AFFAIRS IN THE CONGO.
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE EFFECTED. Uuitod Press Association'—Copyright (Received March 4, 9.36 p.m.) T _. BRUSSELS, March 5. iving Leopold surrenders tho Grown Domain in the Congo for two al ?fi a ~half million sterling, which will be expended by King Leopold’s desire in embellishing Belgian cities. I arliamcnt will spend £120,000 annually on hospitals and sanatoria in the Congo for a period of fifteen years, and Parliament will -in future have control of the Budget. The allegation by a Brussels correspondent of the ‘‘Matin,” in reference to Germany’s attitude towards the. Congo, cabled on tho 3rd, is officially contradicted.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2133, 6 March 1908, Page 2
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102AFFAIRS IN THE CONGO. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2133, 6 March 1908, Page 2
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