Meeting on the Congo Question

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.

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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