"Beyens for Tonkin, certainly did not encourage him, he just obeyed."

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BelgiumHistory of AfricaBelgian CongoBelgian Colonial EmpireRuanda-Urundi
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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), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, Eugène père Beyens (1816-1894) Jean Stengers, who for the time being was the only one who examined father Beyens's papers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his colonial ideas, concluded that the ambassador mainly played a passive role. STENGERS