Show reforms in n the congo I 1 king albert of has approved the reforms proposed by hla his ministry in the administration of tho the belgian congo the most important is tho the abolition of tho the system of 0 collecting taxes through forced labor under which frightful cruelties cruel ties have been perpetrated in the past hereafter taxes are to be paid in money not by labor lind and are to be reduced in t amount native officials ore to be substituted for white and obligatory la ia bor on the part of adults is to bo be restricted strict ed to tho the works designed tor for tho the improvement of their own |