Show Reforms In the Congo King Albert of has approved the reforms proposed by his ministry in the administration of the Belgian Congo The rhe most important is th the abolition of the system of collecting taxes through forced labor under which frightful cruelties have been perpetrated in the past Hereafter taxes are to be paid in money not by by- labor and are to be reduced In la amount native officials are to be substituted substituted sub sub- for white and obligatory labor la Ia- bor bar on the part of adults is to be restricted restricted re re- to the works designed for th the ha improvement of their own |