Petition in Union for Congo Reform

As a result of public opinion which has been steadily rising throughout the country, and as a direct consequence of Mr. Clark's lecture in the Union last Thursday on the "Congo Reform Movement," a petition to President Roosevelt has been formulated by the Congo Association, and posted in the office of the Union for the signatures of those interested.

The petition reads as follows:

To His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt,

President of the United States, Sir:--

We are convinced that the existence of an iniquitous system of commercial exploitation and of the most inhuman atrocities in the Congo Free State, has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. We are confirmed in this opinion by the understanding that you have recently received from our Consul General in that country, an official report establishing the charges which have been brought against Leopold's government.

Therefore, we, the undersigned students of Harvard University, desire to express our most urgent hope that you will do everything possible to restore to the natives their rights guaranteed by the Treaties of Berlin and Brussels; also, recognizing the world-wide influence of your utterances, we beg that you will make some public pronouncement upon this subject.