The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-13
ARABS UPRISING.
A Number Of White People Are
Killed by Them.

'oooi9h', aug. lS.-l SptClalI = L ne
independence Beige says that twenty
agents OF the Katanga Company have
been killed or captured by the Arabs on
the Upper Congo river. The steamer
Beernaert, which was taking goods up
the river, was seized and tho factories
were RACED. Whole tribes on the west
ern bank Of the river are in insurrection.
Arabs, northwest OF Nyangwa, have
z one down Lualaba river and Captured
station at Ribaribi, killing the whites
employed there. The stations on the
Upper Lomassi have also been DESTROYED.
The Arabs at Stanley Falls and Is.
sangi, who have hitherto been loyal, are
showing hostility. The Congo state
authorities are sending reinforcements
to various points threatened by the
Arabs. Dispatches from Seanzibar
bring news of thrilling character. The
Arab insurrection~ under Roumalize,
mas spread from Tanganyika to Stanley
Falls, and what was merely local do.
monstration has developed into gem
eral uprising of the Arabs Of Central
Africa against the white domination.
Inc Arabs have grown desperate ow-
ing to the evident determinat ton OF the
whites to suppress the slave trade, by
which the Arabs have accumulated
their wealth and established their
power. They are greatly encouraged
by the disaster to the British under
Capt. Mcguire, last December, when
Capt. Mcguire and two other English.
mon lost their lives in a conflict with
slave traders, and they we're still moro
strenR thened in their hostile attitude
by the more recent successful attack on
Fort Johnston.
No hostile natives had boon seen there
LOT some time and the garrison had
been lnlled into a false sense of kecur.
ity. Two Of the white men, with some
OF the strikers and seven FOUNDER gun.
were encamped just outside the fort
when they were surprised during tho
night By body Of natives, who wounded
the Europeans and captured the gun.
Makan]ila, Kasembe and other Arab
chiefs, incensed by tho stoppage of their
remunerative traffic in slaves, entered
into communication with other Arabs
telling them of their success against
the British and urging them to join the
general movement to drive tho whites
from Central Africa.
From advices received at Zanzibar, 1t
Is feared that Rachld, nephew and sue.
cessor OF Tippoo lib at Stanley Falls,
mas joined in the insurrectionary move.
mont and declared his hostility to the
whites, with whom he has pretended to
be on 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, to Join against
the white men and assist in restoring
Arab supremacy.
conflict has taken place and mum.
Der OF whites were killed and the
Arabs are now in full contr ii of Congo
at Stanley Falls. The followers Of
Rachid are armed for the most part with
improved European rifles. What has
become Of the European resident, who
represents the authority of the Congo
Free State at Stanley Falls, is not
known, but 1t Is feared that he has per.
ished. The greatest anxiety is felt for
the safety OF the expeditions under Cap
tain Jacques and Captain j oubert, which
were sent out to suppress the slave
trade.
1t is said that the insurgent Arabs
have sworn to eXterminate both OF these
expeditions as lessen to the whites
not to interfere with traffic. 1t Is known
that at the latest accounts large force
OF Arabs had gone in search OF Joubert.
Nows from the scat of insurrection is of
the most meagre kind, but is sufficient
to cause the gravest anxiety to be felt,
not only for the antislavery expeditions
mentioned, but also for the Catholic and
Protestant mission.