THE "SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA."
.GERMANY AKD EMIN PASHA.
EHGLAND AND PORTUGAL.
[Br fiLBOTBIO TBLHeBAPH—COFYHIBHT.]
[PKB PRBSS ASSOCIATION.] Received April 15th, 12.15 n,m.
Bsauas, April 14. It is rumored the Congo Free State ia about to be dissolved, and the territory offered to Germany. It is be-' lieved the King of the Belgians desires to sell his personal interest to the Emperor.
Zanzibar, April 14. The Germans have persuaded tha new Saltan of Zanzibar to cancel a portion of the British Company's concessions. Received April 15th, 7 p.m. London, April 14. Sir James Ferguson stated in the House of Commons to-day that the news of the Portuguese expedition to Mpondo, Shire, has not been confirmed. Germany has assured England that the operations of Emm Pasha will be confined entirely within the German sphere. Zanzibab, April 14.
The representative of the British East Africa Company declines to accept the Sultan's cancellation of privileges.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7526, 16 April 1890, Page 5
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