• Lord Cromer presided on Monday at the luncheon given
in honour of Mr. Morel. Lord Cromer said that he did not profess always to have agreed with Mr. Morel's pro- posals, but without his unbounded enthusiasm, indomit- able energy, perseverance, and unselfish disinterestedress it might be open to doubt whether Congo reform would ever have been taken seriously in hand. The Bishop of Winchester, who was unable to be present, wrote to say that• he believed that Mr. Morel had "done a hero's WOrk with a hero's motive, and a hero's courage," but it Was reserved for M. Vandervelde, the distinguished Belgian deputy and leader of the Congo reform movement in Belgium, to pay Mr. Morel the greatest tribute of all. "It was Mr. Morel," he said, "who made me understand that the system established on the Congo by King Leopold IL was a monstrous anomaly, monstrous as much
from the economic as from the human standpoint." Mr. Morel was subsequently presented with his portrait and a cheque for 4,000 guineas. No testimonial in our time has been more richly deserved.
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