Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-12
ALLEGED CONGO LOBBY
Letters From Senator Morgan's
Secretary.
KEPT KOWALSKY POSTED
Informed Him as to Projects for In
vestigation.
DENIAL BY BARON MONCHEUR
Declares That No One Connected With
the Belgian Legation Was
Involved.

Belgium said to be maintained to prevent
| interference by the United States in the
Congo. Col. Kowalsky claimed not only to
be on terms Of intimacy with Senator
| Morgan, but to have Mr.. Garrett, Senator
Morgan's secretary, in his employ to keep
| him posted as to the moves of the mis-
| sionaries and others for an investigation
by Congress of the true situation in the
Congo.
| Garrett Wanted Half
In letter written August Z, 1905, on the
official paper of the committee ON public
health and quarantine, which bears the
name of Mr.. Garrett as clerk, Mr.. Garrett
says:
| Your two letters. of the Sd instant
| without signature and one of the 4th in
| slant. are before me and contents noted
with care.
-'T assure you that I appreciate your as
surance that you will stand by me in my
| new venture, but If 1t Is Just the same to
| you (and doubt not it Isl, it will suit me
| better Ii you will let me have half Of 1t
| here, as am greatly embarrassed by medi-
| cal bills for the little fellows illness, and
then my son has his wife and other two
| children at Pensacola in the yellow fever
| zone and while it has not been reported
| there yet, still I am uneasy and wish to
| help him get away"
Alleged Letters From Garrett.
| IHc AMERICAN priutS letters dlleSe0 TO
| have been written by Mr.. Garrett to
Kowalsky. letter OF. August 1, 1905, says:
! MY Dear Colonel: The Reform Society
are working and getting ready for a srong,
| earnest set during the coming Congress-
and they will leave no stone unturned' in
| their efforts to secure action on the Congo
/ matter
Mr.. Barber and Dr. Robert Ezra Park
| are specially active and feel confident of at
| least of SUCCESS -
This letter was followed by another of
| August asking Kowalsky to send half
of it." Other letters signed by Garrett
| august IS, 1905.
| MY Dear Colonel: left New York one
week ago today and fully expected the
| none. 1 wrote the DR.. but have nothing at
| all in reply. I am at loss to understand.
| have turned over to him much valuable
data in the way of names Of parties and
| have more. I can hear nothing and do not
| understand the silence. He was COM
planning when I left there last Friday. Is
he Ill? If SO, I should have been advised.
| please let me hear from you by return
mail as I waiting for the printing and
| am ready to move"
September 27, 1906
my Dear Colonel: am pleased to learn
| that the Letter suited you and trust 1t may
| do you some good.
How are things across the water? I
1
| going to need lot of proper work, etc.,
the coming winter. Things are shaping
| up to make some interest very uneasy and
| shaky without lot of good management.
| "A word to the wise ought to be suffi-
| Gent. I was taught when boy that it Is
| never wise to swap horses in midstream or
| while crossing stream.
| Let me hear from you"
| October 20, 1905.
my Dear Colonel: suppose you are now
/ "a Of daC1 md hod fn hot
from you before this.
81 will be glad to learn Of the result Of
your trip. There will be much doing this
| next Congress-"
| December 30, 1906
| my Dear Colonel: I have been hoping to
learn that all was well with you. but so far
| nothing has come. I trust you had a
very successful trip abroad.
Things are in statu quo here. so to speak.
and may remain undfsturbed for some
| time, though the enemy exhibit much
pestiferous activity.
Wishing you a very happy and pros
porous new year, and awaiting your reply,
| 1 am"
May 20, 1906
and have been wishing to write you ever
since the San Francisco disaster. I trust
you were not injured in that terrible calam-
ity and that your people escaped SC l3ed.
| quietly and will continue to do SO I feel
| confident. I trust you are in good health
and that the world is dealing with you
kindly and that fortune has never with
drawn her smile.
Let me hear from you and command me
| If can serve you at any time. may
| be over to New York about July LIST and
will hunt you up
Denial by the Belgian Minister.
Baron Moncheur the Belgian minister.
who has been repeatedly approached on the
question of the Belgian lobby in Washing
! ton, has authorized The Star to make an
| unqualified denial of the assertion that the
legation or anybody connected with 1t has
| done any lobbying in this city. In an inter-
view with a Star representative, the min
| lister declared that he positively never had
any knowledge Of this alleged lobby until
Col. Henry I. Kowalsky only in social
way and that the latter called at the lega-
| ton perhaps three times in two years.
AS to the assertion that M. A. Nerincx
Baron Moncheur stated he was not ready
| to give his views upon this subject. He
| explained, however, that M. Ner1ncx was
never connected with the local legation. and
| that although he was generally known as
| its counselor and was mentioned In the
official diplomatic lists OF the State De-
partment, he was never engaged In any of
/ the work which the legation was respon-
| sible for.
| Baron Moncheur again said. as was
| stated in long authorized Interview pub
| lished in The Star several months ago, that
| this legation has nothing to do with Congo
| matters, but that they devolve solely upon
/ Mr. Whitley. the Congo consul general, re-
| siding at Baltimore. Baron Moncheur de-
clined to discuss the resolution introduced
| in the Senate by Senator Lodge calling for
/ the immediate Investigation Of the atroc-
tiles in the Free State.
Seeking German Alliance.
1t was learned this morning from an au-
thoritative source that Belgium is trying
| to seek an alliance with Germany so as
better to thwart any step the United States
may take in connection with Belgian at
| fairs in the Congo. In connection with
| Germany's expansion In Africa, with q
well established policy. Germany Is not
averse to strengthen its position down there
| even by coming to an understanding with
| such little nation as Belgium. German
East Africa borders on the Independent
state and 1t is asserted that Germany could
gather immense advantages by coming to
| an understanding with Belgium. In fact
1t has been repeatedly limited that Germany
has often made overtures to the Belgian
government with the view of taking over
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