Socialist parties and their satellites had jockeyed each other for power to such a comparative standstill that in 1935 it actually became possible for the kingdom to have in Paul van Zeeland a Premier who had never actively belonged to any party, never had stood for election to any office and was primarily a professor of economics and an expert in central banking (TIME, April 8, 1935). Professor van Zeeland was brought in as a compromise coalition Premier chiefly because King Albert had repeatedly brought him in as an economic counselor whose services previous...
...Majesty, now that politicians of all leading parties have informed him in the past few days that they have been unable to form a Cabinet which can secure a majority in Parliament, last week amply showed his own feelings by asking van Zeeland to remain as Premier at least until the King returns from London. By then Belgian public opinion may have a clearer grasp of the issues-already this week prominent Socialists were agitating for van Zeeland to be formally reinstated as Premier-and the King may also call a general election. Although Rexist Degrelle is no doubt annoyed...