Congo Free State (English spelling)

Japanese: コンゴ自由国 - コンゴじゆうこく(英語表記)Congo Free State; État indépendant du Congo
Congo Free State (English spelling)
The Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a colony in Central Africa that was established as a private property by Belgian King Leopold II. In the late 19th century, Leopold II, who planned to expand into Africa alongside the European powers, sent Stanley to the Congo River basin and concluded a total of 400 protectionist treaties with local chiefs, placing the region under the control of his private organization, the International Society of the Congo (established in 1878). The European and American powers recognized the Society's sovereignty over the Congo at the Berlin Conference (1884-85), and the Society was reorganized as the Congo Free State (1885), with Leopold II becoming its king as well.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ベルギー国王レオポルド2世が私有財産として創設した中部アフリカの植民地(現,コンゴ民主共和国)。19世紀後半ヨーロッパ列強に伍してアフリカ進出を企てたレオポルド2世は,スタンリーをコンゴ川流域に派遣して,現地の首長たちと計400におよぶ保護条約を結び,同地域を彼の私的組織であるコンゴ国際協会(1878創設)の支配下においた。欧米列強はベルリン会議(1884‐85)でコンゴに対するこの協会の主権を認めたので,同協会はコンゴ自由国に改組されて(1885),レオポルド2世はその国王を兼ねるにいたった。

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