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Emile Vandervelde (1866-1938) was a Belgian statesman, born at Ixelles. He studied law at the University Of Brussels , and became doctor of laws in 1885 and doctor of social science in 1888 .


HIS ACTIVITIES


  • Member of the Belgian parliament in 1894 .








EUROPEAN WAR

When the European War broke out in 1914 , he became premier of the Belgian War Ministry , and he was a member of the Belgian Commission that protested to President Wilson against German treatment. His wife visited the United States , where she raised $300,000 for Belgian relief.

WORKS

  • ''Les associations professionelles d'artisans et d'ouvriers en Belgique'' (1892)

  • ''L'Evolution industrielle et le collectivisme'' (1896); English translation, ''Collectivism and Industrial Evolution'' (1901)

  • ''Le question agraire en Belgique'' (1897)

  • ''Le Socialisme en Belgique'' (1898), with Destreé

  • ''L'Alcoolisme et le conditions du travail en Belgique'' (1899)

  • ''Le propriété foncière en Belgique'' (1900)

  • ''L'Exode rural et le retour aux champs'' (1903)

  • ''Le Socialisme et l'agriculture'' (1906)

  • ''Le Belgique et le Congo'' (1911)