CONGO FREE STATE.
INSISTENCE ON TREATY RIGHTS POPULAR SUPPORT OF BRITISH ACTION. "United Press Association. Copyright (Received Dec. 24, 11.50 p.m.) " LONDON, Dec. 24. A remarkable memorandum, signed by many Peers, nineteen bishops, 77 members of tlie House of Commons, ■and numerous lord mayors, representative commercial men, philanthropists, and editors, lias -been forwarded to Sir Edward Grey, expressing cordial support, to the Government’s insist-
A cnee that Belgium must give a disM** tinct assurance that treaty rights in the Congo Free State will be respected, and the native commercial and tribal tenure of lands and products he recognised.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2383, 26 December 1908, Page 5
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98CONGO FREE STATE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2383, 26 December 1908, Page 5
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