A MODERN HERO.
KING LEOPOLD EXPLAINS, PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Brussels, Dec. 11. King L:opold, in a remarkable interview, complained of the press describing him as a monster of greed and cruelty worse than Nero, He admitted thero had been some misgovernmens and cruelty in the Conge. It was curious that outside critics always expected the millenium elsewhere than in their own territory. He deolat6d himself poorer, not richer, for his connection with the Congo.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1957, 13 December 1906, Page 2
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74A MODERN HERO. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1957, 13 December 1906, Page 2
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