August 19, 1914.
Black Horn City.
The outbreak of the European war and Germany's invasion have caused tremendous trouble for Belgium, but as a Belgian colony, the Belgian Congo has also welcomed a rare opportunity.
The Belgian Congo and the prior Belgian colonial Congo Gold had very different circumstances.
Now that Leopold II has already passed away, the colonial rule of Congo has been taken over by the Belgian government, transformed from Leopold II's money-making territory into a colony undergoing initial development.
On one hand, the Belgian Congo has a relatively small population; the native Black people were almost "wiped out" during Leopold II's rule. On the other hand, the conditions here are much better than Congo Gold.
