Show SLAVERY IN FREE STATE Returned Missionary Tells of Abuses in Congo London Lon May 5 The Rev Rey William W t am I Morrison Mornion of Lexington Va a member Of the American Pre Presbyterian mission mis lon who is here iier on lets his way home after six I years yen work along the Kassai river about Lat LN miles in the t interior of ot the Congo Free State fully confirms the stories of the abuses in the Congo ad administration I ministration He has furnished an ex en exhaustive report on OB the situation to the Congo Free FrH State authorities to the American and Dd British ministers at Brussels and to Foreign Secretary Lan detailing the results of his personal investigation and showing that the situation n is t daily dally growing worse wo as asa asi asa i a result of 0 OT the rubber intro introduction Introduction I of ot forced labor virtually I amounting to slavery sla very On his way to the coast coa Rev Morrison covered 80 O I miles JI Ies on the Kassai Ka li river formerly i thickly dotted clotted with villages and he says the there re are jure now less lese than a dozen villages there the people having fled fied into the forests to escape the tyranny I of the whites It is Ia Impossible for the natives fb tb get any redress from the Congo Free State officials for the abuses to which they tey t ey are subjected Rev Mr Morrison sells sails for New York May 9 and aDd will furnish R the state de department pertinent at Washington with further evidence e on OR the subject |