The New York herald., 1872-07-06
IFrom the hudson fN. Y.l Star. Julya.l
TEE GREAT WELSH QUESTION.
Who is Stanley, the Herald's African Ex-
plOrcr and the Discoverer OF Living
stone !-Cambria Claims Another Hero.

Who is Stanley, the Herald,s African Ex-
plOrer and the Discoverer OF Living
stone !-Cambria Claims Another Hero.
LONDON, June 20, 1872
The Welsh papers are now busily engaged In dis
cussing q to them very important question. 1t
has long ago been demonstrated that every man
who has played great part on the worlds stage
originally came from Wales. So 1t is with the hero
OF the present moment, Mr.. Stanley, the HERALD's
African explorer and the discoverer OF Livingstone
append extracts from Welsh paper, which have
gone the round Of all the journals Of the princ
pality and which will show the interest Cambrians
take In this question:
STANLEY TO THE RESCUE.
Would the reader be surprised to hear OF an emf
nent Welsh explorer going under an English name
Our contemporary, Yr Herald Cvnlraeg, refers this
YORK HERALD, entrusted with the command OF the
expedition fitted out, at his own expense, by the
late Ar. Bennett, or the discovery Of tine intrepid
African traveller DR.. Livingstone. In an editorial
the HERALD says that Mr.. stanley IL Il young re-
porter who has been in Mr. Benefits service for
from Africa was to the effect that Stanley
had succeeded in fnding the l0ng-lost Living
stone, and that both were together at Ulyi.
best advantages to Judge the value and accuracy of
such accounts. II the story should prove correct
"Mr. Stanley" will have earned for himself endur-
ing fame and uniadlng honor for the enterprslng
proprietor OF the journal that sent him out to
search 1Or the man about whOm there WAS so mucn
anxiety. Next to Livingstone himself interest Will
centre naturally in the man who found him. Well
who do our readers imagine this enterprising
'otanley' is We are glad to be able to state on
the best authority that he is young weshman,
who was born thirty-two years ago In the town OF
Denblgh His mother is alive and well ut the pres
ent time and keeps the public house known
as the Gross Foxes, st. Asaph. STANLEY is
not the real name OF the eminent expOrer,
but John Thomas. He adopted the name VI
Stanley before cmbarking upon this daring expeui-
ton, and doubtless he had some special rs reasons or
doing so. This youth was brought up IN poverty,
and under the frOwn OF unavorape W9rluly circunl-
stances like the majority OF the chiireh Vi enter
prise and genius: lie emgrated 70 nn,eiica, An wnere
he became one OF the reporters OF the NEW YORK
HERALD. Mr.. Gordon Bennett discovered that he
was an extraordinary e. man and appointed him as
the representative Of ms iUnrma Win h,n sne ADys
30 much satisfaction that he was selected to con-
duct the present romantic search. After returning
from AbyssnIa he paid visit to his mother IN
DaTyddtsm nor Yankeeism has tarnished his Celtic
dispositiOns We received these interesting facts
from q gentleman In whose veracity we have every
confidence. without doubt 1t will be pleasing to
every Cymro to CLEAN as much as this OF the his
tory OF one OF our most eminent and enterprslng
countrymen.
SIR-Your paper OF the sth inst. states that " Mr.
Stanley, the representative Of the NEW YORK
HERALD, who has proceeded to Africa In search OF
DIR. Livingstone, is o Mr.. John Thomas, native OF
public house at st. Asaph." May beg OF you to
correct the above statement In your next impress
si0nY Mr.. Stanlev's proper name Is John ho"an,us,
and his mother at the present tune Keeps HIIary,s
church, Denbigh. and not house at st Asapn, US
above stated His grandfather on the pate MAJ sue
was the late Mr.. John Rowland, farmer OF segroia,
near Denbigh, and Oil the maternal slde the late
emily. ABERGELE r. o.
Jul; JUNE 18th, ss72