of the missionaries as to the atrocities alleged to have
been committed, we should be unable to print them, so abominable is therr character; and we can therefore only ask those of our readers who realise the momentous issues involved, as much from the Imperial as from the humanitarian standpoint, in securing just treatment for the African natives to obtain and read the pamphlet for themselves. We, of course, can take no responsibility for the authenticity of the facts stated by the missionaries ; but even though we hold that these cannot be assumed to be true without further corroboration, two conclusions must, in our opinion, be drawn from the state- ments in the pamphlet. The first is that if, after a reasonable time, the Report of the Commission, together with the evidence, is not published by the Congo State, judgment must go by default, and it must be held that the charges are true. The second is that if the charges are not dis- proved the civilised world will have a right to take action,-.-- to decide what is to be done in the case of those responsible, and what steps must be taken to prevent a recurrence of a condition of things so inhuman and so detrimental to the interests of all nations concerned in the prosperity of tropical Africa.
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