SAN IEGOCALIFORN AMIVERS TY OF3 1822017304312The CrimeoftheCongoBymaA.ConanDoyle*of the AuthorComplimentsSAN D EGOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.31822017304312 rCentra! University Libraryof SanCalifornia,University DiegoPlease Note: This item is to recall.subjectDate Due2 rMAR 2 2Cl UCSDLb.39(7/93)oTHE CRIME OF THE CONGOThetheCrime of CongoByA. Conan DoyleAuthor ofThe Great Boer etc.War, etc.,New York&Doubleday, Page CompanyMcmixALL RIGHTS INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATIONRESERVED,INTO FOREIGN THE SCANDINAVIANLANGUAGES,BY DOUBLED PAGE & COMPANYCOPYRIGHT, 1909, AY,PUBLISHED, NOVEMBER, 1909BY A. CONAN DOYLECOPYRIGHT, 1909,PREFACEare of us in who consider the crime whichTHERE Englandmanyin the lands ofhas been wrought Congo by King Leopold Belgiumfollowers to be the which has ever been knownand his greatesthuman annals. I am of thatin Personally strongly opinion.have been like that of the NormansThere great expropriationsor of the in Ireland. There have beenin England Englishof like that of the South Americans themassacres populations byor of nations the Turks. But never beforeSpaniards subject bysuch a mixture of wholesale andhas there been expropriationmassacre all done under an odious ofwholesale guise philanthropywith the lowest commercial motives as a reason. It is thisandcause and the unctious which makes this crimesordid hypocrisyin its horror.unparalleledThe witnesses of the crime are of all and there is nonations, possi-of ...
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oftheCongo
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oTHE CRIME OF THE CONGOThe
theCrime of Congo
By
A. Conan Doyle
Author of
The Great Boer etc.War, etc.,
New York
&Doubleday, Page Company
McmixALL RIGHTS INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATIONRESERVED,
INTO FOREIGN THE SCANDINAVIANLANGUAGES,
BY DOUBLED PAGE & COMPANYCOPYRIGHT, 1909, AY,
PUBLISHED, NOVEMBER, 1909
BY A. CONAN DOYLECOPYRIGHT, 1909,PREFACE
are of us in who consider the crime whichTHERE Englandmany
in the lands ofhas been wrought Congo by King Leopold Belgium
followers to be the which has ever been knownand his greatest
human annals. I am of thatin Personally strongly opinion.
have been like that of the NormansThere great expropriations
or of the in Ireland. There have beenin England English
of like that of the South Americans themassacres populations by
or of nations the Turks. But never beforeSpaniards subject by
such a mixture of wholesale andhas there been expropriation
massacre all done under an odious ofwholesale guise philanthropy
with the lowest commercial motives as a reason. It is thisand
cause and the unctious which makes this crimesordid hypocrisy
in its horror.
unparalleled
The witnesses of the crime are of all and there is nonations, possi-
of error facts. There are British consuls likeconcerningbility
Mitchell and all in theirCasement, Thesiger, Armstrong, writing
official with detail of fact and date. There are French-everycapacity
men like Pierre Mille and Felicien both of whom have
Challaye,
books the There are missionaries ofwritten upon subject. many
Weeks and Stannard Clarkeraces Morrison,Harris, (British) ;
and Father Ver-and (American); Sjoblom (Swedish)Shepherd
the There is the action of the Italianmeersch, eloquentJesuit.
who refused to allow Italian officers to beGovernment, employed
in such and there is the of thehangman's work,any longer report
the evidence before which wascommission,Belgian suppressed
it was too dreadful for there is the incor-because publication; finally,
evidence of the kodak. American citizen who willAnyruptible
at Mark Twain's will see someglance "King Leopold's Soliloquy"
of that. A of all of these sources of informationsamples perusal
will show that there is not a obscene or ferocious torturegrotesque,
which human could invent which has not been usedingenuity against
these harmless and helpless people.
This to warrant our intervention in case.mind,would, my anyiv PREFACE
has several times been interfered with on theTurkey simply general
of There is in this instance aground humanity. very special
reason America and should not stand and seewhy England by
these done to death. in a their wards.They are, sense,people
America was the first to official togive recognition King Leopold's
in and so has the ofenterprise 1884, responsibility having actually
him into that which he has so abused.put position dreadfully
She has been the indirect and innocent cause of the whole tragedy.
some is due. On the other handSurely reparation England
with the other the ofhas, Powers,European signed treaty 1885,
and all of them make it forwhich each theby responsible
The other Powerscondition of the native races. have so far
to live to this But theshown no desire conscienceup pledge.
andof is she is herself to act.England uneasy slowly rousing
Will America be behind?
At this moment two American and that noblecitizens, Shepherd
are about to be tried at Boma for theMorrison,Virginian, telling
truth about the scoundrels. Morrison in the dock makes a finer
of than Bartholdi's in New York harbour.Statue Liberty
will be made in America the has its(forAttempts Congo paid
to that wants to ousteverywhere) pretend Englandapologists Belgium
from her and take it herself. Such accusations arecolony folly.
To run a without the natives iscolony honestly enslavingtropical
an For the nearestprocess. example Nigeria,expensive English
has to be subsidized to the extent of a Who-$2,000,000colony, year.
ever takes over the its demoralizedCongo will, considering present
have a certain of a forcondition, $10,000,000expense year twenty
has not run the It has sackedyears. Belgium colony. simply it,
the inhabitants without to of value toforcing pay ship everything
No decent Power could do this. ForAntwerp. European many
to come the will be a and it willyears Congo heavy expense truly
be a call the next owner. I trust it will not fallphilanthropic upon
to England.
therehave been made too is considerable(forAttempts ingenuity
unlimited on to that it aand the other isside)money pretend question
of Protestant missions Catholic. one who thinks this
against Any
should read the "La of the andbook, Question Kongolaise," eloquent
Father Vermeersch. He lived in the as heholy Jesuit, country and,
it was the of the "immeasurable which drove himsays, sight misery,"
to write.