[3] Morel wrote of the movement: "The concern for peace and public tranquility implicitly requires that it be brought to an end calmly but without delay ...".
[4] The Belgian authorities were worried that Kimbangu might lead a revolt, and on 6 June 1921 Morel ordered his arrest.
The King intervened and his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, which he served for 30 years in Elisabethville (Katanga).
[5] Morel reported that the Vicar Apostolic of Kisantu, Mgr Alphonse Verwimp [fr] (1885-1964), had told him that Simon Mpadi was the promoter of the new movement, and that the Salvation Army adjutant Henri Becquet denied any influence of the Salvation Army.
[6] After returning to Belgium he served as secretary general of the Royal Belgian Colonial Union.