Congo Reform Association

I am convinced that the reason why public opinion has not been more sensitive upon the question of the Congo Free State is that the terrible story has not been brought thoroughly home to the people.

Mr. E.D. Morel has done the work of ten men, and the Congo Reform Association has struggled hard with very scanty means.

But their time and energies have, for the most part, been absorbed in dealing with each fresh phase of the situation as it arose.

There is room, therefore, as it seemed to me, for a general account which would cover the whole field and bring the matter up to date.

Yet it contains the essential facts and will enable the reader to form his own opinion upon the situation.

Should he, after reading it, desire to help in the work of forcing this question to the front, he can do so in several ways.

He can join the Congo Reform Association, Granville House, Arundel Street, W.C.

He can write to his local member and aid in getting up local meetings to ventilate the question.

Arthur Conan Doyle End of Preface Introduction I am convinced that the reason why public opinion has not been more sensitive upon the question of the Congo Free State is that the terrible story has not been brought thoroughly home to the people.

Mr. E.D. Morrell has done the work of ten men, and the Congo Reform Association has struggled hard with very scanty means, but their time and energies have, for the most part, been absorbed in dealing with each fresh phase of the situation as it arose.

There is room, therefore, as it seemed to me, for a general account which would cover the whole field and bring the matter up to date.

This account must necessarily be a superficial one if it is to be produced at such a size and such a price as will ensure its getting at that general public for which it has been prepared.

Yet it contains the essential facts and will enable the reader to form his own opinion upon the situation.

Should he, after reading it, desire to help in the work of forcing this question to the front, he can do so in several ways.

He can join the Congo Reform Association, Granville House, Arundel Street, W.C.

He can write to his local member and aid in getting up local meetings to ventilate the question.

Soon, an organization had formed to campaign against what was happening in Congo Free State.

It was called the Congo Reform Association, and its founder was the same young shipping clerk who documented ships in Antwerp full of ammunition going to Congo, E.D. Morel.

He made sure the accounts and photos of missionaries like William Henry Sheppard reached mass audiences.

Over the course of a decade or so, there were public meetings throughout Europe, the United States, as far away as Australia and New Zealand, where they showed these photographs, projecting them as slides, and urged people to put pressure on their governments to in turn put pressure on King Leopold to end these atrocities.