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...decided last week that he wants to be a member of Belgium's Parliament. He ordered one of the 21 Rexists in the Chamber of Deputies to resign, forced the Government to announce a by-election, nominated himself a candidate. From smart young Liberal Premier Professor Paul van Zeeland came a gallant countermove. He decided to resign his own seat, declared that he himself would oppose Rexist Degrelle "as a non-partisan candidate," then hurried off to the Royal Palace to confer with King Leopold III who fixed April 11 for the contest. Declared the Premier...
Because Rexist Degrelle is a thorn in their flesh and because they appreciate that Premier van Zeeland stands for traditional, quiet Belgian politics and for no fancy isms, the three parties in the Belgian Cabinet coalition - Catholic, Liberal, Socialist - agreed to offer no rival candidates. The stage was thus set for a fight between parliamentary government and Rexism, a fight in which Degrelle will get no support that the wily Premier can possibly sidetrack...
...chronic reluctance of young men to enlist in the British Army (TIME, Nov. 30 et ante), the alleged advice of Herr von Ribbentrop to Herr Hitler was really too much for them to stomach. In London last week being feted was Belgian Premier Professor Paul van Zeeland, and his English hosts had to do or say something. Up at an International Chamber of Commerce luncheon for Premier van Zeeland got handsome and willowy young Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to utter words braver and bolder than he has ever used in the House of Commons or the Council of the League...
...Belgium last week the vaguely liberal Cabinet of Premier-Professor Paul van Zeeland was physically threatened by sleek and slim young Leon Degrelle and his Rexists, the newly potent Belgian Catholic-Fascist movement which takes its name from Chrisfus Rex. The Rexist newsorgan, Rex, had just boldly admitted that M. Degrelle had visited Berlin a few weeks before. Doubtless emboldened by Nazi bigwigs, he openly threatened last week to bring 250,000 Rexists on chartered trains to Brussels and "sweep out the van Zeeland Government!" This Rexist rashness caused Belgium's Premier to forbid the railways...
...jampacked the Cathedral Square. Suddenly a window flew open and Rexist Degrelle made what he called a "Proclamation." Unfurled were two huge Rexist flags showing "the Black Crown of Christ the King" on a red field. The crowd roared "Rex will conquer! Long live Degrelle!" At this Premier van Zeeland's cavalry charged out of side streets, slashing with their sabres in the reckless fashion of Romanov Cossacks...