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On 8 november 1909, [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was invited at the meeting on the Congo Question held at The Town Hall of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He gave a speech about the depopulation of the Congo country.

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== Attendees ==

* President : Bishop of Newcastle, supported by the Bishop of Durham
* Speakers :
** [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]
** Mr. E. D. Morel
** Numerous clergy and ministers of all denominations

== Conan Doyle speech ==

''Report from The Times''

Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE said that the statement that the great depopulation of the Congo country was due to sleeping sickness was a feeble excuse. The motive of the monstrous crime was sordid love of wealth, the desire to pile up gain upon gain; the objects put forward were hypocritical and blasphemous. It was to the eternal disgrace of England that we had not interfered long ago.

== Full Report ==

* [[The Congo Reform Bill]] (8 november 1909, [[The Times]])

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