Word: congo
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...result of public opinion which has been steadily rising throughout the country, and as a direct consequence of Mr. Clark's lecture in the Union last Thursday on the "Congo Reform Movement," a petition to President Roosevelt has been formulated by the Congo Association, and posted in the office of the Union for the signatures of those interested...
...convinced that the existence of an iniquitous system of commercial exploitation and of the most inhuman atrocities in the Congo Free State, has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. We are confirmed in this opinion by the understanding that you have recently received from our Consul General in that country, an official report establishing the charges which have been brought against Leopold's government...
After the lecture, Rev. H. F. Johnson '91, Who for two years past has toured the United States and been active at Washington in the interests of the "International Association for the Study of the Upper Congo" made and appeal to those present to join the association and urge their friends to do so, and to write personal letters on this subject to President Roosevelt...
Secretary Root has been actively interested in the conditions in the Congo, and Governor Curtis Guild '81, James J. Storrow '85 and Henry L. Higginson h.'82, are also supporters of this movement...
Besides the individual letters, a formal memorial will be sent to President Roosevelt. This will be an appeal to the United States government to take action in co-operation with England to afford protection to the natives of Congo in case the proposed annexation of the country by Belgium is carried into effect. This petition will be posted in the Union today, where it can be signed by all those who wish...