Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-30
IA. MAINE, TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 80 1886;
STANLEY AND LONG.
A Controversy Between Explorers
Claims Which One Makes and the
Other Denies.
NEW YORK, Nov 29.

NEW YORK, Nov 20.
Periodically there have appeared in the
newspapers, both in America and in France
aud Englan communications discussing
questions pertaining TO the dark continent,
where Henry NJ. Stanley achieved fame as
an expo and for the fading of DIR. Liv-
ing.ton. Many of these have Ime from the
pen of Col. Chaille Long, author of NAKED
truths of Naked Peoples" and he has been
pleased 10 criticise Mr.. Stanley in a very
caustlc manner.
The recent arrival of Stanley in this city
has opened hosIilites afresh In an inter.
view with New York Herald reporter yes
terdsy Col. Long, 10 referring to the subject
SAID, that Stanley was cited in an interview
on his arrival as having disclamed
all acquaintance with Long; that he
had never met him; and that he
would not enter into any controversy
with him. While in Africa. according to the
interview, Stanley receivt d word from Lon
don, calling his ate 1tion TO the existence OF
lake which Long claim d 10 have discovered
and described MS being 10 miles long and 7
wide. He named 1t Victoria Like Stanley
had been over the ground before and proved
Long had mistaken small arm # lake for
a main body of water. Further, SANKEY'S in
terview said, Colonel Longs attacks are due
u Stanley having dtnit d this assertion.
In his Herald interview, Long says:
| think | can pass on Stanley's atquaint-
ance. | have never lost moments sleep on
that account. The exhibition OF his ideas OF
good taste were painfully displayed at din
ner given him al Hotel Continental, in Paris,
where he affected to despise DE Brazzo. His
rival laughed At his ragged breecnes and
abused him roundly. Stanevs unkind
q rlf lid fha Al, at,t-
success and his own discontinue for
Stanley has practically lost his grip on the
enthusiastic King OF Belgium, who in turn
must be at the present time, quite disgusted
with his elephant enterprise of the Congo
State. The charge that claim to have dis
covered the lake is false and that | named it
Victoria is false. Full credit is given in
Naked Truths" to Can't Spike for the dis
GOV ry of the lake which he named Victoria
Uyaiza. l look upon Stanley's discovery of
Llvin ,stone as a vulgar reclame. DR.. Liv-
| iDgstone was not lost but was found quietly
| living in UJUi. If lost why did he not return
with Stanley? Then there was the white race
which Stanley affected to discover. The white
race was simple Albino boy who deceived
| the distinguished traveller.
| Long then criticises some of Stanley's other
discoveries and quotes others who make
| charges against him.
| Mr.. Stanley was seen at his hotel today
and profess,d d 10 be at loss to discover Longs
reasons for attacking him in that manner
He was not aware that he ever said a WORD
sgainst Colonel Long. He only knew thai
he wrote a paragraph in the Herald about
gentleman named Long, one of Gordon,
iieutenant's, who was stated to have discov
cred Lake Victoria, Is miles long and mile.
wide
If Colonel Long will confne his state
ments TO anything that | have said against
INN and make definite charges it will bt
worth while to answer him." said Stanley.
Stanley does not agree with Longs view,
ON the African negro question. and knows he
has reasons to believe that there is somt
good in the natives. As for the king of Bel
gium, Stanley saws he did the work the kins
gave him to do and the enterprise is nov
going on successfully.
As to the allegation that Livingstone wal
not lost when Stanley discovered him, Stan
ley says he will leave the world to decid,
that question.