The New York herald., 1875-12-01
THE LAST AFRICAN MAIL.

Prom the New York Times, November 80
That the Egyptian rule has been firmly established
In Equatorial Africa is plainly shown by frequency
with which Mr. Stanley has been able TO send letters
the English and American newspapers which he repre-.
sents Ten years ago, had Stanley undertaken his
present expedition, we should not have heard OF him
until he mad returned to the coast Now, thanks TO
Baker and Gordon, actually in postal communi-
cation with Unyoro and Uganda, a result which ndi-
Gates that civilized government has been established
the White Nile and that the Khedves officers have
accomplished something more than mere raid into
hostile territory.
BY yesterdays European mails learned the true
meaning Of the obscure made In the London
Times Ten days since 10 the apparent effect
that Cameron was the shores Of ranganyka
seeking to make bis way back 70 Zanzibar IL now
appears that this statement should have read that
Cameron anxious 10 proceed west and that u re-
ferred a period far back December last Since
know thai Cameron started down the Lualaba in
May the hopes OF his safety, which were founded on
the statement OF the London Times must be abandoned
He has heard from since he vanished into the
wilderness west Of Tanganyika, where It is only too
probable that be viii meet With the fate which overlook
Nango Park in his attempt 70 descend the Niger.
Mr. Stanley's letter, which appeared In yesterdays
HERALD was dated Al the Capital Of Uganda on the 18th
Of April He had then finished the work Of exploring
that part Of the Victoria Lake which Speke had not
plored end was about TO march across Uganda TO the
Albert Lake His account Of King Mtesa and his re-
hgous views shows US Mr. Stanley in the rather unex
conversion OF the KING to Christianity Four
hye years ago Arab visited Mtesa and
converted him TO Mohammedanism with revolving
rife and other persuasive arguments Mr.. Stanley In
forms that "by conversation he "tumbled the
newly raised religious fabric TO the ground He In
duced @htesa 10 observe the Christian sabbath we'll
the Moslem Sabbath" and made him acquainted
with the Ten Commandments If only other
skul missionary would follow In his footsteps, he Is
knRdOm
embrace Christianity. Mr. Stanley's idea OF what
ought 20 constitute mssionarys outfit is novel and
Interesting he thinks that missionaries sh oud carry
TO htesa only the Gospel but "a sabre, brace Of
pistols and suitable ammunition good fowling piece
and rife OF good quality" OF course If one reyolv-
ing rife convinced Mtesa of the superiority OF
Mohamm edanism fetish worship improved breech-
loading rifles and fowling pieces together with pistols
and ammunition, might induce HIM TO adopt Chris
tianity. STILL this Is not exactly the way in which
missionaries usually prosecute their work, and does
not TO have been the plan which Mr. Stanley him.
self pursued He tumbed down the Kings faith In
Mohammed merely by his conversational powers, and
he enbody the substance OF this conversation
in the form OF easy catechism for African kings 1t
might be Of more service 70 other missionaries than
must acknowledge that Mr.. Staneys advice is based
on knowledge OF native character which we cannot
claim to possess
Mr. Stanley will have the best wishes Of the civilized
world in the work that is yet before him. Long be-
fore this he resumed his march, and iss hard at
work exploring lakes Let hope that before he lef
Mtesa he fully succeeded IN his praiseworthy endeav
to convert him to Christianity would have been
unknd to permit that amiable monarch TO believe in
two different religions at the same time and to keep
Two Sundays in every week, besides the Mohammedan
Ramadan and the Christian Lent II Stanley really
succeeded in inducing Mtesa discard the religion Of
the prophet and to adopt that Of Christianity he
has earned a title to respect though at the
time he expect to incur the strong disap
proval Of Captain Burton, who will Immediately dem
onstrate did in the OF Captain Speke, that
African explorer who believes in Christianity can
possibly discover the source Of the Nile