TROUBLES IN AFRICA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2293, 10 February 1898, Page 17

TROUBLES IN AFRICA.

j "Pakis, Febrnary 5 Priece Henry of. Qrkaus, zayr'iug u> -Jh« toaat cf h:e health glvta ?,6 a bapepefc in Ufl honcmr prior to hh dfeptrbare for Abysßiuie^ said he was working for JT.'-jy Menelik, aopported b/ Russia. 1J« a-adeC, thai, the world would poo* gee the French nag <i.j/oliiwat in fcbr; Up psr Nsie r&glocfi. February 6 Lc T-szap-;, ref*rri«g to tbe stagnation in the negotiations regaling to the Kiger, say* that the position hss been brought about to sail; the purpose of Mr Chamberlain more than to assist Lord Saliebury In the matter. It also asserts that Britain required the exclusion ol France from the navigable portion of the Niger. London, February 6. Seventeen additional British commissioners and other efficars have been despatched to Lagos, Wost Africa. Zanzibar, February 1. Ia January last the Indian Government, at the request of the British authorities, despatched 400 Panjaub Moslems to East Africa to assist ia quelling a native rising at Mango, in Uganda. The arrival of those i enforcements saved the Uganda protectorate. Several oE the Soudanese garrisons have been disarmed, and the position of the rebels ia critical. February 4. The Nabian troops forming the escort to Major MmcD mj.ld'6 expedition to tha Jab Eiver, E-wt Africa, who revolted, aad, aft«r being defeated, were driven iafco Fort Labas. U-^oga Country, have escaped from the fort Tuey subsequently crossed tho river. Cairo, February 7. Captain Harrison, with a fores of 200 Sikhs and 1000 Wazandas, ia trying to prevent the Soudanese rebels crossing the Nile and marcbirg into MeDgo. The aituation is exrremely grave. Ifc is feared 1000 Soudanese in Uganda will rebel. ■*—■ *^Wi»« mam m^— ga