THE CONGO.
\ A BELGIUM NOTE. BRITAIN'S REPLY. United Press Association - By Electric Telegraph: Copyright. Received June 28, 9.30 p.m. LONDON, June 28. In reply to a Note from Belgium,, which merely repeated a former assurance regarding that Government's intentions, in connection with the Congo, Sir Edward Grey has intimated to Belgium that Britain was unable to recognise Belgium Government in the Congo until ife was mads clear that the abuses of taxation and forced labour, which was indistinguishable from slavery, had ceaaed, and the treatment of natives was similar to that found in other European colonies.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19090629.2.42
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9529, 29 June 1909, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
96THE CONGO. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9529, 29 June 1909, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.