THE ZANZIBAR CRISIS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5655, 28 August 1896, Page 1

THE ZANZIBAR CRISIS.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF THE SULTAJNV . ABDUL KHALED'S CLAIMS. A BRITISH ULTIMATUM. BOMBAET)MENT OF THE PALACE. . £Per -Press Association.] ■ • : ZANZIBAR, August 26. Abdul Kbaled controls 2500 troops, and the .palace guns were trained on the harbour. H.M. vessels Thrush, Sparrow and Philomel Were moored opposite, and oii the arrival of H.M.S. Sfc George, . the flagship, 250 seamen were lauded, and Hear- Admiral H. Eanson sent an ultimatum that unless Khaled completely submitted by nine o'clock' to-day the palace would be bombarded.

The British residents in Zanzibar hava been ordered on board the vessels.

Haimd, the late Sultan, died suddenly, and it is supposed tlmt he was poisoned. Khaled had the body buried within a couple of hours of the death, and he told Mr Basil S. Cave, British Consul, that he preferred to die before he would quit the palace.

Local opinion favours' the abolition oi: the Sultanate and the hoisting of the British flag

LONDON, August 27.

Abdul Kbaled declining to submit to the British Admiral, the fleet opened fire on the palace, and the bombardment continued for upwards of an hour, and then began to cease. The extent of the damage or loss of life is not known.