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DescriptionProclamation on the founding of the Belgian Congo.JPG
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PROCLAMATION

J'ai l'honneur de faire savoir au Personnel de l'Etat Indépendant du Congo; à tous les Résidants non-indigÚnes de races européenne et de couleur et à tous les Nationaux Congolais, "QU'A PARTIR DU 15 Novembre 1908," la Belgique assume la Souveraineté sur les territoires composant l'Etat Indépendant du Congo.
Boma, "le 16 Novembre 1908."
Pour le Vice-Gouverneur Général absent,
L'Inspecteur d'Etat,

GHISLAIN.
English:
PROCLAMATION

I have the honor——to inform the staff of the Congo Independent State;——to all non-indigenous Residents of European. And colored races and "to all Congolese Nationals," WHEREAS from November 15, 1908, Belgium assumes Sovereignty over the territories constituting the Independent State of Congo.
Boma, November 16, 1908.
For the absent Deputy Governor General,
The State Inspector,

GHISLAIN.
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Author Brigade Piron

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