АНГЛИЯ И БРИТАНЦЫ В СТАНОВЛЕНИИ ИМПЕРИИ ЛЕОПОЛЬДА II (1876-1885 ГГ.)

England and Britishers in formation of the empire of Leopold II (1876-1885) In the article the author analyses the influence of England and Britishers on formation of the empire of Leopold II (The Congo Free State). Practically from the moment of the creation in a foreign policy Belgium was oriented on England, so Leopold II was forced to consider the position of England in colonial question, but England in the indicated period supported Portugal in the basin of the Congo River. The main problem of Belgian king was a legal settlement of claims of the companies (such as International African As... Mehr ...