FUTURE OF THE CONGO
, ( : Luiuloi!, December 24. | A remarkable memorial, signed by many peers, nineteen bishops, seventy- • six members of tlio lJonse of Commons, ■ and numerous Lord Mayors, reprcscn- '*>' tative commercial nroii, philanthorpists, ■..• and editors, has been forwarded to Sir Edward (,'roy, Foreign .Minister, expressing cordial support of the. Government's insistence that Belgium must give distinct assurances that treaty rights in the Congo will be respected,' amf native ( communal and tribal (enure of land ( * and products bo recognised. ( l * FKANCO-tiEK.MAX ACiKEE.UEXT. ]l lleceived 2ti, 10 a.m. i Lodoil, Decern her 215. c 'J lie Times states that a Fiaiieo-Ueb'inu agreement has been signed. It delimits the Congo .State frontiers, recognises on e ono hand the annexation bv liolgimii, s and on the other hand France's ri"ht to I preference hj, the event of ISclgimn re- - Imniiishmg tlie Congo.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 309, 28 December 1908, Page 2
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147FUTURE OF THE CONGO Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 309, 28 December 1908, Page 2
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