NEW GENERATION

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21580, 6 December 1944, Page 4

NEW GENERATION

HOLLAND’S VOTERS INTERIM PARLIAMENT DR GERBRANDY’S VIEWS (!) a.m.) LONDON Dec. 5. People who have been under German occupation have the right that one of their men should be 1 rime Minister, said Dr. P. S. Gerbrandy. Prime Minister of Holland, -at a press conference somewhere in Holland, at which he announced that his Government would resign as soon as Holland is liberated. He added that the new Parliament would be chosen “by means not yet devised.” and would hold office until an election could be hold, which probably would bo for li to two years. ' Queen Wiihelmina would Jnhoose; tlie Prime Minister of the interim Parliament. Dr. Gerbrandy said: “There must be a new Government in tune with tlie temper of the people. The resistance movement must have a say in the formation of this new Parliament. Ido not even feel sure the old parties will be returned. “There has been since our last election a great world crisis. The whole spirit dr id mind of the population has changed. Returning to Holland we meet people quite different from those whom we left in 1940. Perhapes one-third of our people now of age to vote were not on the lists in 1937. The members of this Parliament would have the support only of the old people, not the young fresh -demerits representing the spirit of Holland. . I hope to be back in London before the end of the week to report to the Queen and Cabinet. We are not here for political reasons but practical ones. This is no longer a political Government, but a Government of affairs. “We still have to face the war hi :he Pacific. V/e have agreed for this war to the creation of an army, air Corc-e ancl navy to reinforce our existing forces.” Dr. Gerbrandy added that he had had horrifying reports from that part of Holland still in German hands, especially in Amsterda mand Rotterdam.