BELGIAN CONGO.
ANNEXATION BILL RATIFIED. CKOWN DOMAIN. TO BE TREATED AS A SEPARATE CONCERN. By Telegraph.— Presa Association.— Copyrieht. (Received December 5, 9 a.m.) BRUSSELS, 4th December. The Bill ratifying the annexation of the Congo has been referred to a committee of the Chamber. A local newspaper declares that the Crown domain will be treated as a separate concern, administered by an official appointed by the Government. He wiU submit a report annually. The domain will not be a State within a State, but be amenable to the laws of the country. The Chamber will eventually be able to modify the organisation.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 136, 5 December 1907, Page 7
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102BELGIAN CONGO. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 136, 5 December 1907, Page 7
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