“HANDS OFF AFRICA!”
While Stanley, in the pay of the King of the Belgians, was carrying out this truly remarkable work of invasion and occupation, another adventurer, of Italian origin but a naturalized Frenchman, Mr de Brazza, with the financial support of France and on its behalf, was active in the same region, but on the right bank of the Congo, whereas Stanley and the Belgians were operating on the left bank. With much less financial aid and less support than Stanley, Brazza is far from having personally achieved what Stanley has done on behalf of the King of the Belgians.