New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

of the association which supplied and ..n, :. :
ont; and he adds: =" / can only characterize th,.
an attempt to betray the interests commilt.s ).
his care" This IS specific allegation with ~
NJ. de Brazza Will have to deal Until IL /, ,"sa
even a French Cabinet is likely to be so, 10y
fsthering his annexations.
NJ. de BIazza's intrusion into the Pari. d,,..-
party and his speech there cannot much hail. n.
case. He cam0 TO patronize the hero Of IN. a .'
and To assure him that he regarded him 60. -"
brother. laborer in the same field and a sh.,...
VI. de Brazza's efforts toward the ciyiliza,Io.a !.
Africa. If he had been present an honr hu,o...'
hear Mr. Staney's own view OF his performo.s'~
he night or might not have responded diaeren,~
Possibly when an imposture is exposed the 49,.
thing the inpOstor do is to try TO make fr,anI.
with the exposer.
Mr. Staney's position in England IA I'm 49,
points peculiar one For the insults he.r.d ~
him Ia the Geographical Society and esewb.,.
when he returned from tho finding OF Livingstone
ample PREPARATION was made afterward both nv n,
Society and by many of its members indlyIdn.Iv
The atOuement publicly offered to him was o,s =,
the most remarkable incidents in the whole hi,ovv
of exploration. The very Society which had Al.
nUunced and dIscredted him offered him thu
highest compliments in their power, public din.
ner and public reception. Lord Houghton ore.
sided over the one, the Prince Of Wales and tina
Duke of Sutherland were present at the Other
Nothing could he more honorable or complete than
these retractations SIR Henry Rawlinson himsl,
was party to them; clothed morally il not thysi
cally in sackclOth; a most becoming garment in TIA
circumstances.
If | recall these incidents il is not 10 rake On
buried animOsites but TO account for the occa
sional erltptons of sptefulness which from time 10
time occur as Mr. Stanley reappears before the
English and European public. AS q rule, the tons
of the press toward him is what it should be-csr.
dial, eulogstc and trustful. But there eAeep.
tiOns, and these exceptions | am sure could be
traced to people who have never forgotten nor for.
given the spirit with which Mr. Stanley resented
the outrageous attacks made upon him at the tine
10 wlMch have Just been referring. HIS Brighton
speech rankles in sundry bOsOms; and some Other
speeches rankle. | should not caro- to say that
everything Mr.. Stanley then uttered, Ia his honest
and just anger was in the best possible taste. But
whatever he sald'the prOvocation was euormOus
and they who suffered from his plain speaking
ought to have taken their punishment In good
part, profted by 1t and forgotten 1t when the frs,
sung was over. They did not. They are gong
about again to-day crying out that poor NJ dc
Brazza is hardly used. They object to Nj.
Staney's humorous account of his rival as shOerss
anu ragged; az if his means OF impressug the chiefs
were not or the essence of the whole story. Is
an explorer who has to live fortnight on aims
likely to extoIt cesson Of sovereign rights from
powerful savage Mr.. SANKEY'S photograph Of NJ.
de Brazza is evidence 10 the case Nor nas he told
the whole story in public. He is content 10 exhibit
the Franco-Italian in ridiculous light He might
have painted him as an example of gross ilgIati-
tude. He gave his shoeess friend help at q moment
of need-hOused him, fed him for a fortnight, and
sent him OH his way rejoicing 1t is pro cable that
but for the charity he received from Mr. STANLEY
NJ. de BrazZa's claims to territorial possession on
the Congo would never have been heard OF IN
Europe. o. W. s.