BELGIAN THRONE
DISCUSSIONS IN . - "PROGRESS ; INTERVIEWS WITH KING (N.Z.P. A.—Copyright) (10.0 a.m.) LONDON, March 15. Discussfons between King Leo- - pold apd the Belgian Parliamentarjr leaders on the issue of LeopoldV return to the Throne continue in Geneva. The Belgian Prime Minister, M. Gaston Eyskens, this morning summoned to Geneva the President of the Belgian Senate, M. Robert Gillon, and the President of the Lower. House, M. Franz van Cauwelaert. They flew immediately to Geneva ,and this afternoon had an* interview with Leopold at his villa. M. Eyskens was not present at this interview, but earlier- in the day had another meeting with Leopold. In Brussels, the Liberal VicePremier* and Defence Minister, M. Albert Deveze, called a meeting of his party’s powerful minority group in the present Coalition Government to discuss the situation.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 129, 16 March 1950, Page 5
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