Evening journal., 1892-08-12
ARABS RISE IN FORCE
An Extensive African Uprising
Against Foreigners.
ENCOURAGED BY BRITISH DISASTER

hEUOUkAGhD BY BRITISH DlSASIhh
I,achid. Tippoo Tib's Successor, Unfuris
the standard OF Rebellion The Anti
slave Crusades the Cause OF the
Trouble Portuguese Suspected of Has-
ing stimulated the Uprising.
lBy Toleraph to the Evening Journall
BRusseLs. Aug 12- Dispatches from
Zanzibar bring news Of a thrilling
character The Arab insurrection under
Boumalizia has spread from Tanganyika
TO Stanley Falls, and what was merely
local demonstration has developed into
general uprising of the Arabs Of Central
Africa against white domination.
The Arabs have grown desperate
owing Go 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 generally encouraged by the disaster
60 the British under Captain Aiaguire
last December, when Maguire and two
other Englishmen lost their lives in a
conflict with slave traders and they
were still more strengthened ia their hos
. ] lilf ANNANNNAt RN AlNt AAlRAN AhAAAAN HAtNN'HN'
ful attack ON Fort Johnston.
Attack on the Fort.
Full particulars show that am attack
{ on the fort was made by the natives
] under Arab leadership and a seven
r pounder gun was captured Fort john
b SON is very small and i8 incunyeniontly
r crowded No hostile natives had been
seen for some time and the garrison had
ts.a. &C.
! Two of the white men, with some of the
y Silshs and q seven FOUNDER gun, were on-
> camped Just outside the fort when they
were surprised during the night by a
body of natives who wounded the
c Europeans and succeeded in capturing
e the gun.
II MaSaniaila. Kozembe, and other Arab
B. chiefs, inccnsed by the stoppage OF their
$ remunerative traffic IN slaves, entered
d into communication with other Arabs.
j telling them of their success against the
G British and urging thcm 90 join in a gen.
4 eral movement to drive the whites from
o Central Africa From the dvices re-
d ceived at Zanzibar. il is feared that
Rachid, the nephew and successor OF
a Tppoo Tib at Stanley Falls, has joined
ID in the insurrectionary movement and de-
y clared his hostility TO the whites, witt
.t whom he has pretended to be on terms OF
friendship
y Raohid's Hostility.
p It is also understood that Rachid hal
m unfmlcd the standard of rebellion. an,
I, called upon his own followers and othe
IA chiefs. both native and Arabian, to ioii
h against the white men and assist in ne
:. storing Arabian supremacy
A conflict has taken place, and it !
ne known for a certainty that three white
n and probably many more were killed, an'
that the Arabs under Rachid are now il
,r full control of the Congo 40 Stanle.
~ Falls The followers of Rachid ar
n armed for the most part with improves
"a European rifles. and Rachid has for SOM
II time past been large purchaser of am
munition, his cagerness in this reepec
q. having aroused some suspicion amonl
n. the whites
e. ANXIETY For Anti-slavers' Safety.
a. What has become of the European resi-
in dent. who represents the authority O
the Congo Free State at Stanley Falls, i
r- not known. but IL Is feared that he ha
ed persisted. The greatest anxiety is fel
for the safety of the expedition unde
Captain Jacques and Captain Jouberi
'e which were sent out TO suppress th
slave trade IL is said the insurgcn
Arabs have sworn to exterminate both %
these expeditions. as a lesson Go th
n whites not to interfere with the traffic
1t is known that at last accounts a larg
force of Arabs had gone in search o
e Joubert.
The news from the seat of insurrectioi
90 is of the most mcagre kind. bnt il is sui
le ncient TO cause the gravest anxiety TO b
ar 'elt, not only for the ant-slavery ex
Ie- petitions mentioned, but also for th
Catholic and Protestant missions n
of Tanganyika and the Hodister CONNER
ct cial expedition TO the Lomani river, a
rs. well as for the security of number %
ch Free State officials on the Upper Congo
re-, The Portuguese blamed
., Many Europeans at Zanzibar a.e in
clined TO charge the Portuguese wit
20 having stimulated the Arabian uprisin
cS and supplied arms TO the Arabs in orde
'ai TO drive other European nations out O
Central Africa.
The Arabs in Zanzibar do not concci
their satisfaction with the news, as ther
Is deep irritation there on account @
all interference with the slave trade, whic
interference has greatly injured busnes
both at Zanzibar and Pemba. The eioy
.os trade is in a most depressed conditio
owing TO the lack of slave labor an
he many Of the planters see nothing bu
NO ruin confronting them. In this COZ
~. dition Of affairs the uprising of the slay
iis trading Arabs has the earnest sympath
ere of the slave owning Arabs, and it is b
lieved that the msurrection has ramii
cations extending from Zanzibar
Angola.
~. Rabbi Browne Fears No burglars.
tBy Telegraph 70 the Evening JournaLl
I CHICAoO, Aug. 12.-Rev. L. NJ.
as Browne came here recently from Ne