THE CONGO KING.
LEOPOLD'S SUCCESSOR
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.]
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION ] LONDON, March 12. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, remarked in the House of Commons that the recent debate on Congo affairs showed that Britain was watching the promised reforms in an attitude of suspense and benevolent expectancy. Britain's recognition of Belgian annexation was dependent upen definite guarantees that the new system and constitution would inaugurate a definite change, and upon receiving satisfactory reports from the consuls. The new King of the Belgians has givon a million francs for additional hospitals and doctors for the Congo, and another million for hygienic woik, chiefly as regards the sleeping sickness, which is caused by an internal parasite.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 March 1910, Page 3
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119THE CONGO KING. Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 March 1910, Page 3
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