The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-16
ARABS IN ARMS.
THEY IRE NUMBERING THE WHITES
IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
Suppression of tho Slave Traffic Leads to an
Insurrection Among the Natives In
Which Twenty Whites are Killed.

Brussels, August 1.-THE Independ-
ence Beige says that twenty agents OF
the Katanga company have been killed or
captured by the Arabs OH the upper
Congo river. The steamer Bernart,
which was taking goods up the river, was
seized, and the factories were RACED.
Whole tribes on the western bank OF the
river are in instruction. Arabs north
west of Nyangue have gone down Luala-
ba river, and captured the station ut
Ribariba, killing the whites employed
there. The stations Of upper Lomassi have
also been destroyed Arabs at Stanley
Falls and Isangi, who have hitherto been
loyal, are showing hostility. The Congo
state authorities are sending reinforce
ments to the various points threatened by
the Arabs. Dispatches from Zanzibar
bring
News of Thrilling Character.
The Arab Instruction, under Rainlaliza,
has spread from Tanganyika to
Stanley Falls, and, what was a
merely local demonstration, has develop
ed into a general uprising of the Arabs of
central Africa against white domination.
The Arabs have grown desperate,
owing to the evident determination OF
the whites to suppress the slave trade, by
which the Arabs have accumulated their
wealth and established their power.
They were greatly encouraged by the
disaster to the British, under Captain
Mcguire, last December, when Captain
Mcguire and two other Englishmen lost
their lives in q conflict with slave traders.
The Arabs were still more strengthened
in their hostile attitude by the more
recent successful attack on Fort johnson.
The Capture of Fort johnson.
No hostile natives had been seen there
for some time, and the garrison had been
lullcd into false sense of security. Two
of the white men, with some or the
Sl1hs and seven-pound gun, We're en-
camped just outside the fort, when they
were surprised during the night by a
body of the natives, who wounded the
Europeans and captured the gun.
MakanjiIa, Kasembe and other Arab
chiefs, incensed by the stOppage of their
remunerative traffic in slaves, entered into
communication with the Arabs, telling
them of their success against the British,
and urging them to join in general
movement to drive the whites from CEN
trail Africa.
Tinpo Tbs Successor Leads the InsuYrection
From advices received at Zanzibar it is
feared that Rachid, the nephew ana sue
ccssor of Tppo lib at Stanley Falls.
has joined the insurrectionary movement
aud declared his hostility to the whites,
with whom he has pretended to be Oil
terms of friendship. 1t is also understood
that Rachid has unfurled the standard OF
rebellion and called upon his own followers
and other chiefs, both native and Arab, 10
join against the white man and assist IN
restoring Arab supremacy. A conflict has
taken place. and it is known that hu,n-
Der of whites were killed and that the
Arabs are now in full control of Con.
go at Stanley Falls. The followers OF
Rachid are armed for the most part "l.h
improved European rifles. What has be-
come of the European resident who rep
resents the authority of the Congo Free State
Mt Stanley Falls is not known, but 1T is
feared that he has persisted
Have sworn to Exterminate the Whites.
The greatest anxiety is felt for the safe
tv of the expeditions under Captain Jacques
and Captain .!oubert which were sent out
to suppress the slave trade 1t is said that
the Arabs have sworn to externinate both
of these expeditions as lesson to the
whites not to interfere with the traffic
1t is known at the latest accounts that a
large force of Arabs had gone in search
Of ,Joubert.
The news from the seat of the insurrec-
ton is of the most meager kind, but is
sufficient to cause the gravest anxiety to
be felt, not only for the anti-slavery eX-
petitions mentioned, but also Tor the Cath
Ole and Protestant missions.
The reports from the Congo country agree
in stating that the troubles are not due to
an uprising of local Arabs but TO the in
vasion of the Nyangive regions by bands
of Tanganyka Arabs The Congo state
officials here believe that the reports are
exaggerated, as only two days ago reports
We're received that quiet prevailed at Kas-
songo, Stanley Falls and on the Tomassi
river.