BELGIAN CONGO.
NEW 1 KING'S: REPORTED DESIRE' .. . TO REFORM EVILS.
A QUESTION OF ■ FINANCE.
By Telegraßh—Press Assooiation-Coovrliint.
Brussels, February 17. ' .In tho Belgian Parliament, the Congo Budget was voted iby 79 votes to 40. ,The revenue continues mainly to ,be derived from forced labour; . '
_ Mr. E, D. Morel, Secretary of the British Congo-Reform Association,.states that the late King Leopold transferred to other institutions two million sterling which properly belongs to the Congo. If the money, can be -recovered King Albert will; be'willing to deyote .it to : tho remedying of evils. .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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90BELGIAN CONGO. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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