Evening star., 1924-02-24
BELGIAN ENVOY SPEAKS.
U. S. Methods Used in Developing
Kongo. He Declares.

Baron de Cartier de Marchienne.
Belgian ambassador to the United
States. described completed plans of
the Commission for Relief in Belgium
Education Fund, organized by Secre-
tary Hoover, in an address yesterday
before Washington study. More than
100 BelgianS are now receiving an
education in the United States and
sixty Americans have registered in
Belgium universities under the foun-
dation, the ambassador declared. Ex-
change of professorships between
universities in the United States and
Belgium recently has been inaugu-
rated under the direction of Secre-
tary Hoover, the speaker said.
How American ideas are being bor-
rowed by Belgium in that Country's
development of the Belgium Congo
and other details concerning that
little known part of Africa was de-
scribed by the speaker.
Covers Immense Area.
THE Belgian Congo covers an area
about the size of all of the United
States east Of the Mississippi river
said the ambassador. Although
there are at present only about TO-
900 white people in the country, we
are following your example and do
ing as you did in your great north
west. We are opening up the coun-
try in advance of the tide of arriving
settlers. We are building roads and
railways, highways OF progress,
through the forests. SO that settlers
nav freely come in, bringing with
but also education. religion and all
the blessings of civilization
In improving our river navigation.
too, we have taken a leaf out of
your book. The Congo river is
much like the Mississippi-long and
wide and in some places very swallow;
We have studied your Mississippi
boats from the type made famous by
mark Twain down to your present
day steamers and we are profiting by
your experience. One OF the newest
and most satisfactory steamers now
in service on the Congo river was
made in America.
Congo, which are among the richest
in the world, American steam shoVeis
are being used and a number or
American mining engineers are en-
Moved. We have the largest deposit
Of high grade radium in the world
have been able to reduce the cost
of radium to nearly one half its for
NOR nrice. so that henceforth 1t VIII
he more generally available for the
cure of cancer and other Ills. Ar
ranRements have been maze pet"eeh
tribution of Congo radium in this
country"
Preserve Animal Life.
"Jn another branch Of science,
se;d the ambassador. 1--WE are also
race,ving hearty cooperation from
Americans-and' that Is our effort to
nreserye wild animal life in the Congo
from indiscriminate slaughter by So
called "big game hunters" The plan,
which was suggested by Carl Akeley
of the American Museum of Natural
History, will practically duplicate
vnnr own conception of the national
marks Of Yosemite Valley or Yellow
The speaker described the port of
Antwerp as the natural gateway to
E,urone. and cited statistics showing
it's Importance as seaport.
The ambassador showed the COM
noemoration coin-a ,fifty-cent piece
lately struck by the Treasury De-
nartment to celebrate the tricen-
fenary of the Huguenot-Walloon
Foundation OF New Netherlands.
Historical Review of the House"
will be the subject OF an address by
REPRESENTATIVE Luce of Massachusetts
before Washington Study next Thurs
day.