BELGIAN CABINET
DEFEATED ON LANGUAGE
ISSUE
THEUNIS MAY REMAIN PREMIER
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BRUSSELS, 14th June.
The cause of the resignation of the Theunis Cabinet was the rejection, by the Senate, by 143 votes to 4, of a Bill providing for instruction in Flemish at the Ghent University. Higher education throughout Belgium at the present time is possible only in the French language, but the war created a demand for a Flemish University. The problem of using Flemish in Ghent divided Belgian politics keenly in 1922, when the Chamber voted against a compromise making the university half French and half Flemish, but favoured a gradual increase in the use of Flemish.
The King will hold the usual consultation to-morrow. Ifc is probable that M. Theunis will be asked to form a new Cabinet, but the task will be most difficult. It is thought that dissolution of Parliament and a, General Election will be necessary before a new Government can be constituted.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 7
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166BELGIAN CABINET Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 7
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