The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-09-03

British BOHBARD ZANZIBAR.
The sultan ordered To Surrender The
ralace-The yltlmstum Rejectcd-And
Five English War hips Open Fire.

The sultan ordered to Surrender The |
Falace-Ths yltimstum Rejected-And |
Five English Nar. hips open Fire.
IANIBtr, Aug. 2G.-Shortly after
said kaiid had seized the palace and !
proclaimed himself sultan yesterday,
on the death Of lIamid Zen Thwain,
he was advised by the British Consul,
ina the interest of Pub,iG order, TO dis
arm the force Of 200 Nskaris, whose as
,istauce enabled him 10 obtain posses
sion Of the palace. The usurping sui
tan refused to accept this advice, and
the guns in the palace square are
trained upon the Britith warShips
Philomel, Thrush, and sparrow, W ich
are lying in the harbor. The warships
are awaiting orders which will de-
ermiue the course Of action
Rear Admiral Harry II. Rawson,
commanding the British Cape and
West Africa squadron, has arrived
here on board his llaghip, the st.
George, accompanied by the torpedo
cruiser RaCoOu, and landed $50 ma
rines. in addition to the force OF sail
ors and marines landed By the British
war vessels Phjlomel, Thrush, and
Sparrow yesterday. Admiral Rawson
has instructions To act under orders
of the British Consul.
This evening an ultimatum was sent
TO said kalid, and informing him that
unless he strikes his flag and makes a
complete surrender by . O'Clock to-
morrow morning the palace will be
hombarded. All of the British resi-
dents Of the town have been requested
to go on board the warships lying in
the harbor by ; o'clock in the morn
ing.
The force under control of Said
kalid numbers $500 men, all well
armed. The COnceusus Of opinion Is
that the action of said kaljd ha:
furnished a favorable occasion for the
hosting OF the British flag and the
abolition of che Arab rule and slavery
ZANZIBAR, Aug. 27.-The palace o
the sultan of Zanzibar was hombardet
this morning and at noon was mas
of blazing ruins. The uSurpinG chief
tain, said khalid, and the commando
of his forces, said sales, succeeded ii
escaping to the German Consulate
where they have sought refuge, an;
remain under the protection OF tn
German flag.
As cabled. Rear Admiral lIenr,
Rawsou, G.. L., In command of the Brit
i,h Cape of Good Hope and west Coa>
Africa station, and the British COnsu
General, Mr. y. II. Harding, c. f., ar
ter holding conference yesterda
communicated to the government o
Great Britain sn outline of the situa
ton of affairs here, setting forth tina
said Khalid, who seized the palac,
and proclaimed himself Sultan on tn
death, apparently by poison, of Sulta
Uamed Bin Thwain Bin said, ha
been strongly REINFORCED and pcs
lively refused 10 surrender.
Hammond has been appointed SUI
tan. The euemys loss was heay.
only petty officer OF the gunool
Thrust was wounded
The state Department has receive
the following cablegram from Consl
Dorsey Mohun, at Zanzibar: "hhall
Bin Bargash refusing TO surrende
palace was bombarded By English tlet
az . o'clock this morning and total
destroyed. Many killed..
The American trade with Zanzib:
i, considerable. experimenting 5 / .00t
600 annually. The United states bu.
from them ivory, hides, rubber, guc
aud cloves and sells cotton and p
trOieum. There is no anxiety IL
American interests suffer.