. The Arabs in Central Africa and at Lake Nyassa : with correspondence with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the attitude of Portugal . nd the confluence of the rivers, and from Article 84that these arrangements were permanent. The Portuguese Government, which had in vain endeavoured tofind financial support for a claim of exclusive navigation of therivers, has now for ten years recognized the British flag in thesewaters. The demand for the continuance of these arrangements is simplya demand for the observance of an honourable understanding underwhich substantial interests have b
. The Arabs in Central Africa and at Lake Nyassa : with correspondence with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the attitude of Portugal . nd the confluence of the rivers, and from Article 84that these arrangements were permanent. The Portuguese Government, which had in vain endeavoured tofind financial support for a claim of exclusive navigation of therivers, has now for ten years recognized the British flag in thesewaters. The demand for the continuance of these arrangements is simplya demand for the observance of an honourable understanding underwhich substantial interests have been created at the instance ofPortugal, and is all the more cogent because this route givesimportant access to such communities as the Congo Free State, lying-far beyond any possible claim of Portugal. The advance of the Arab banditti, and the encouragement giventhem by the free sale of arms and ammunition, has rendered itimperative that the communities formed on Lakes Nyassa andTanganyika should have the right of introducing by the rivers suchmeans of defence as they deem necessary, without hindrance fromthe Portuguese provincial
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