The right to direct military offensive operations or to make war on the natives, but gives them only the power to requisition, for the maintenance or… - Théophile Wahis
" "The right to direct military offensive operations or to make war on the natives, but gives them only the power to requisition, for the maintenance or establishment of order, the armed force which may be either in or without the concession, subject to the reservation that the officers of the State shall retain the command of the troops.
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About Théophile Wahis
Lieutenant-General Baron Théophile Wahis (1844–1921) was a Belgian soldier and colonial civil servant who served as Governor-General of the Congo Free State and, subsequently, the Belgian Congo for two terms between 1891 and 1912. He was the longest ruling of Belgian colonial governors.
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