King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule

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KING LEOPOLD’S SOLILOQUY
“IT IS I”
“Leopold   II  is   the  absolute
Master of  the whole  of the  in-
ternal and  external activity  of
the  Independent  State   of  the
Congo.   The   organization   of
justice, the army, the industrial
and  commercial  regimes  are  established  freely  by  himself.
He would say,  and with  greater accuracy  than did  Louis XIV.,