The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-13
MAssAoRED BY a
Spread Of tho In.ul in tho Cong
Country.

Spread OF the Iusu.rnotion in the Congo
Country.
Brussels, August 1.-THE hdepend-
ence Beige says that 20 agents Of the Ka-
tanga company have been killed or cap
tured by the Arabs on the upper Congo.
river. The steamer Berneert. which
was taking goods up the river, was
seized, and the factories were raided.
Whole tribes on the western bank Of
the river are in instruction. The
Arabs northwest OF Nyangwe have gone
down the Lualaba river and captured
the station at Ribara, killing the
whites employed there. The stations
on the upper Lomassi have also been
DESTROYED. The Arabs at Stanley Falls
and IsanG who have hitherto been
loyal are showing hostility. The Congo
state authorities are sending reinforce.
ments to various points threatened by
the Arabs.
The Arabs have grown desperate, ow-
ing to the evident determination OF the
whites to suppress the slave trade, by
which the Arabs have accumulated
their wealth and established their pow
or. They were greatly encouraged by
the disaster to the British under Capt
Mcguire, last December, when Capt.
Mcguire and two other Engiishmen lost
their liyesin a conflict with the slave
traders, and the Arabs we're still more
strengthened in their hostile attitude
by the more recent successful attack on
Fort Johnston. Full particulars show
that an attack on the fort was made by
the natives under Arab leadership and
a seyen-pounder gun was captured.
1t appears that Fort Johnston is very
small, and is inconveniently crowded.
No hostile natives had been seen for
time, and the garrison had been lulled
into q false sense Of security. Two OF
the white men, with some OF the Sikhs,
and a seven.pounder gun were encamp-
ed lust outside the fort when they were
surprised during the night by body of
natives, who wounded the Europeans
and succeeded in capturing the gun.
Makanjila, Kasembe and other Arab
chiefs, incensed by the stoppage of their
remunarative traffic in slaves, entered
into communication with other Arabs,
telling them OF their success against the
British, and urging them to join in a
general movement to drive the whites
from Central Africa. From the advices
received at Zanzibar it is feared that
Rachid, the nephew and successor OF
Tippoo lib at Stanley Falls, has joined
in the insurrectionary movement, and
declared his hostility to the whites,
with whom he has pretended TO be on
terms of friendship. 1t is also under
stood 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. The followers of Rachid
are armed for the most part with i'm
proved European rifles, and Rachid has
for some time past been a large pur-
chaser OF ammunition, his eagerness in
this respect having aroused some sus-
picion among the whites.
What has become Of the European
resident, who represents the authority
OF the Congo Free State at Stanley Falls
is not known, but it is feared he has
persisted. The greatest anxiety is felt
for the safety OF the expeditions under
Captain Jacques and Captain Joubert,
which we're sent out to suppress the
slave trade. It is said that the insur-
gent Arabs have sworn to exterminate
both OF these expeditions, as a lesson to
the whites not to interfere with the
traffic. It is known that at last &C.
counts a large force OF Arabs had gone
in search OF Joubert. The news from
the seat of instruction is Of the most
meagre kind, but it is sufficient to
cause the grayest anxiety to be felt, not
only for the anti.slavery expeditions
mentioned, but also for the Catholic and
Protestant missions at Tanganyiki and
the Hodistar Commercial expedition to
the Lomami river, as well as for the Sc
curity of q number Of Free State Off
cials on the Upper Congo.
Many Europeans al Zanzibar are in.
clined to charge the Portuguese with
having stimulated the Arab rising and.
supplied arms and ammunition to the
Arabs, in order to drive other European
nations out. of Central Africa. The
Arabs in Zanzibar do not conceal their
satisfaction with the news, a. there is
deepirritation there on account OF inter.
ference with the slave trade, which in
reference has greatly injured business
both at Zanzibar and Pemba. The Glove
trade is in a most distressed condition
owing to the lack of slave labor. and
many Of the planters see nothing but
ruin confronting them. In this condi.
ton OF affairs, the uprising OF the slave
trading Arabs has the earnest sympathy
Of the slave owning Arabs, and it is be-
lleved that the instruction has ramifi-
cations extending from Zanzibar to
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