CONGO ATROCITIES,
PARIS, September 25. 1 Count De Brazza's Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the French Government, gravely indicts Gentil, an agent for ; American firms in the French Congo. | Th.s Parisian papers declare that Gentil 1 was a monster of cruejty. He is said to have hanged women by the feet until they were dead, and to have sacrificed 20,000 native carriers in transporting provisions and troops to Tchad. September 27. 1 / M. elemental, Minister of Finance, state. that the reorganisation of the French Congo has bseai progressing for years. An experimental treaty with the Niger Company nas been concluded for the carriage of supplies to the troops at Lake Tdhad and for abolishing the horrible abuses of porterage.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 27
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119CONGO ATROCITIES, Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 27
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