MISSIONS THREATENED IN THE KONGO STATE.
TRADERS and missionaries in the Kongo State have repeatedly declared that the pledges of King Leopold, to give equal rights to all, have been broken, that natives are maltreated, trade restricted to concessionaries, and the very life of the Protestant missions is threatened. The missions most affected are those of the Baptist Society and Kongo Bololo Mission, of England, and the Baptists and Southern Presbyterians of America. Letters from Rev. Motte Martin, of the Presbyterian mission, show that a part of the work in Africa seems to be in particular peril. Mr. Martin says that King Lukenga, of the Bakaba tribe, was summoned to Luebo to meet a state officer, and was treated with such indignity that he went back greatly incensed against the state. A later cablegram from Mr. Morgan, of the English mission, states that the Bakaba tribe is in revolt, and that the mission station at Ibanj has had to be evacuated. This will probably bring on a state punitive expedition, in which it is to be feared African Christians will suffer in common with the other members of their tribe. It is said that Leopold and the state authorities have determined, if possible, to drive out the Protestant missionaries from their territory.—Missionary Review.