Benshi mu bafashe ijambo muri ibyo birori, banenze ukuntu ahandi mu mujyi wa Buruseli hakiri ibibumbano by'amashusho ya Leopold II wahoze ari umwami w'Ububiligi, nubwo bwose ingoma ye yakoze ibikorwa by'ubunyamaswa muri Kongo mu gihe cy'ubukoloni.
