Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28
SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR DIsREGARDED
1T, WITH DIRE RESULTS.
HIS PALACE REDucEDTo RUINS.
HE REFUSED TO SURRENDER TO THE
BRITISH MARINES.
sultan and His Followers Forced to
Seek Refuge mt the German Con-
suInte-Many of His Troops
Killed While Making
n Brave Defense.

sultan on the death of the late sultan,
was notified last night to surrender to the
British marines at O'Clock this morning
or suffer the consequences. He had with
him about $500 well armed and we'll dis
cirlined men. including 800 Askaris. VINO
had been trained by British officers. plenty
of ammunition and a number of field guns
and other pieces of artillery. and received
further reinforcements during the night
ficm the slave dealers. who fiocked to
his support. as the formal hosting of the
British flag over Zanzibar would mean the
liberation of about one-quarter million
slaves and a death blow to slavery II
this part of East Africa.
BY O'Clock this morning the British
subjects, numbering about 100 people. and
a number of other foreigners embarked
on the warships the Italians going to the
Italian gunboat Volturno.
Shortly before o'clock a naval officer
was sent to the palace square with an
other message for Sayid Khald. asking
him if he was prepared to surrender in
accordance with the terms of the ultima
tum, and again notifying him that the
palace in which he has barricaded himself
would be shelled at o'clock promptly IL
he failed to haul down his flag before that
time.
Sayid Refuses to Surrender.
Sayid replied that he would die sooner
than surrender. His answer was conveyed
to Admiral Rawson and the British con-
sui general. and the crews of the ships.
which had been prepared for action the
day before were sent to quarters.
At 9 o'clock the flagship signaled the
Raccoon. Thrush and Sparrow to begin
firing and a moment later the vessels
opened fire with their heaviest guns. Ten
mitutes later they had torn great gaps
in the palace, scattering death and con-
fusion among it's defenders. dismountinS
some of the guns ashore and putting to
fight the gunners handling the pieces. The
fire of the warships was admirably direct
ed, and smoke was soon seen to be issu-
ing from several parts of the palace.
The bombardment was kept up until $50
o'clock, when the palace was tumbling in
ruins and large rents had been made in
the barricade of Sayids followers. The
latter, however. answered the fire of the
warships with great gallantry and did not
stop firing until. in response to the flag
ships signal of Cease firing" the guns
of the warships stopped showering shot
and shell ashore. The losses of the enemy
are rot known, but it is certain that sew
eral hundred were killed or wounded, es-
pecially among the defenders Of the palace
proper.
Sultan's Corvette Sunk.
During the bombardment. the sultan's
armed steamer Glasgow opened fire on the
British warships. but few we'll aimed
shells from the heavy guns of the Raccoon
and shot or two from the four-inch guns
Of the Sparrow crashed through and
through her. silencing her fire in short
| order and ultimately sinking her at her
| moorings.
Soon after the palace caught fire and the
| there by the shells of the warships. Sayid
| Khalid and Said Sales, commander of the
/ usurping sultan's army, escaped with a
number of their leading followers through
| the back part of the palace to the German
| consulate, where they asked for protection,
| which was accorded to them.
| Admiral Rawson, in order to prevent the
escape of Sayid Khalid and his followers to
the mainland Of Africa. where their pres
ence would undoubtedly have caused
| trouble with the slave leaders and their
| adherents, sent detachments of marines
| blue jackets and local Zanzibaris to occupy
| all the roads and avenues of escape. thus
hemming in the belligersnts pretty efrectu-
| ally, although many escaped to the main
| land and islands in dhows.
| Shortly after 10 O'Clock. In response to an
other signal from the flagship st. George.
reinforCementS of marines and Sa lorS We re
| sent ashore from the British ships and the
| work of capturing the insurgents, collect
ing the dead and attending to the wounded
| was commenced During this, desultory
| firing could be heard on the outskirts of
| the town. from where Captain Raikes, at
the head of AGO loyal Zanzabaris and de-
| tachment Of British marines. notified Ad-
miral Rawson that he was holding all the
| main roads.
The Palace In Ruins.
| When the insurgents had been compelled
| to lay down their arms and were securely
| corralled by the marines and blue jackets
the latter were ordered to try to extinguish
| the flames in the palace and in the old Gus
| tom house, which had also been shelled and
| set on fire, as the insurgents had fortified
| it and had to be driven from the building.
| But at noon. in spite of the Efforts of the
sailors to extinguish the flames, the palace
| tom house was in ashes and a number of
other buildings, demolished or set on fire
by exploding shells. were in ruins:
| No casualties are reported among the
British ashore and. though all business nat
| urally is at standstill, order was COM
foreign residents were able to return to
| their residences ashore.
Temporary hospitals for the care Of the
ashore and they are receiving as much care
| from the surgeons Of the warships as IL
they were British sailors or marines.
istered by Admiral Rawson, pending the
receipt Of further instructions from the
| British government.
1t is now generally believed that the late
Sayid Khalid.
The old palace of Harem this afternoon.
ruins. Hamoud Bin Mohammed Bin Said
| after having been proclaimed sultan, was
saluted by the British squadron and was
| escorted to his own house by Admiral Raw
son, Premier Matthews. Mr.. Basil Cave,
| the British CONSUL and a guard of ma
rines. stationed about the building. He is
a cousin of the late sultan. is over so years
old, and a peaceful Anglophile.
1t will probably be a long time before
order is restored and business resumes its
Khalid and his followers is expressed. 1t
is hoped by the English here that the Ger
| man consul will surrender the usurper.
1t will be a surprise IL the government
of Great Britain does not take advantage
| of the opportunity to abolish Arab rule.
suppress slavery and proclaim Zanzibar a
| British colony.
Reports of the Consuls.
London, Aug. "a dispatch received
| from Admiral Rawson, dated Zanzibar. 2:i5
p. M, to-day, says:
| Issued an ultimatum at o'clock this
| morning calling upon the usurper to haul
down his flag and surrender to me. and
| directing his followers to pile their arms
| and leave the palace before O'Clock, or
otherwise that would be bombarded- In
ing his Notifications and his corvette
trained her guns on my squadron. i opened
fire at on the palace and on the corvette.
to which he promptly replied. / ceased fir
ing at $40. when the corvette was sunk.
ali the guns were silenced and the usurper
yielded to the German consul. Hamoud
has been appointed sultan. The enemy's
loss was heavy. Only petty officer Of the
gunboat Thrush was Wounded
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE state depart.
from Consul Dorsey Mohun at Zanzibar,
"Khalid Bin Bargash refusing to surren.