THE CONGO ATROCITIES.
A PRINCE SHOCKED. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyrlgal tv „ ■ Brußßel s, September 8. fading Catholic newspapers at Brussels have declared that Prince Albert, on his recent visit to the Congo, was grieved and exasperated to see tfie terrible devastation and destruction of native life caused by the Leopoidian «*b-
The Congo J roe State was constituted and defined by the general Act of the International Congo Conference of Berirm".!! «?' and i e " tored '■>'<> treaties with all the great Powers, by which its status as a sovereign Power, under Leopold 11., King of Belgium, was recog"l 8 "™ Jts boundaries were settled ?wV £ y :,. m a recent »Pe«*. said that the British Government was propared, if necessary, to take isolated aotion with regard to the Congo, but its power for good would be vastly increased by co-operation with other Poweu Ho said that in the opinion 0 f the Government changes were required in regard to the system of taxation in labor which amounted, in fact, to a system of forced labor differing in name only from slavery. The system thould not bo con™ pulsory and its evils would be to i argo extent obviated by the ISlroduetion of currency.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 184, 8 September 1909, Page 2
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199THE CONGO ATROCITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 184, 8 September 1909, Page 2
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