"I am the most opposed to these dreams of settlements. ... I am convinced that these are companies that can only lead to setbacks of all kinds. ... I'm telling you this to explain my extreme coldness on the subject."
— Jules Devaux

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), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Devaux (1828-1886) In a 1872 letter to Auguste d'Anethan. AMBuZa Papiers d'Anethan, Correspondance. Microfilm No. 518. Jules Devaux to Auguste d'Anethan, November 22, 1872. Published, inter alia, in GRINDL, L. A la recherche d'un état indépendant: Léopold II et les Philippines, 1869-1875. Royal Academy of Overseas