“It is the King who supports the State from his pocket, to challenge the State for the products of his estates is to force the King from his pocket to cover deficits, a good part of which will come from the free abandonment of the land. 'exploitation of State estates to commercial houses to fatten them on a voluntary basis, houses which not only do nothing for the progress of civilization but which have delayed it with all their might and would like to delay it further in order to be States, tyrants in the State.” CongoLeopold IiBelgiumCongo Free StateIndependant State Of The Congo Author:Edmund Van Eetvelde
“In ten years or so, when rubber starts to decline, it will be agriculture that will have to ensure our public income and our trade.” CongoCongo Free StateIndependant State Of The Congo Author:Edmund Van Eetvelde