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Show ) If In the Public Eye LOBBYIST FOR 6 KING j M? HHBH Col. Henry J. Kownlsky, a Now York and Snu J JHFranclsco lawyer, Is said to bo tho head of tho vHlohby In this country maintained by King Leopold ML vHo( 1,1k1i""i concerning which amazing rovolntlous flfcnK Haro being mndo, Knwatnky's mission, which ho ly kv performed with such stnrtllng succesi, was to W 'IS?' provont nny action being takon by tho American B il governmont in response to the outcry of mlsslrn- BK 't"f i nrlcs and others against tho ntrocloua cruelties Kafll, vjty .- practlcod upon tho natives of tho Congo Frco Bpsj. ' Stnto by Leopold's ngonts nnd rubber tiuntoM, y Honry W. Wnck, who wroto "Tho True Story ykjfi.. yA o( t0 Congo," denies ho wns a member of flKowalsky's lobby nnd says: HSrfB "i hnvo not spoken to Kownlnky for n period L sHflKflsHBBsVslof 17 months. I know Kownlsky to ho nngry nnd disgruntled on account of his dismissal by tho Belgians from tholr service, nnd I havo from time to time hoard that ho wns throwing bricks nt tho kin,; and his ministers nnd counsol In tilts country; but as I hnd no desire to be Identified with Kowalsky'n rovengo upon tho king and his ministers, I hno avoided tho subject nnd tho man. "Tho difficulty In tho Congo Is not duo to King Leopold, but largely to such servants as Kownlsky has proved himself to bo. Kownlsky has evidently evident-ly betrayed his trust nnd gono over to King teopold'a cnomlos for n llttlo vulgar vul-gar notoriety." |