Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-21
CONGO QUESTION IN SENATE.


 Lodge Monday declares that the af fairs of- the Congo Free State should become the subject of international inquiry. and pledges support to the to that eDi.
 Coincident with this resolution there appeared in the New York American an alleged exposure of Belgian lobby maintained at Wash irston. under the direction of Henry L. Kowolsky, San Francisco lawyer. having offices in New York. The paper announced its intention of printing private letters written by Kowolsky to King Leopold, telling of the sue cess that he (Aowoiskyl had achieved in heading of congressional action as sought by the missiouaries' lobby. Kowoisky, who admits that he was commissioned by Leopold to present to the American government true account of Congo conditions, tried to prevent the Hearst paper from print ing his correspondence. and got out an injunction, but 1t was not served until midnight Monday, and the let ters appeared in Tuesdays paper. kowolsky says the letters were stolen from bis office by some one unknown 10 him.
 Kowolsky admits in the letters that he was to receive a large sum Of mon for his services. and tells of gain ing the friendship of Senator Morgan through dealings with Morgsn's sec retary, Thomas c. Garrett. Senator Morgan promptly disavowed any con nection of his own by the dismissal of Garrett. 4 letter from Garrett indi- ca.ed that he had been paid for his services to Kowolsky.
 1 In exposing the Washington lobby of King Leopold, the Hearst papers have effected a scoop" of interna- ] tionai importance, for it has again cenfered the attention of the world up- on the atrocities iu the Congo and forced Senator Lodges resolution, paving the way for an international in quiry.
 Leopold. king of the Beigians, has long seen that Washington is the one great danger point for him Conti- rental Europe full of it's own troubles and it's own vices. has had neither time nor inclination to take lead in an international movement to head OH the decimator of the Congo. Ameri- can missionaries have given to she l vor,a vivid accounts of the horrors practiced under the orders of Leo bold. inorcer that rubber may be
 brought from the interior to swell the income Of the Belgian monster. There I nave been protests against this whole sale crime against the human broth lerhood. in America. and Leopold has known that the initiative in an action against him viii be sasen in Wash 1 ington. thing il itself complimer' !; tary to this country. rursuins the i policy of aii wrong dcers he cstab il~It0 HIS tOobl tA t-+ ->ett'>-,'-% VI - ltal and set about z campaign of creat I :ne sentiment in his favor fn the us inal way. He bribed Senator Morgan's Isecretary and secured favors through lhim. Then came the American's ex pose and Senator Lodges resolution !. which may be the forerunner of q corccsiea worio's movement agains' the butcher of the Congo
 il When one stops and thinks that we Iare in day of the highest ciyiliza
 ton. when humanity and the rights o'
 every man are supposed to be re
 spected more than at any other tims , in the worlds history, and then real : ize that the world has permitted fhil f man to live in order to main ant murder r,ankind, do we not face { - cc-csstc- inst does not ccnDort witl