New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-11
STANLEY REACHES EMIN Beg
ALL DIFrlCULrIE, sURMoUNrED.

raK GOOD NEWS ARRIVED AT CAIRO ON DEosn.
Der 22-MoRK DEvINITs ADvIcxs ExPKcrrD
BERLIN. JAN 1o.-Dr. schwcInfurth. tho Africa
explorer writes from Cairo, under dato Of DecombP
90 He satcs that tho that Stanley had reachsd
Emin Boy arrived at Cairo December %. Morv
| definite advices arc expected shortly
| DETAILS OF THE FAMOUS EXPEDITION
Mr.. SANKEY'S first Iaurols in Africa were won as ~
leader Of an expedition organized for the rescue u
d. Livingstone. Ills next great work was bis journey
OF discovery across tho Dark Continent and this
completed by three years residence tho valley a
| tho majestic river which he had explored, and TIE
founding Of the Congo Free with Its circuit a
commercial stations for nearly 1000 miles from tho
coast His lest exploit like tho first in which he
engaged IL . relief expedition In December, 1884.
while he delivering Of Lectures In America
no was summoned 70 London TO conduct expedition
to tho shores VI Albert Lake He returned Engsu1
ct once and Immediately made arrangements for COR
| sultlng I'm Egypt Dr. Junkcr Dr. schwe!nfurh and
| Joseph Thomson, experienced African travellers,
specting tho best route to tho Equatorial Provinces
where Emin hey had besn bcleagured for years.
| Respecting the carly history of EmIn Ettlo y
known. He is Austrian By birth and was educated
| as q physician He was of Midhat Pachs's
| medical attendants when that powerful Minister
in Office. When tho Sultan dismissed his master, IL
poor doctor had to take refuge In Asia by pilgrim
| ship he reached Suakm, and then he crossed To
Desert and made his way to Khartoum with Q CARAVAN
Reduced to very low circumstance, no introduced
| to General Gordon, who gave him billet - store
| keeper, and aferward appointed him doctor. u
was in that capacity no was found at Lsdo by
traveller In tho Equatorial Provinces August, 1877.
He afterwam became surgoon-inchef GenerA
Gordons staff. Emin's time was fully ensrosss1
during the four years he occupied tho post For no
only no Accomplishing great scientific coli"ctons
and writing elaborate "papers" for societies. bA
he repeatedly sent diplomatic missions u
Uganda and UDyoro. lie was an export linsniss,
Turkish, Arabic, German French italian and English
being familiar languages to him, we'll as many Of
| the African dialects.
Emin has been In the Equatorial Provinces ton
years. These wore the provinces which General Cor
don governed with conspicuous ability When Con-
eral Gordon went t. Khartoum Governor General Il
the Soudan, he sent Emin. who had become by this
time q MObammedan to rule over tho Equatorial
Provinces. There Emin has remaimed to this day.
During the first three years Of his term he drove ox
the slave-traders from. q pOpulOus region with
100000 Inhabitants Ho converted deficiency Of
revenues into surplus He conducted the govern
ment on the lines marked by General Gordon and
was equally mvcst, dsinterested and conscientious
when the Mahdis rebellion broke out governor gen.
efdl OF another stamp was AT
warning from tho remote South passed UNDECIDED
Hicks's army recruited from Arabis d. norazed reg-
ments was massacreL; the Egyptian garrisons
throughout the Souda1 abandoned to their fates
atrOciOus campaigns of unnecessary bo0dshed "oro
fought on the soabOad and General Gordon was sens
to Khartoum to perish mlserably while waiting for
relief expedition crawled by slow stages up tho
Nile and too late TO be Of practical Sery'co-
During al. these years of stupid misgovernment ana
hi, ain cd hfS
death of General Gordon and the retreat OF LDrd
Woeleys army wiped the last vestge of EGy plan
rule in the regions Of the Upper Nile, the EquatoriAl
Provinces cut of, neglected and forgotten bf
two Yeas it has been impossible for Emin to CON-
municate with the khedve whose commission no
holds. He has been dependent upon his own TO-
sources In region encompassed with hostile tribes
II no had chosen ~ leave behind Thousands OF help
| less women and children and to abard the people
OF the Provinces to the mercIes Of barbaOus slave
traders no could easily have cut his way out to the
Congo to tho Zanzibar 'ast with tho best OF his
troops lie has made the Egyptian Govern
ments doscrOr q him pretexi TO- his own deserti"a
of them:
No CT ntinUnus narrative Of Emin's haids ps and
adventures In tho Equatorial In'vInces has been
ceivd in quarter 1t Ia known that he had about
1000 troops at tho outset; that he has organized
auxiliary forces of native sCldtrs; that he has been
constantly engaged in warfare with surrounding tribes
that no has garrisonod dozen river stations lying
long distances apart that his ammunition has run
low and that no has lacked tho money needed for
paying his small army and that In the face of mani
fold difficulties and dangers he has maina Inod his
position governed the country we'll and taught the
natives how TO raise cotton, rice, indigo and cofeo.
and also how to weave clLth and to make shoes.
candles, soap and many articles OF commerce Ho
has vsccinated the natives ~ the thousand in order
to stamp out smallpox; he has opened tho first
shat, In ahala
regular postroute with forty Offices; he has made i'm
portant geographical disc, cries In the basin Of tho
Albert Lake; aud In many has demons rated his
capacity for governing barbarous races by the
mel hods and standards of European civilization Tho
last European who visited him DIR. Junker, tho
German traveller, who parted from him at Wadeiai
January I, 1886 His position was then moro
favorable but he had ben reduced at one time to ex-
tremities, his soldiers having escaped by desperate
s0rtie, cutting their way through tho enemy after
they had many days without food and when tho
last torn leather Of tho last boot had been eaten"
Letters written by him in October, 1885, al wadesA.
describing his geographical discoveries, were ro
! ceived In England last summer with contributed
article for Scotch scientific journal The provisions
and ammunition sent to him by DR.. Junker had had
q very encouraging effoot upon his Troops. In
December year ago he wrote: still holding out
here and will not forsake my people" Subsequent
messages have been received from him indicating az
Improvement In his position within year. Mwanga
King of Uganda, hearing Of Mr.. stanley's expedition
sent ENJOYS to Emin in August to demand explanS
lions. Tho ENJOYS returned with presents aud no
assuring tidIngs which led him to abandon propara
lions for war. Enn then at wadclai, awaiting
! of the relief expedition from two parties semi
out by him in search Of Mr.. Stanley In November
valuable collections Of birds, BUTTERFLIES and moths
were received In London from Emin by way OF ugands
| and Zanzibar.
Dr. Junker and Dr. Schweinfurth Informed Mr.
Stanley in Cairo that they did not approve Of his plan
| of relief They considered that at least eighteen
months would DO required for the Congo Journey. and
advocated journey from the Red Sea or Zanzibar.
Mr. Stanley convinced them tho land journey by tho
Upper Congo would not exceed 400 miles, wheress