Outrage on the Congo.
AN EXPLANATION DEMANDED BY ENGLAND. (Per Press Association.) London, August 28. Lord Salisbury is pressing Belgium to explaip the hanging of Stokes, a Britjsh trader in the Congo, without judicial trial, by Major Lathaere, on a charge of supplying arms to the Mahilists. Two of Major JLathaere's officers protested against the execution. Belgium disclaims responsibility for the Congo. Some of the Belgian papers admit that Lathaere was indiscreet, while others justify his action. The British press, however, demand tljat stringent onqniry be made.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 52, 29 August 1895, Page 2
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87Outrage on the Congo. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 52, 29 August 1895, Page 2
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