The sun., 1894-03-11

they fought Five hundred Of the enemy were
taken prisoners and ]. 600 guns captured
ssioT: s6sy r.seSsd tSs CSpso and .Sss g,. ths.y
i ssyspcs s Of % the Whites toward BE espits vas
Killed IN this battle, Then ths Arao n toSs s
Invested the big town before II at last ielL A.
Ey 81 thSpsssS were srest yest a. st
T,sns msnt Of on Tie CONGO. High mud wallis loop
holed for guns. surronnded the Place Ihe
%F sS sboSt Ss G ons we're
houses and the Arabs Thought me place I%-
force for oi the. Congo state. The Arsbs had seized
whites white @ could M not % reach them they forgot, hows
ever, the far-reaching guns which Tero fred
huts and In the market place, There was
panic among the thousands OF natives when
town. One day the Arabs boldly crossed the
river and attacked the besieRers, but were re-
natives. S una unabio longer to endure the constant
peril from the gu1s, crossed the river under
cover q niGht and negotiated g WITH , ph,nisfSr
the the hsht ssSepi q March 1ss,s hSndTsd boats
were delivered to the E1r4pesns si, sd Ssfs RGpn-
town, Dhanis entered Nyangve vithop irIng
trace the fortunes q that famous man upto
before KsssoGGo. Tippp Tib's Dig town. they
tGuna S i Es n the 'HSSs c
and hundreds Of holes mad been pnn.Shed
Sa; hs sst q bs nsS.
Arabs, howeve. did not walt to be attacked.
Sss us1f 81 @ uS SSS the
ISs y SIt,fs szpS5Snss s,,G,ytl6.y t$.. they can; -;
incessant fire Of repeating rifles and
sispshtor ss e last @ they sd leaving mor. @ Than than
OnsO saa tho SstS .os fpSs
Ti6. who had been left in charge OF KassonRo
tie IT, a" Arab % forces that had faced Dhsnis's can
non In various battles made the best of their
Seen Dr. driven ts out q al ,hef IN tss
southern part OF the region they occupied.
.nd hs Of nGsh e.. II ths
Stanley Falls offered battle to other detach.
ments that were advancing TO the aid Of
reached reached him until % %unaidsd. he sRSTCsi had sisansi
out the southsrn Arabs One after another Of
brethren at Taneapyisa. The whites hoped
but but there here was s. more lighting before them. '
AT Tanganylka the defeated Arans met Rp:
.Gs sSn1 mSs Ssi G S a
delay; He gave them fresh supplies Of am;
mun1tiOn, REINFORCED tnem Win b.OOU armed
m en-, and led them back to kassongo A little
southeast Of that town. on Oct ~ last, he met
the whites, who vsre greatly surprised TO SOC
confronted again by \ formidable
army. The whites had now been largely re-
enforced. luckily for them, for the battle that
ensued was the most hctly contested Of the
series. Dhanis would have been. wired. out
II his force had not been quadrupled in
severe and included Capt Ponther, who was
Wounded at the head OF his COLUMN and died
but they may give much further
trouble before they are driven out OF the State.
They are desperate. They have everything 70
win and nothing to lose. except their heads,
and they do not care for them II they musk
save their lives at the cost OF losing ali thsif
interests In the Congo Free State. At last
accounts Dhanis was waiting ior further reSn.
forcements and then he intended to take the
offensive and chase the Arabs to the frontier.
Many Of these Arabs are not so black as
they are painted. and the evil days that have
come upon them will awaken sympathy. II
be understood. however. that no white
power In Africa desires to rob them of their
II they cease to practise illegal
methods OF money making all opposition to
them will stop: but II they refuse to substitute
for unlawful trade they will be wiped
out and they ought to be IL remains to be
seen whether they will at last listen TO com.
mon sense and do what is best to conserve
their interests. CYRUS c. ADAhs