"The King decreases his alms. All of this. All the money saved goes to Africa. What will it be like when you have conquered Tonkin?"
— Jules Devaux

January 1, 1970

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Diplomats of BelgiumPeople from BrugesDignitaries of the Belgian court
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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) Jules Devaux told Baron Eugène père Beyens in March 1877 that the financial aspects of the colonial story could well become a bitter pill to swallow. STENGERS, JEAN. “Leopold II between the Far East and Africa 1875-1876”, 349.