Show reforms refo nia in the congo king albert of 0 has approved the reforms proposed by blai ministry 1 n the administration ol of tho the belgian congo the most important I 1 Is a the abolition 01 ol of ithe itha system ol of collecting taxes through tigh forced labor under which frightful cruelties cruel ties have hava been in the tha past hereafter Hr eatter taxes tire axe to be paid in money not by labor jabor and are to be adt reduced d in mount amount native officials official jue are to be substituted for valte aal obligatory later labor on tha ahe part of adults isita be restricted strIct ed to the works designed for the improvement biot of chbeir cwm condition con dlton diton |