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Show Belgian Professor Startles Europe Eu-rope by 'Accusing Leopold of High Finance. CONGO FREE STATE IS HIS PERSONAL PROPERTY Revenue of Crown Domain Appropriated Ap-propriated and Invested in Belgian Realty, BRUSSELS. Fob. 10. Prof. Fcllclan Cottier of the frc unlvornlt' of Brut.vln hft3 pub-ll.-hed a pamphlet on tho ltuailon In the i fonco Fr Stftlo which contains several hitherto unpublished documents yhowlnc that ' lh crown domain, which practically la Kins i Leopold' i personal proporty, consists of 2fc),375 I rrjuax Icllomelenp. or au ixea two -anil one-lmlf one-lmlf times the rz at England, bringing him jirollta on India, rubber ftlono o. 515.147,000 dur-D:c dur-D:c ths last ton -ar King Invests Money. Prof. Gattler recalls tho fact thr.t. Premier I Do Sinet Do Nayor declared In tho Chamber of Deputies In 1303 that the piorlm of tho crown domain would be cxcluMvnly applied . to the creation of cetabllnhincnLi of material, moraJ and Intellectual utility, whereas tho official of-ficial documentn adduced show that tho profits havo been uki! .for tho acquisition of real 1 i-KtntA In Bruniels and Oatcnil alono to the i vuluo of JS.fi35.0W, (in woll aa property in ' many other towno In BeU'lum. Gravo Difficulties Ahead. The author foresees n a result of all this that trravo difficulties will arle when tho succession suc-cession to th throne of IJelitlum und tho Contro Freo Stato comes up. The relations of Erof.- Cattlor havo caured 1 r treat nengatlon. The SoclullHt leader, Van " Der Velde, will lntirpollate tho Mlnli-try In the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday nl;hL Will Stir All Europe. 1.0NDON. Feb. 10. Tho Standard this , niornlnc draws attention to tie alleged revr;-Intlons revr;-Intlons contained In a book on the Congo Kreo State published nt PurlH and Brucsels by tho J3elKlon, Prof. Cattlcr, Indicating that durlnc the post decjide Klnir Leopold has dnvn on nmount estimated at 1S,0,000 from tho rubber rub-ber trade In the Coniro Domains do la C'our-onne, C'our-onne, them bolnc no trace of this In the published pub-lished accounts of the Coniro administration. The no.vspapcr says,: "If It can be verified that such an Income was drawn, while It hnn been represented that doubtful expedients were employed In the-Congo the-Congo In crdcr to avoid the carrying on of 1 business at ii loss, the conscience of Europo will be Mlrrcd to Its depths. ' |