Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1904-04-06 | Page 2 | Reply is Defective

REPLY IS IVE Or Ir Barbour DoeS Not King Leopolds Explanation Alas AprIl Thomas Taomas ThomasS S Harbour Barbour made Blade puBlic tonight his I upon the published reply ot of otI I 1 Lepold to the made hla hia administration ot of the Congo riP e tati Dr Ber Barour our il I j r c of the American t UI union on and of the tha then thaIn In n of b bi i nom m t th hl cha spinet Lao eo I 1 were formally wb to t tie atten iT n f the States t Ii 3 wt We wish It were wee Ible for us ua W to rard this statement as 8 Proving that 4 I frightful d I g f conditions Inthe in the Congo Conco Free S State the rule of King Leopold foundation BUt Bt we are un 4 r p and that thal the I tl 1 bt be unable tet pt t tsa denials i II 5 amat the tha of oft t whig which t bc f ys pat Ia t me from iq tle Congo State Stale I ding m and andI d dI I It 1 awl JId from men for tor a tUne time timen I n with u the kinE government rl r harge made meda In the Ula BeIla nt nr are ali as severe at as e made In Int t 1 British r house bou e f fur for the hu It 2 part of oC t tile Q Qu u atlon against him that l lIed made b bc by c 0 w ase N a pretense preten e and aDd at 1 the hE natives or of tile the Interior are so o that they ti Q re Rot ot tat ty t th thIr lr o The cue cee Is L j ve tl by a court inquiry external to lb government