Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1901 — French Colonists In Revolt. [ARTICLE]

French Colonists In Revolt.

Antwerp dispatch: The situation in the French Kongo is alarming. It is reported that the natives of the entire colony are in revolt and that many agents of the French government have been surrounded in outlying stations and are now abandoned to their fate, relief expeditions which were sent in some instances having been driven back or overpowered. Brazzaville, one of the principal towns in the colony, is expected to fall Into the hands of the natives at any time. According to reports received here the colony’s condition is considered hopeless.