BELGIUM AND THE CONGO.
BRITAIN WAITING;- ;;;.,:,; .■;' CIVILISED TREATMENT \YANTED.'/V IBy Tolcerarh—Preu /linoclatlon.-GoDjrllhU , > (Rbo. December IC, 11,35 p.m.) '■ -'i'.;. .' :; ; London, December IG.' -Speaking at Beswick, the'-. - Secretary': for 'foreign''"Affairs, Sir Edward Grey,: referred -to the-Congo;.Territory, remarking that.the question would not be settled 'until-the' Te'rritory;was placed in the hands of a Government elected by, and responsible to, a free Parliament.; He.added;' ..:; ; v -.'v 1 ;-'-..; ''.'.'■-.■': ;' -,-. "Britain is waiting: in the hope and expectation that the Congo will receive tho'treatment that nil civilised countries give to their colo. -Uies." ;.;;.-'■' ■' '";' '; ■'■ ' X""' ';," '■■■-■ '":'•
CONGO COMPARABLE WITH OTHER ■'. COUNTRIES; '"';.".: '■'.... BELGIAN.MINISTER'S REPLY. '.'.'' .-.;';": ; ;(Rec; December : 'iß, iUs;p.m.)':; ''.-. ':.'.' ' Brussels, December 10. [ Ini the' Belgian Chamber, tho' Minister for 'the. Colonies,.:M.- Renkin,. declared: that ■■ tho. attacks . made on' the administration,; of-the-Congo. Territory in the press and on - the platform in ißritain .wereYa grave insult to Belgium. • Tho ;Co'ngo .:Territory icould' boar ■ comparison, with other countries., Ho ''urged - unity of'Belgian'parties in .'.order, to'.;; oppose'-' all foreign interference.. .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 7
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154BELGIUM AND THE CONGO. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 7
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