| Show ACCUSED El U OP 01 3 1 iII V VAc An Ac A may m Uv b en n noticed d In tro th dl M 31 t t editor tt of ot tile the AV WillIl Wb African Mull Mall Ild of ot tle th Con Congo on ongo go frO Reform la iS In IbIS Uti COWl conn try for tor the purpose of lr achIng th American to I u UPS Ua its It lOOt goo me for tor tIcs the 11 amelioration of the con sutton of the till of or tin th Congo ongo Free Vu POr tate stats wa was founded foun d by b King Ie of oC na as a reSult of ot icy ley 11 exploratIons exploration In the Interior n It Africa und and ant It hi w Will was a recognIsed by th Ir In aa u an Independent stats IK haM t The vast territory was AI left un ut under utiler der iler r n sovereIgnty l bluI ec It wai WR hoped hp that Ihn by thIs means mean It would re no roam milin neutral ground with an open opel dour M 31 I Morel now no charge thai tha has hall l every ery pledge pled III made ht at t n conference of or He HI Ii says 1111 the king d that the th at I that time huts I nearly their trade enjoy compile In Iii the tite Congo ongo Ihu pledges pINI have hn been won l Tin Tb of the world In I burred barred while the titi Ih native dative have reduced to It II II i condition of o abject slavery Iury King 1 In Leopold J and hi take nil the thi th profits profit NatIves he lie continued must uUSI work like cattle under tinder lInd r the lie Inah lad of or their Th who ho frill tail or r falter t ara ard first beaten and then either mutilated or butchered Hie rho following la Is from an 1111 Interview with itt th the AMelin editor What lIll I leopold ling dune done la is to arm gate flat to himself lt aa Ii au hit his personal property H It million mites of or a lend land that was wae WI aligned u to 10 for tor All 11 this land he MV by h hl hiS cllon la Is mine sines III nIl It I t mInI mine I do 10 not need to 10 p py y for tor the tics produce of or It Now since lie will not voluntarily submit tu to such mich A 1 theory hory cities they Lucy ate 11 not 1101 willing to do fl and ancl Ih something for ur noth MII nothing ing Leopold len I IN is obliged 1111 geth In I carrying a ag out oil his hla policy of at slavery anti and extortion to III II a whole army amny of or natives nIh by 1 l The Tilt land In is I in fe te l with teh of ot nf ot native who are quartered on tile 1110 vII lagos g with power of or lire life and death In their h and under orders order the Ills natives to 10 produce every ery eek a s ac c nf or natural products product of or oil OH palm kernel or India rub her bar Those soldiers are Ht the lie absolute rulers rul the his de despots nota of ot the tue and tt It If the people sill fall to tu produce regularly what whal 1 hu 1 of or them thell they the goad them on lIh unmentionable acta Hlll of ot ofIs Is ri ly and stud moths mutilation I lot The Ii I hI method a ci hod Af or the tho I is In itt Ua Its turin form formIn In lit proof of ot the a ugh were wre ere exhibited c 11 x 11 Iii tilted In It which w likit men and women omen with were wIre evidence of unmentionable able sille barbarity An 11 a R result of or this of the tho Ih land until lion ligi hit followed Along a it I of or to SOO of the I ho upi r Congo I ongo t the he III population tic blot tion lisa linn beet been by more that In III it the tile last II Un ten years Whole II 1 lagoa RIO ate wiped out OUI of or not only nily by h wholesale but bul bulb by b the tho o The country countr Is In n 1 stU ot nf 1 aa a aIRle IRle of ot Impotent rebellion Such guru an are tho the charges of or M i 1 Morel King ICing Ing Leopold vo we woo bait lias sent R Po I lecturer over oer 1100 to refute on ott the thA public pint piat form fortu the tile IIII t made macle hint him find pee peo pf pel will nn nil opinion both ides are h A delegation from Armenia la Is I also here to ak uk for tor Interference of come IOme kind In behalf of pf the tho people that list It III Is be bl being ing hg decimated dr by I the Turks It lt may maybe mayI 11 be 1141 I wild thru title Ihla Ihl country has Ima no tio bun huel bunne huelM ne M 1055 to meddle with the atTains of ot ca 1 II or 01 0 Turkey Turk and did Ihla this I is II true trite Hut But If tr the its powers whose hOH business It U I to a ato see lite to 10 0 It that Turks Tunics do not lIot outrage mu to io no so either cIther through indifference or Inability It itney may ney become the duty duly of ot other powers to 10 0 exercise their for tor the tics sup mip nf or If Jr murder i Is about to 10 0 bo committed In 11 p a houw It may be conic tho the duty of ot the th neIghbors neighbor to 10 In Interfere although ordinarily undue undu In nce In the affairs of neighbor would be relented tl In tact fact It tl would I P the duty to In step Mep In and prevent the rIme crime If It possIble mid ail failure to do go so would be criminal The fhe cue case between b la lii similar If Ie the signatory lowers fiill fall to protect the Armenians Armenian all the Africans their awIn aw ins In Rg as they are If pledged hedged to 10 do other sirs with Influence mu t u use thIs n II the Interest of ot civilisation or accept the he responsibility na III |
