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« TROUBLE IN LOWER GUINEA. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received March sth, 11 p.m.) LONDON, March 5. The Baptist Missionary Society received advice from Matadi in the middle of February showing that after peace had been declared, following the Rev. Mr Bowsldll's efforts at mediation, Portuguese officials arrested a number of native Christians. Tho effect was electrical, and war was renewed. San Salvador was burnt, and the Portuguese driven within the fortress at Beoregids, which was short of water. Tbe insurrectionists shot everyone trying to reach water. The whole country was excited, and Mr Bowskill told Senor Paulo, the Portuguese official in charge of the fortress, that his action had inflamed the country. Thereupon Paulo detained Mr Bowskill.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14909, 6 March 1914, Page 7
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