THE CONGO.
BRITAIN AND THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT. Received 28, 9.20 p.m'. London, June 28. In reply to a note from Belgiumiwhieh merely repeated former assurances regarding their , intentions—Sir Edward Grey (Secretary for Foreign Affairs) intimated that Britain was unable to recognise the Belgium Government in the Congo until the Government made it clear that the abuses in regard to taxation and forced labor, which were indistinguishable from slavery, had ceased and ol the natives assimihitcHjpMßpfound ill other European c|fliiiics. ft
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 129, 29 June 1909, Page 2
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80THE CONGO. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 129, 29 June 1909, Page 2
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