Word: catholicization
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Prince Philip, son of Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse and Princess Margaret of Prussia, youngest sister of the present Emperor of Doorn, has been in love with the tall, handsome Italian Princess for some years, but the Italian King and Queen have steadfastly opposed the marriage because the Prince is...
"We have a Southern democracy, a Western democracy and an Eastern democracy. We have a rural democracy and a labor democracy. We have an agricultural democracy and an industrial democracy. We have a Protestant democracy and a Catholic democracy.
Last week, Viscount Poullet, after ten days of negotiation, did what all Belgians declared impossible: he formed a Catholic-Socialist Government, dared to make the Socialist leader, Éimile Van der Velde his Foreign Minister.
Surprise in Belgium was quickly clouded by well-founded pessimism. Such a Cabinet would never command support from Parliament. Premier Poullet was wary. He did not lead his Cabinet into the Chamber of Deputies, as did his predecessors, and bluntly demand a vote of confidence. Instead, he put the onus...
* No party has an absolute majority in either the Senate or Chamber and a coalition of two or all three (Socialist, Catholic, Liberal) of the groups is necessary.