CONGO ATROCITIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14224, 22 November 1909, Page 5

CONGO ATROCITIES.

AN ENGLISH PROTEST.

COMPLETE REFORM WANTED.

LIBERTINE ON A THRONE. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright.

..(Received November 21," 5.5 p.m.) 'f '.'■ London, November 20. A great demonstration was held at the Albert Hall, which, was packed, to express Christian England's.protest against the cruelties existing in the Congo.

• There were many bishops, peers, members of Parliament, and clergymen of all denominations present, the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. The chairman emphasised Britain's share of the responsibility in the creating of the" Congo Free State. Dr. Clifford, the well-known Baptist minister, in moving a resolution which was carried with enthusiasm in- favour of complete reform in Congo administration, strongly attacked King Leopold of Belgium's rapacity and brutality. Other speakers exonerated the Belgian nation, throwing the onus of the abuses upon King Leopold, The Rev. C. Silvester Home, a Congregationalist, described the Congo natives as being done to death in order that European financiers might flourish and a million-aire-libertine upon a throne give rein to his passions.