The morning news., 1888-06-20

seen Of the duration of previous journey
from Albert Nyanza to the coast that the
courier could hardly have reached bis
destination ere this.n
A LESS HOPEFUL VIEW.
Despite all the reassuring statements Just
quoted, the stubborn fact remains-and
6en. Sanford did not attempt to gsinsay it
that if Tippu-Tib has played fast and
loose with Stanley's faith, hope for the ex-
plorer's safety must be pure delusion.
Ever since Stanley stepped into the forest,
Tlppu-Tib, that Talleyrand of Arabs, has
held his fate in the hollow of his palm. If
he has failed the American and permitted
him to fall a victim either to the sword or
subtlety of the Arabs, the solution of what
is termed 1.-THE Central African question:
Will have been thrown back quarter OF a
century.
When Stanley left the camp at Yambuyu,
on the Aruwhimi river, he instructed Tippu-
lip, the commandant of the station at
Stanley Falls, to follow him, after a certain
period with 900 porters and with a portion
of the supplies left behind at Yambuyu.
For some unknown reason the powerful
Arab has not obeyed his employers order.
1t is said that he has not been able to secure
the entire number of men which he agreed
to furnish Stanley. But it certainly seems
ou eiAAeoO Uhelb Oulo uuCIOWucu oulbdu VI Scn-
tral Africa, intimately associated with the
Arabian slave traders encamped in the
neighborhoop of Stanley Falls, where they
have something like 20, 900 human beasts of
burden huddled in stockades, should
not contrive to gather the paltry
800 porters whom Stanley relied
upon to bring him the stores
left at the mouth of the Aruwhlmi. That
he has made an effort to keep his word ap-
pears from dispatches sent down to the
coast from Maj. Barttelot's camp at Yam
buyu. According to these advices, Tippu-
Tib had succeeded in scraping together
only $50 porters 1t had taken him from
November of last year until March of the
current year to do this. The messenger
who brought this information was young
man named Ward, who had left the employ
of the Sanford exploring expedition to join
Stanleys staff as an adjutant under Bart
telot. In some way, which is not stated,
he made his way, possibly in some lone
missionary's canoe, down the Aruwhimi
from the camp at Yambuyu, and thence
down the Congo to the station at Bona,
which is near the Atlantic coast. He
added that Maj. Barttelot was hopeful that
Tippu-Tib would be on hand by the first of
the present month with the full number of
porters required by Stanley. On that day
Mai. Barttelot trusted he would be able to
start under the guidance of the Arab for
the relief of his superior.
At this point the curtain falls on the
strange scene that is working itself out way
off in the wilds of the Dark Continent. 1t
may be many days and months before the
screen of silence is lifted and gives us
another glance at the brave little band of
actors whose lives are passing amid such
quaint almost uncanny adventures. How
much depends upon the loyalty of Tippu-
Tib must appear to even the careless OBJ
server. If, as report puts it, he has been
behaving badly, then-well we shall see
That Stanley could not complete his jour
ney without his assistance Is known for GER
tain. No less an authority than the famous
DIR. Schweinfurth wrote recently from
Cairo that in his opinion Stanley's delay
had been occasioned wholly by Tippu-Tibs
failure to join him in the interior. He said
that Stanley mad doubtless discovered that
the condition of the country before him was
such as to render advance extremely peril
Gus, and had, therefore, concluded to await
reinforcements. Without the porters, with
whom Tippo- Tb was to bring the provisions
left at Yambuyu, Stanley's arrival at
Wadelai would be worse than unwelcome,
for Emin's most pressing want has been for
months caused by lack of food supplies.