Congo Slave Horrors.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7976, 13 November 1905, Page 2

Congo Slave Horrors.

UK VOI/I'J \(; A TJt<IC IT I MS. In ths light of the cabled report of the Congo Commission published in our ls.ue orriu-fldaj, tin, n.llowing "ill Ire of Interest .

Hftiter'n representative has had an interview with the Urv. .1. If. riuiTSs »fio ha,* recent.Hvf,-roach,-,•] I-ugla-nd from hls.taljon „t llaring-a, over on,, 'buns.,,,,l miles in U„. i„t..,-i,„. ,„• ~]„. Congo l-'irc state.

Mr Harri, was one of the most important witnesses In-fore the Congo Conumssion. which returned to Ku-''•>l-e some months ag-o. „,, ,„,. ~„,,. •I'ision „f its i,i,|ui,-ir.s into the ati-o-eme* m that country, and whose. ~ port l, lls 1,,-,-n au-aited for sometime. \<ked ,i any improvement lrad tak.n place son,.- tl,,- departure of the I DiiimUsiim, Jfi- Harris said :-

'"rh« sanation is as had as ever I here i, „o improvement. There is. >-u Ihu column reason to believe l|>M guil.v persons are escaping- with 'he coniuva,,,-,. ,„ ,|ie auihurilies ■Just. More J left about. fifieen men and women were i.orlured and kill,,] "' ' "e vi11a,,,, in mv ow „ ,. omnhcr two v.,-,,. murdered, and in another village two more p„ or m-a- ---_ "'l'h- I nil I, is H,;,t ,|ie rubber fores sr heart il;, sii-k ,„■ i his ceiis-'eless e;; : ; , ".:';:.::t«tv;;::;;:«:-, '" II'" lores! s ,„ „„|„. ,„ „,,,.„■„ Ull . "■!'.,r,d l|,iani,,y ,„• ~„!,,„.,. •• Concern ir,,.- ~„. c,,,,,,,,;,,,.;, ... n,— ~•.„„,,..„ --„m,s „::,;;, j'; '"' " l '">" , nv,,,-e';ii,,l''s!!r|,,'!",. S1 '' ~."„" i i "" v «"'-'"'' ">■■!>■ 'vpni-t J ,:„„ grrlu -ll'ol 1 !!!'' I ,;''' 1 ' I '"'''''' I^''''1 ' 1 ' l ' l ''' P"ssil,l,. l.'sa'.v , 'l',','',rfa,"ir','mu -h,-," ( |f lied ■ ' "

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