CONGO REFORMS.
■ ■ BELGIUM'S UNDERTAKINGS. ATTITUDE. . ! Received 4, 9.30 p.m. ' London, August 4. ' Owing to the Belgian Government pro- < luising to improve the treatment of the ' Congolese, especially in regard to in- 1 creasing their liberty to labor and their ' right to dispose of the produce of their J lands, the British Government does not • now insist ou the abolition of the sys- < tern of paying taxes in labor within a > specified time. Belgium also undertakes, alter annexation, to favorably entertain | a proposal to arbitrate in regard to the « interpretation of the commercial conven- £ tions binding upon the Congo State. J
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 193, 5 August 1908, Page 3
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100CONGO REFORMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 193, 5 August 1908, Page 3
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