LEOPOLD DISOWNED
BY BELGIAN GOVERNMENT & PARLIAMENT M. PIERLOT’S DECLARATION. NO PEACE WITHOUT FREEDOM. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) PARIS, May 31. While the Belgian Parliament was sitting at Limoges to ascertain the Government’s action, it was officially announced that King Leopold had been struck from the rolls of the French Legion of Honour, of which he held the Order of the Grand Cross. The meeting of Parliament was the occasion of a demonstration of gratitude to France. The President of the Senate, M. Gillon, confirmed that a number of Belgian units had disobeyed the King and placed themselves alongside the Northern Allied armies. M. Pierlot (Belgian Prime Minister) said: “We can only lay down our arms when we have regained peace, independence and freedom. Members of Parliament unanimously supported the Government attitude.” It is juridically and morally impossible for Leopold to reign.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1940, Page 6
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145LEOPOLD DISOWNED Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1940, Page 6
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