# Jules Devaux

Jules Devaux (May 1, 1828 Bruges - June 7, 1886 Axenstein), was a Belgian diplomat and close associate of King Leopold II.

## Quotes

* I am the most opposed to these dreams of settlements. ... I am convinced that these are companies that can only lead to setbacks of all kinds. ... I'm telling you this to explain my extreme coldness on the subject.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Devaux (1828-1886) In a 1872 letter to Auguste d'Anethan. AMBuZa Papiers d'Anethan, Correspondance. Microfilm No. 518. Jules Devaux to Auguste d'Anethan, November 22, 1872. Published, inter alia, in GRINDL, L. A la recherche d'un état indépendant: Léopold II et les Philippines, 1869-1875. Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences. Class for Moral and Political Sciences XXVI, 1. Brussels, 1962, 54, footnote 4.
* I am dragged in spite of myself in this damn Africa business; a toy which, it is true, will hurt no one; which excites geographers, but which will make people laugh here.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Devaux (1828-1886) STENGERS, J. “Leopold II between the Far East and Africa 1875-1876.” In: La Conférence de Géographie de Bruxelles, 1876. Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese wetenschappen, ed. Brussels, 1976, 349.
* Everything you say about Tonkin. is very fair, this one is a dangerous toy.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Devaux (1828-1886) Jules Devaux on June 28, 1876 In a letter to Beyens about the later French protectorate in North Vietnam, where Leopold II had hatched a colonial plan together with a docile baron Beyens. STENGERS, J. “Leopold II between the Far East and Africa 1875-1876”, 348. Zie ook infra: hoofdstuk 8, 95-97.
* The King decreases his alms. All of this. All the money saved goes to Africa. What will it be like when you have conquered Tonkin?
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Devaux (1828-1886) Jules Devaux told Baron Eugène père Beyens in March 1877 that the financial aspects of the colonial story could well become a bitter pill to swallow. STENGERS, JEAN. “Leopold II between the Far East and Africa 1875-1876”, 349.

## Quotes about Jules Devaux

* Van Praet and Devaux were not concerned with the Congo. They both expressed a desire to be kept out of the "African adventure." For Mr. Van Praet, laden with years and involved for half a century in the history of the dynasty, this abstention was natural. As for his nephew, he had not concealed from the King, with his usual frankness, the disappointments and the dangers he faced. The prevailing opinion at court was that the founding of a colony was beyond the strength of the Sovereign of a small country and that he would encompass his private fortune, without being able to create anything lasting. ... He (Leopold II) did not try to overcome Mr. Devaux's disbelief and did without his services.
** All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules I en Jules II During the reign of Leopold II, Van Praet delved completely into his historical books and kept aloof from the colonial adventures of the monarch. Baron Eugène Henri Léonard Beyens “Souvenirs sur Leopold II and the court of Belgium.” In: General Review. I: May 15, 1934, 545.

## See also

* Belgium
* Leopold II of Belgium

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