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Belgium Declines to Annex the Kongo

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 17, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 24.

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Belgium Declines to Annex the Kongo

Belgium has decided not to annex the Kongo Free State, and will allow the option of annexation to expire. She had been given ten years in which to decide whether to annex that country, and at the expiration of that time the option was extended. The extension has now expired, and she will not annex the territory because of popular opposition and the attitude of Great Britain. The popular opposition was due to the revelation of the cruelties practised upon the natives by officials of the Belgian Government.