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BELGIAN SITUATION TWO RIVAL SYSTEMS? LONDON, Oct. 31. The Belgian Prime Minister, M. Pieriot, summoned Cabinet tnis morning to discuss a situation which in some parts of the country amounts almost to the existence oi two rivai systems of law and order, says Reuter’s correspondent in Brussels. A communique stated that the Government had decided to allow many thousands of men of the resistance groups to join the army, the police and other public services on a voluntary basis. The correspondent adds that the situation is complicated at Charleroi. Mons and Tournai, the industrial bel. where the 8.F.1. (Belgian Forces o. the Interior) have in many instances taken the law into their own hands and arrested alleged traitors and collaborators. The Socialist Party today invited other parties to exchange views on financial, food and coal problems and the Government attitude to the underground army and the purge of traitors. Some observers believe this may result in the formation of a Left Wing opposition bloc.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21551, 2 November 1944, Page 5
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