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January 6, 1909. THE
THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN THE
CONGO.
A cablegram has just reached us that
the Congo State has been taken over as
a colony by Belgium. We do not yet
know any of the conditions, and, what
more concerns us, we do not know what
the attitude of the new government will
be toward the natives and the Protestant
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pie in the home land to realize all that
this change may mean to us.
For a number of years we have been
praying that some relief would come to
the poor natives and that the door which
had been closed to the spread of the true
Gospel might be again opened. The cup
of punishment for the Congo Free State
and for those who have made it a stench
in the nostrils of God and man for these
twenty years is full, and we believe a
brighter day is dawning in this great
<larkness, which has been the seat of so
much cruelty and oppression and double
dealing.
I am sorry to say that the relief has
come too late for many thousands of unfortunate
natives. Just at this time, owing
to the system of forced labor which
has been put into operation by the great
land company which is operating in this
district and in which the State owns a
controlling part of the stock, there is
great suffering, especially in the Bakuba
country. Dr. Sheppard, who has only recently
made two extensive trips into that
region, asserts that the conditions are
indescribable. The poor people are even
prohibited from working their fields, they
are told that they have nothing else to
do except make rubber. The result is
that famine is threatened. Many have
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able directly to the forced labor in making
rubber.
For many months we have been protesting
to the officials of the company
about the situation of affairs, but all has
been in vain. They indignantly deny
the existence of such a state of affairs.
The government itself must be in sympathy
with the company, for certainly
this could not go on for so long without
their knowledge. Officials of the government
and of the company are in that
region now, following up the heels of
Dr. Sheppard and the British consul, but
we do not believe that any relief will
come from them.
In this time of crisis we ask the prayers
and the interest of all God's people.
It seems that the hand of God is here and
that he has determined to display his
power. Not only is he crushing, as we
believe, this iniquitous government, but
he is opening up before us wonderful
doors of opportunity. Two of the greatest
chiefs in all this region, both of whom
had always maintained a stern spirit of
opposition to the Gospel, have now had
their hearts softened. To the village of
one of these we are sending three evanirolloln
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brighter day in this darkness!
W. M. Morrison.
Luebo, October 20, 1908.
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