OUR ALLY, GONGO LUTETE, ACCUSED OF TREACHERY AND EXECUTED AT N'GANDU — ARRIVAL AT KASONGO OF FIVE OFFICERS FROM EUROPE — CONTINUED ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ENEMY — THE ARABS DECAMP FROM THE TOWN OF STANLEY FALLS, LEAVING IT AT THE MERCY OP THE STATE TROOPS — THE STATE FORCES ARE JOINED BY CAPTAIN LOTHAIRE FROM BANGALA, AND FOLLOW THE ARABS UP THE RIVER — AFTER SEVERE FIGHTING, THE RIVER CLEARED OF ARABS AND THEIR HORDES AS FAR AS NYANGWE — REVERSES OF THE STATE FORCES — ATTACK BY COMMANDANT DHANIS ON RUMALIZA's fort, EIGHT HOURS* MARCH FROM KASONGO

In the last week in August the Commandant started for Nyangwe from Kasongo.

For some time previously rumours had been arriving from the Malela and Lomami districts, showing that Duchesne's rule