AFRICAN TROUBLES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1829, 15 December 1888, Page 1

AFRICAN TROUBLES.

Zanzibar. December 11

Baetnri, leader of ! t he rcb-l natives, recen'ly .made an attsck on Bagsmoyo, and 1001-d the town before setting it on fire. The fire 6preadtoith-grea't rapidity, and the whole city was destroyed. The merchants in Bagampyo >were [doing an extensive trade! with the interior'or Eastern Africa atxl the' destruction pf their property will have a'disastrous effect. The Saltan of Zanzibar and the Britjsb Indians are the greatest sufferers.;, The ; German's assert that it is impossible to restrict their action at sea or prevent the British subjects'from suffering loss therefrom. . Rome, December 12. Italy will actively join in the blockade of the East African coast. ! Vienna, December 13.

An Austrian expedition, under the leadership of Herr Von Dobner, is being organised for the purpose of relieving Emin Bey and discovering Stanley. Massowaa, December 13. News, has been received that Rass Aloulu, the Abyssinian commander, has inflicted a severe defeat on thej rebellious dervishes of Gaiabet land Mavilek. ' : London, December 12. Information has been received that Osman Digna had been reinforced, and that the Arabs were harrassing the British* position at.Suakim. Further British reinforcements for Suakim have baen ordered to leave the stations of Malta, Cyprus, and Alexandria, Berlin,, December 12. Ount Herbert Bismarck, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the course of a speech yesterday, said that Germany would retain her African possessions, and maintain German interests there at all hazards.