Telegram-herald., 1886-11-28
THE GREAT EXPLORER
Henry -. Stanley Banoueted
by the Lotus Club.
He TELLS OF HIS TRAVELS II AFRICA.
After Thirteen Years Absence From
Ne4 YORK re Returned Home
Famous-A Most Interesting
Address-tfoN the Heart OF
Africa ~as Reached.

Nfa Yoax. Noy "A banquet was
given by the Lotus Cub tonight ia honor Of
Hem, ~ Stanley. the explorer of Africa.
Who arrived ia Ne1 YORK today after az ab-
-ence fr9m America 0f thirteen years.
Whteas Re.d pre- Sea a. the banquet
Stanley was Al bis right band Lieutenant
6i.e-V. oi arctic fame. al hls -eif AND
lhagleeg "a. Depew tfeu. Horace Porter,
Hou. A.seTuJu , Sullivan. Nr. hrrol
Allen. -. George Alfred Townsend and
scores oi we.l-known society people and
ne0spaYer men were present.
AFTER Iusuce hat been done tle yiands
and liquids Air. Wlitelaw Reid. in iellc-
Iluus address, Iutr0Iulrd the GlatuslI
guest of tAe evening. who vas warmly a.
p.alIed In ara easy. non pFeie-lous and
almost conversational Style Stanley told
,he leading and most interesting points Of
bis career since lravi-g America.
Er described iu a humorous ~av The OH
hand manner in which ais old mplOver
Sir. james Gordon bennett had ordered
lim mona one end ot the world % tle other
ard lualy iO Africa. lt was not ior ihe
humble fenortcl o. question taAt oeepJ-c
Nlll said Nr. Stanley. 'uut io go.
Turning 10 Col finav Aultrson. who
SIS Air lenuetrs London sepIes utAtive
gave Stanley his first Instructions to pros
ceed 20 Africa tle speaker continued.
"Even now Tie familiar face OF my OLD
friend. Col Anderson. gives ne au idea thal
Bennett has sent some telegrapllc dispatch
which is just about 10 order me 10 some
other terrible region for some desperate
commission. Afler some happy references
10 the newspaper men about nlm, Mr. stan
.ey went On 10 rapidly sketch his travels m
Africa and their results He rather sar-
castcaiy alluded 10 the fact that after he
rad found Livingston there We're many
who doubted his story, and even the mem-
ocfs OF the Lotus Club did not seem 10 take
u altogether seriously. The Royal Geo
graphical society pOOh-pOOhed the sense of
ms geographical discoveries as sensation
a. though he had ta6en special pains 20
cOnliue 10 10 the bare facts, and learned
gentleman wrote 10 the London IiDt,s that
10 vas not Stanley who mad found Living
stone bat Livingstone VINO had found stan
ley. Laughter ThereupOn all New York
echoed that Livingstone had discovered
Stanley"
Il was sensitive them continued the
speaker, and / felt this very much. but it
was a valuable medicine, though severe. for
il il had not been Tor the unDellef prevailing
ia New York, do not believe / should ever
have visited Africa erain | should have
became a conservative member OF your CLUB
and settled down TO enjoy your good
dinners. But you would not let me
remain in New = Orl. laucied the
finger Of sco-u was lifted wheneveI
you smiled IN speaking of my adventures,
and SD I left New York as soon a. possible.
Mr.. stanley went on 10 tell Of his wander
iues again as q newspaper correspondent
until. Stanley in Westminster. Abbey ai Live
lusstone's funeral he said 10 himself. "Ihc
New Workers do not believe I'm me, how
shall prove what } have said is true,
viii go and complete Livingstone work,
will ur0ve his discoveries, viii extend
them further and prove, al least. chat am
true and that IS all want TO. Applause
The explorer here told in a few vivid
WOris OF the remarkable journey up the
Nile through the vast central lekes OF AZ
rca. anu Of his discovery that the great
river which had lured Livingstone 10 his
death was not the classic Nile IS he had
thought but the Congo. After following
the great Congo - the Atlantic. said the
speaker, he WAS strongly tempted O. come
back 10 America and say. ] told YOU So
laughter and applausel but immediately
k.ur ieonOld OF Belgium. sum-
moned hm and asked him 20 90
back to Africa. Before accepting
this commission he tried 10 convince
the people OF England that there was a
vast opportunity for extension OF trade by
developing the Congo basin, bat the solid
men 10. London ana Manchester looked at
hlm and said among themselves. After all.
he IS only a neW Wspaper reporter, and they
leo the opportunity 20 by 0i securing the
trade oi thar wonderfully rich re<ion.
Then stanley Went go brussels and found
a marked difference in his reception. There
ras uo question ~ % tle truth of nis story
1r the CORRECTNESS oi ms prophecy as .o tae