Evening star., 1961-01-02
U. n. Nigeriians
Kill 10 BaIubas
As They Attack
Belgium Facing
New Wurning on
Base for ConqoIese

LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo,
Jan. 2 (AP.-Nigerian troops
Of the United Nations killed 10
rebel Baluba tribeSmen who at
tackled a stranded rail wagon
on the line outside Albertville
in Katanga Province.
A y. N. spokesman said to-
day the Nigerians were escort
ing a gang Of rail workers.
The Balubas attacked with
old shotguns and bows and ar
rows and the Nigerians shot
10 Of them down in machine
gun fire. They believed several
more were wounded.
Meanwhile. the U. N. was ex-
pected to give another stiff
warning to Belgium against
letting Congolese government
troops use the BeJgian-admin-
istered trust territory Of Ru-
anda- -Urandi as q base for
striking at rebels.
MObuto Troops Repulsed
Congolese troops sent by Col
Joseph Mobutu attempted to
march into Kivu Province from
the neighboring Belgian terri
tory yesterday but were beaten
on in a four-hour battle with
rebels.
The U. N. said today more
than 100 Mobutu troops par.
ticipated in the move, with
about SO marching across an in
ternational bridge linking Kivu
and Ruanda Urundi under
white flags and others crossing
lake Kivu by boat. The white
flag group evidently intended
to parley, but never got q
chance.
The Kivu Province rebels
claimed today they captured
go Of Col. Modulus men in the
four-hour battle that followed
The rebel commander al
Bukavu, Kivu's capital, told
U. N. officers there that he is in
complete control of the Bukavu
garrison. Radio Brussels had
declared the invaders seized the
Bukavu barracks.
Disarmed by Belgians
About so of Col. Modulus
men fed back across the bridge
into Ruanda Urundi, where
they were disarmed by Belgian
troops. The Belgian COM
mander reported some 20 oi
the disarmed men where
wounded, took refuge with U. N
Nigerian troops in Kivu. Nc
deaths were reported.
Col. Modulus troops had
been flown to Usumbura In
Ruanda- Urundi, and wsxe
transported 30 miles to the
Kivu border in Belgian army
trucks. They retreated into
Ruanda- -Urundi when defeated
by the rebels who pledge 10y
atty to ex-Premier Patrice
Lumumba.
Earlier U. N. Secretary Gen.
eral Dag HammarSkjold had
warned Belgium against per-
mitting the territory to be used
as a jump-off point for Congo
leSe army action against rebels
in Kivu.
The Indian U. n. military
adviser, Brig. IndarJit Rikhye
told newsmen in Leopoldville
such action would be tanta-
mount to aggression and would
violate all U. N. resolutions
banning unilateral military aid
to the Congo.
Belgium Explains
In Brussels, Belgian Foreign
Ministry sources said Congo
President Joseph Kasavubu
asked permission to land troops
IN Ruanda- -Urundi because no
landing fields in Kivu were
adequate.
The troops were escorted to
the border by Belgian troops
to avoid incidents, the sources
said.
A U. N. spokesman said the
Belgians reported the Kasa-
vubu request was not received
in Brussels until after the
troops had already landed in
Usumbura.
Congolese Army Commander
IMobutu said the troops were
a crack commando battalion
under the command Of Security
Chief Gilbert Pongo.
They were charged, Col. Mo-
butu said, with wrestling Kivu
from the rebel regime of An
tome Gizenga, who has head
quarters in Stanleyville.
White Flags Ignored
About SO Mobutu soldiers
marched across an interna-
tional bridge linking Kivu and
Ruandi- -Urundi, bearing white
flags and apparently intending
to negotiate with the rebels.
They were met by violent bursts
Of gunfire.
Col. Modulus troops suffered
% casualties, but none killed,
officials said. Rebel injuries
were not known.
Nigerian UN troops in Bu-
kavu, capital of Kivu. had Or
ders to prevent any Congolese
soldiers from crossing the in
ternational bridge. But they
apparently stayed out Of the
gunfight. They reported rebel
troops were "in complete con-
troll" of Bukavu.