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"The civil ministers, supported by the main newspapers of the country, were of the opinion that it was difficult to reconcile with the international statute of neutrality which was that of Belgium."

— Belgian Colonial Empire

January 1, 1970

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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 5. A prospectus by the military Chazal and Brialmont, The Importance of General Chazal in Colonial Politics. Captain Brialmont reported that the colonial project in China had failed, he said. CROKAERT, P. HYMANS, P. BRIALMONT, A. Brialmont, Eloge et mémoires. Brussel, 1925, 427.

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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 5. A prospectus by the military Chazal and Brialmont, The Importance of General Chazal in Colonial Politics. Captain Brialmont reported that the colonial project in China had failed, he said. CROKAERT, P. HYMANS, P. BRIALMONT, A. Brialmont, Eloge et mémoires. Brussel, 1925, 427.