New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-13
TROUBLE IN THE CONGO FREE STATE.
pLLAGE AND MURDER BY THE ARABs-sEvERAL
TRIBES IN INsURRECTIoN.

TRIBES IN 1NSURRECT1ON.
Brussels, Aug. 1.-THE Independence Beige" says
that twenty agents OF the Katanga Company have been
killed or captured by Arabs the Upper Congo River
The steamer Beernaet which taking goods up the
river seized and the factories were r1zed Whole
tribes on the western bank OF the river are In In
surrecton. The Arabs northwest OF Nyangwe have
gone down the Lualaba River and captured the station
at Ribariba. killing the whites employed there The
stations on the upper LomasS have also been de-
stroyed. The Arabs at Stanley Falls and 1sangi, who
have hitherto been loyal. are showing hostility The
Congo State authorities sending renforcements to
the various points threatened by the Arabs.
Reports from the Congo country agree in stating
that the troubles due not to an uprising OF local
Arabs but to invasion OF the Nyangwe regions by
bands Of Tanganyika Arabs.
In an interview to-day NJ. wauters general sec
retary Of the Commercial Companies OF the Congo.
attributed the reported revolt to sntsavery agents
levying taxes Arpb caravans. Congo State oncihls
here believe that the reports arc sxasssatea era. as
prevailed at Kassongo Stanle7 Falls and on the
LOmass River
During the last few months native risings against
European colonists In Afrca have been reported IN
every direction. The German expedition OF MAJOR
Bulow has been defeated in the East, its CHIEF has
been killed with some OF his officers. probably at the
instigation of the Sultan OF Zanzibar, who mas not
forgotten the insults to which he was subjected wheh
the Germans and the British combined to divide be-
tween themselves a portion OF his territory. III the
interior OF the Dark Continent some explorers nave
been murdered, among them the Frenchman. Crampei
On the western coast, SamOry. In senegal, ana 80
hanzn in Dahomey, keep fighting the advance OF the
French while the English had to suppress an insur-
recton near Sierra Leone, and to suffer diplomatic
defeat In Morocco. Now, q general insurresuon mas
occurred in the independent State OF Congo, which Is
virtually ruled by the Belgians. II looks as IL tne
Africans had determined to make~a decisive stand
against the Transformation Of their country by Euro
peans This Is due to the fact that the period Oh
mere scientific and geographical explorations has been
succeeded by one OF invasons Of regular troops Se'
nv foreign Powers 10 take actual and absolute poses
sion OF African territory.
Moreover the natives were melted 10 resistance by
the spectacle shown them OF continuous conflicts ar1s
Ing between the European Invaders and traders. inc
British and the Germans, through their own le'ousios
caused a revolution to break out In the hinguom OF
Mwanga during which the natives fought among theh'-
selves and thousands killed. The portuguese az
Mozambique and the Iambesl came nesrl! 10 actual
warfare with the English. while on the west coast hS
a,tar S well ms the Germans are accused by the French
OF Indirectly supporting and OF furnishing hIne W
tho natives on the Niger and In Dah0mey omle ic
Gently two Prenchmen having been Killed In the congo
regfon their death charged TO tho manoeNcS OF
He oiiicias of the Belgian CONC and diplomatic re
at,ons became strained on that account bet"cen inc
paris and Brussels Governments NO "ohuer, uo,i,
that the Arab savetraders whose business is eiuhiy
threatened by the advance OF Chrsuan aSaDs
The Europeans. and to convince the Africans Una. te
erpetnal Quarreis Of the foreign coonlst. and oclss
among themselves oner good opportunity ,or er,..
ing their advance into the interior Of the DARK Con