BELGIAN INCIDENT
THE PREMIER INJURED Received Feb. 3, 6.30 p.m. BRUSSELS, Feb. 2. Ex-servicemen slightly hurt the face of the Premier (M. Paul Spaak) during an anti-Government demonstration. The trouble followed the Government's appointment to the Royal Flemish Academy of Dr. Martens, who was sentenced to death after the war for co-operation with the Germans. There were scenes in Parliament regarding the matter, after which a vote of confidence was passed in (he Government by 88 to 86. There were seven abstentions.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 10
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82BELGIAN INCIDENT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 10
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