The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-12-28
IS STANLEY TO Be SACRIFICED
The EnDiish Government Adopting us Usual
CosOardiy Tactics Of Xnaction.

The EnOfish G~orernnseft adopting rs Usual
Ces0ardty Tactics Of Inaotion.
In the house OF commons on the nth
Lord Randolph Churchill asked what tli
estimated cost wa of sending reinforce
ments to Suakim and whether it was j N
tended to impose the whole or even
part OF these expenses upon Egypt in thu
face Of Lord Salisbury 8 speech of Marcel
18th last in which he said he did no
think the retention of Suakim an ad
vantage to Egypt and advised the aban
donment of it.
Sir James Ferguson, political score
tary OF the foreign Office, replied that il
was impossible to estimate the cost Of
sending troops TO Suakim. As for the
speech referred to by Lord Randolph
Churchill, Lord Salisbury simply ex
pressed his personal opinion in q speech
outside of the house of commons. There
was no reason to believe that Egypt co.
lncided in that opinion or that she in.
tended to abandon Suakim.
Mr.. Morley said that Sir James Fer.
guson's answer was most extraordinary.
1t would he repugnnpt to the sense of
the house to separate without knowing
whether steps can be taken to avert the
threatened fate of Stanley and Emin.
The government ought to proclaim to
the coast tribemen that the dominion of
Egypt would not be extended beyond
Suakim. Such q step was necessary il
the government wanted to detach these
tribes from the Mahdi.
Sir James Ferguson said he could not
give the specific declaration which Mr..
Morley required. A closer perusal of
Osman Digna's letter had increased
doubts of its g~enuineness, and it was by
no means sufficient to warrant a delay
Ill raising the siege of Suakim.
Mr.. Gladstone commended that the
Egyptian occupation of Suakim would
be mischievous, while the question of
British occupation Off that were
really necessary-ought to be submitted
to the whole house. He was averse to
any occupation whatsoever.
The foreign office has made public
dispatches bearing dates from Septem-
Der 8, 1886, to May 5, 1887, giving a de-
tailed history of the Stanley relief ok
petition. From these documents posi-
tive proof is derived that the govern
ment of England from the very first
held no communication with Stanley
direct, and never officially recognized
the expedition. It is further shown that
of the $40, 600 which Egypt promised to
contribute to the expenses of the expe-
dition the committee received only 9S,-
400, and this sum was given only on
condition that the amount would be re.
funded out of the proceeds of the sale
of the ivory which Emin was known or
supposed to have. 1t is noteworthy
that the most oessimistic note received
by the committee from Stanley is dated
the end of July, 1887, and was written
at Wadelai.
Mr.. Thompson, the African explorer,
writes it is only too probable that the
malidi has captured Emin Bey. He
expresses unhesitatingly the conviction
that Stanley never reached Emin, but
was nnnihilated with his whole. party in
the region to the west of Albert Nyanza.
In this region, he says, there are dense
forests and swamps and Stanley and his
followers must have had to march al
most i'll single file and to fight for their
daily food. The absence of news is
quite natural. because there is no slave
OF trade routes by which any Arab mer-
chant could carry news. The disaste r
was wholly due to the selection of the
Congo route. Why that route was Sc
lected still requires explanation.