Says Governmental System Must be Reformed Brussels, July 18.
The relation between the government and Parliament would have to be regulated anew and the democratic system of the government reformed, stated M. Paul Spaaks, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, in addressing members of his own political party, menw the Belgian Social Democrats, at Berchem near Antwerp yesterday afternoon, M. Spaak declared that all Cabinet members have agreed on the carrying out of the government programme but that the government could not depend on a stable majority in Parliament. Therefore, the parliamentary, methods of work would have to be overhauled in October next. The present principle could be retained but methods of operation would have 10 be revised.
Until October, said M. Spaak, the Cabinet would not go away on holi-Mays. After reviewing the work of the Cabinet heretofore, the Prinie Minister emphasized that, despite the budget deficit, the financial situation gave no cause for uneasiness but that new sacrifices would have to be borne next year if the crisis continued.
As regards the foreign policy, M. Spaak said, the position of independence and equilibrium established in 1936, 1937 and 1938 remained un-Changed. The government wanted to live on good terms with all neighbours.—Trans-Ocean.
A singular amount of attention is being paid by various bodies to the morals of students, This was strikingly illustrated at a meeting of delegates of the. National Chastity League and other organizations, Students, a delegate suggested, should not be allowed to go to cinemas or read magazines.
Mrs. Yayoi Yoshioka, Japan's leading woman surgeon suggested that students should be encouraged to have Army-style haircuts "since this would help to conserve the nation's oil resources." Bafon Kanefusa Kimoyuki, a member of the House, of Peers, proposed the immediate closing of all cafes and dance-halls.
The meeting ended without. pa: ing any resolutions, but it was decided to request the police and the Ministry of Education to "tighten their control over students,"
Concrete resolutions, however. were passed at a meeting of one of the Committee of the Central League of the Spiritual Mobili ation of the Nation, This body, ponderously entitled "the Committee on the Improvement of the Mode of Life Under the Prevailing Extraordinary Situation," decided to recommend for general enforcement the following proposals;—
1, To make the most of articles in daily use, and to refrain from buying new ones, 2. To dispense with the custom of exchanging presents at New Year and other, customary occasion 3. To wear simple clothes on all occasions; 4. To hold feasts only when absolurely necessary and, even then, to unit the number of dishes served.
5. To close restaurants, theatres and other places of amusement at 10 p.m. in summer and 9 p.m. in winter.
6. To discontinue the use of Neon signs and other Numinaadvertising tions—Reuter,
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