The Congo Colony's foundations could not compare with those of the Belgian homeland, but it had the advantage of stability. And although the Belgian homeland's economy was doing fairly well now, when it came to the people's actual standard of living, it was not much better.
This meant that the population absorbed by the Congo exceeded the number heading to Belgium.
However, the issue currently giving the Belgian government a headache was that, under the effects of the war, the local Congo government had naturally begun to harbor ambitions.
When war refugees in the Congo, after the epidemic had fully ended, had to choose between staying or returning to the homeland, the Belgian Parliament was also discussing the Congo Colony.
One member of parliament said, "During the war, because the homeland was under threat of war, the Congo local government effectively slipped free of the Belgian homeland's control, and that period lasted nearly five full years."
"At the same time, in the middle and later stages of the war, due to exchanges of interests, the Central Government promised the Congo localities a great many benefits and rights, increasing the Congo's inclination to break away from Belgium."
"And this increased the Congo's centrifugal force. In recent years, with Belgium's assistance, the Congo has achieved astonishing economic results, yet its tax revenue has not risen much from before the war. This is unimaginable. The kingdom should put the Congo back in its proper place."
The proposal was immediately opposed by Hamberger, the Congo representative. "Representative Rocas, your words are utterly unreasonable. During the war, we in the Congo provided the homeland with immense assistance. We not only supplied large quantities of strategic materials, but also contributed manpower and effort, making enormous contributions to the kingdom's endurance until the war ended. Your remarks