CONGO CROWN DOMAIN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 7

CONGO CROWN DOMAIN.

ITS NEW POSITION. i ! BT TELEGP.ArH—rBESS ASSOCIATION—COPTMOHT, . Brussels, December 4. The Bill ratifying tho annexation of thi Congo has been referred to a committee o tho Chamber. A local newspaper declares that theCrowi Domain will be treated ns a separate con corn, administered by an official appoints by tho Government. Ho will submit n re port annually. The Domain will not be n State within i Stato, but 'will bo amenable to tho laws o the country. The Chamber will oTcrrtuall; be ablo to modify the organisation . Dealing with tho annexation movement, am the efforts of King Leopold to retain undci tho now regime . Hie real control of Hie Congo M. Georges Lorand, lender of the Progrossiyi Wing of the Liberal party in the Belgian Par liauient, lately wrote:—"The King .-is. there t< see that reforms shall not bo radical. He ml remain tho niaeter-afterwards,, as, before. I is this that the. English, do not appear t< understand,' beca\tse I do not doubt' the sin cerity of their good-will towards us, but '. think their policy wholly contrary to tho ob ject thov are. pursuing. If (hoy compel us t< annex—for that is what it comes to—a con flict between England and Belgium is inevit ablo, because these reforms will not be effected or will be badly effected.. Not because tht Belgians will put-ill-will or wickedness int< the balance—they wmild..bo. .ouly...jtno pleusec to soo the natives happy—but they arc nert actively interested in the' affairs of the Congo They arc, oil the contrary, profonndly indiffer cut,' and when they know, how many million* reforms will cost they will objeqt. Tbo onlj Bolgians who are interested in the Congo an the King and his financial "bodyguard—sololj interested in making money. No ono in Par liament even has a"mandate from his constitutonts to interest himself in the natives, as so many philanthropists do in England.' The South Wellington School will closo it* year's work with a two days' bazair, the proceeds of which are to bo expended on various necessary furnishings for the school, additions to the library, musoum case, otc. Tho Commercial Agency, Limited, advortisi for tenders for nn assigned boot stock at Otaki. Tho. Education Board , have decided to oxp'reisc their power finder the Education Act, and take, for the purposes of a public school; 'ii section of 2} acrqa, part of section 126 oh the plan of the Hiitt district. A notico to this effect is published : in this week's "Gazette." , ;,''-... ■ Tho Central Mission Band contributed a programme of music in tho:Basin Reserve hist evening. A neat booklet has boon issued by Guide Charles Bannister, giving some valuable hints to intending climbers of Mount Uoldsworth. This dolightful climb, .the shows, can bo accomplished by Wcllingtonians in tbroo days. Some excellent .descriptive accounts are also given of the views- to j bo obtained ;from the mountain and of tho scenery en route.' At Mount Cook Police Station yesterday, bofore Mr. W. Hildreth.'J.P.,; a first offender, charged with drunkenness, was convicted and discharged. Two women were oach fined IOs: Good board and -residence is advertised as obtainable at tho Brunswick Restaurant, Willis Street. Tho terms are 18s. per wcok. MILLINERY. Ladies visiting Wellington during the Christmas holidays would.do woll to pay C. Adams and Co.'e millinery establishment a visit before going further. The millinery rooms upst&ire will be fonnd extensive, and affprd the. best soleotion at reasonable prices in the city. Costumes and blouses will be sold at a reduction during Deoombor. Only address, 35 Cuba r StM»v . C6M