This man hired Henry Kowalsky to spread favorable propaganda about him in the U.S. and undermine efforts by George Washington Williams, William Sheppard, and others to write exposes on his rule.
This man hired Henry Kowalsky to spread favorable propaganda about him in the U.S. and undermine efforts by George Washington Williams, William Sheppard, and others to write exposes on his rule. The subject of a failed assassination attempt by Gennaro Rubino, he saw the rise of his country's Workers and Catholic parties lead to the establishment of universal suffrage in his nation, but was preoccupied with his abroad interests, which attracted the attention of the muckraker Edmund Morel and led to Britain's dispatching of Roger Casement to investigate his abuses. He established the Force Publique to enforce his management of the AIC, and sent Henry Stanley to explore and acquire colonies for him. FTP, identify this 19th Century ruler, known more for his exploitation of the Congo than for being king of Belgium.
This man hired Henry Kowalsky to spread favorable propaganda about him in the U.S. and undermine efforts by George Washington Williams, William Sheppard, and others to write exposes on his rule.
{Leopold II}