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...Last week, up to the very moment of Premier van Zeeland's announcement, the 25-year pledge in which King Albert participated was cited reassuringly as a reason why Belgians need not fear devaluation under King Leopold. When the belga finally slid off gold, Flemish peasants, thriftiest in the world, demonstrated fiercely in their villages against "Our French King...