It appears to me that the primary reason for the Belgian Control of the Congo after the Berlin Conference comes from the Colonial drive of King Leopold II *and* the desire to keep the Congo out of the hands of a single power.
But without Leopold, what happens to the Congo? Is the desire to put it in the hands of a weak power strong enough that Belgium ends of with the Congo anyway. I see *zero* likelihood that Leopold II's heir at that point, his brother Prince Philippe would want it as personal property, and am not even sure that the Belgian Government would want it, ideas?
But without Leopold, what happens to the Congo? Is the desire to put it in the hands of a weak power strong enough that Belgium ends of with the Congo anyway. I see *zero* likelihood that Leopold II's heir at that point, his brother Prince Philippe would want it as personal property, and am not even sure that the Belgian Government would want it, ideas?