“Never have I had the impression of such a moral and civic downfall. In no country, not even the last of the last, what is happening here would be possible.” CongoLeopold IiBelgiumCongo Free StateBelgian Congo Author:Auguste Baron Lambermont
“It is experience, which will then inspire the interested Powers with the most favourable resolutions for the development of commercial progress in their possessions.” CongoCongo Free StateBerlin Conference Author:Auguste Baron Lambermont
“The ivory issue worries me more and more. I am not forgetting any of the considerations that Your Majesty has deigned to point out to me, but commerce will want to be reassured as to the limits of competition.” CongoLeopold IiIvoryCongo Free State Author:Auguste Baron Lambermont