[6] Bertrand, Histoire, Vol. II, p. 552.
[7] One of the significant incidents of this election was the contest against Frère Orban, for thirty years a parliamentary leader and one of the greatest politicians of his day. His seat was contested by an obscure workingman, and the distinguished parliamentarian was compelled to submit to the ordeal of a second ballot.
[8] The Clerical forces are gradually retreating before the repeated onslaughts of Liberals and Socialists. But the loyalty to the Church remains undiminished. On May 17, 1901, a Clerical deputy remarked in the Chamber that he would like to see the temporal power of the pope restored. The Socialists immediately started an uproar which ended in their singing their "Marseillaise" and the adjournment of the sitting.
[9] Bertrand, Histoire, II, p. 590.
[10] La Grève Générale Belge d'Avril, 1902, Brussels, 1902.
[11] Histoire, II, p. 592.
[12] See Dr. Steffens-Frauenweiler, Der Agrar-Sozialismus in Belge.
[13] Op. cit., p. 37.
[14] See an article by E. Vandervelde, "Der General Streik," in Archiv für Sozial-wissenschaft und Sozial-Politik, Tübingen, May, 1908. The same article was published, same date, in Revue du Mois, Paris.
[15] Supra cit., p. 541.