MR. BOWSKILL
HIS RELEASE ORDERED. (By Telegrnph.— Preis Association.— Copyrights (Received March 6, 9.20 a.m.) LISBQN, sth March. The Government has ordered the release of Mr. Bowskill, who was arrested on a charge of being concerned in the recruitment of natives for the cocoagrowing jslands of San Thome and Principe. LONDON, sth March. The Baptist Missionary Society received advices from Matadi in the middle of February showing that after peace had bean declared, following Mr. Bowskill's efforts at mediation, Portuguese officials arrested a number of native Christians. The effect was electrical, and war was renewed. Salvador was burnt, and the Portuguese driven within the fortress. Those besieged were short of water, and the insurrectionists shot everyone trying to reach water. The whole country was excited. Mr. Bowskin told Senhor Paulo, the Portuguese Official in charge of the fortress, that his action had inflamed the country. Senhor Paulo than detained Mr. Bowskill.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 55, 6 March 1914, Page 7
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