Show LOOK ASKANCE AT THE TREATY Belgians Think Leopold Wants Too Much for Letting Go Goof Goof Goof of the Congo Brussels March 6 Although a rough canvass of or the th chamber of or deputies by friends of ot King Leopold Indicates that the body is In favor of ot the new Congo Con o annexation treaty treat by a majority of thirty the members of ot the opposition oppositionS S by the partial surrender r of hus lIt S majesty already are preparing for tor tora fora a desperate against any restriction restriction tion Uon upon control of the Congo and liberty to eradicate the abuses of ot the tho existing regime The now new treaty was submitted to parliament yesterday b by Premier Schol and was sent sant to committee with without without without out debate The opposition regards the recognition of ot private concessions as a limit upon the exercise of the sov soy sovereignty sovereignty of Belgium and consequently as absolutely Inadmissible King KinS Leo Leopold Leopold Leopold members of the opposition say would retain an tn Immense direct reve revenue revenue nue from these those private concessions The Thc financial side of the tho transaction also Is most unsatisfactory to the opposition opposition opposition tion Socialists Opinion A V prominent Socialist sd said today Tho The Belgian people will be sufficiently dently generous It If they assume the tho debts of the Congo Independent State and the charges against the crown do domain domain domain main without contracting such side obligations as annuities to Belgian princes and an allowance to the king and It will wilt be better bettor for tho colonial administration of Belgium to undertake to build hospitals and schools In In n the thed 11 d Congo fongo ongo and conduct scientific work V 3 there than to grant the kiPS kins a Ii z year par for the purpose Some Trick Feared The failure of or the government to give out the full fun text of tho the new treaty today has created a distinctly unfavorable unfavorable unfavorable able Impression The afternoon pa papers papers pers of Brussels publish Interviews ith a number of members of the cabinet abinet and chamber deputies In which fear Is expressed that the text of the which Is now promised for next Sunday may conceal some trick Even Een the official synopsis of the treaty tho the deputies declare to be un unacceptable unacceptable Unacceptable acceptable especially that portion re referring referring referring ferring to the recognition of the rights granted an American company to t over hectares of land as wen well as con concessions conc cessions c giving the forest and mineral company exclusive mineral and tim timber timber ber her rights over hectares |