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Belgian Congo

Congo Belge

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Constitution and Government.—The Congo Independent State was founded in 1882 by Leopold II., King of the Belgians, and the State was placed under his sovereignty, but its perpetual neutrality, in accordance with the provision of Chapter III. of the General Act of Berlin (1885), was guaranteed. [Concerning this Act, see Statesman’s Year-Book for 1908 — p. 874.]

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Books of Reference concerning the Congo State

1. Official

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  1. J. Scott Keltie LL.D.
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J. Scott Keltie LL.D. (Secretary to the Royal Geographical Society)

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Keltie, J.S. (1912). Belgian Congo. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270411_11

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