# Jules Greindl

Jules Xavier Charles Joseph Léonard Count Greindl (September 7, 1835 – July 30, 1917) was a Belgian diplomat and Minister of State.

## Quotes

* Whatever my desire to acquire a colony for Belgium, I hardly regret the impossibility in which I am to act. I do find that our position is only getting worse.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) Jules Greindl aan Eugène père Beyens, 20 december 1875. Integraal getranscribeerd in GREINDL, L. A la recherche d’un Etat Indépendant, 361.
* The stay in Madrid having made me lose the few illusions I still had about the Philippines affair, I asked and already obtained, several months ago, permission to no longer deal with it and since then, I had never heard of it again.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) The Philippine colonization project became an illusion. Indeed, the Catholic Belgian government under Malou refused to cooperate, and neither Greindl nor Leopold II himself were able to raise the required capital. Their attempts to borrow money from the London city banks failed because their plans for the British bankers seemed too vague without guarantees from the Belgian state. When peace gradually returned to the Spain of Alfonso XII in 1875, Leopold II had to resign himself to his failure. EMERSON, B. Léopold II¸ 62.
* Thanks for explanations. Since Belgian nationality is useless, isn't it better to travel an African traveler who will have more authority than me? Fear of increasing financial embarrassment. Nevertheless am at the disposal of the King, but of course I will never be under the orders of a foreigner
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) Greindl to Lambermont in a telegram dated October 23, 1876. ROEYKENS, A. The beginnings of African work, op citaat, 168.
* His conduct will very soon give rise to a very lively debate; or it will justify itself and it will be very good to use; or he will fail to do so and, in this case, we will be glad to have no connection or relationship of any kind with a compromising ally.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) Jules Greindl had heard rumors in Britain and Germany of Stanley's looting and killing in the interior of the African continent. ROEYKENS, A. The beginnings of African work, op citaat, 287. Zie ook: GUEBELS, L. Report on the case J. Greindl, 16.
* Obviously, we are leaving the humanitarian and scientific plan to risk a business whose commercial aspects seem to lack sufficient bases, and which, on top of that, seems fraught with national and international difficulties.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) Meanwhile, the spring had broken with Baron Jules Greindl. Two years earlier, he had been accepted as secretary-general of an organization that set itself an international humanitarian and neutral mission, but since then Leopold II, as president of the International African Association, has pursued a policy that became increasingly Belgian and territorial. WILLEQUET, J. “Jules Griendl, une grande figure de notre diplomatie”, 12. Zie ook: WILLEQUET, J. Le baron Lambermont, 78-79.

## Quotes about Jules Greindl

* Both peers gain each other's trust. Leopold gives Jules Greindl new courage.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) DIERCKXSENS, F. Jules Greindl: Living and Thinking, 110.
* The King wants a colony, and Greindl is only aiming for commercial expansion
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) WILLEQUET, J. “Jules Greindl, une grande figure de notre diplomatie”, 11.

## Quotes addressed to Jules Greindl

* There is no such thing as exclusively national thinking. The work intended to benefit science and humanity necessarily interests everyone, but Belgium and its Sovereign will indirectly derive honor and great moral benefit from it; in this sense, there is a truly and usefully Belgian thought. We do not have a view of colonial acquisition, but over time trade will undoubtedly find its value there as well.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, A Skeptical Jules Greindl (1835-1917) Lambermont to Greindl. ROEYKENS, A. Les débuts de l’œuvre africain, op citaat, 167.

## See also

* Belgium
* Belgian Colonial Empire
* Leopold II of Belgium

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