New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
SrANLEY,S LETTER.

The world has been greatly concerned about
Stanley for twenty months. Perhaps the moso
UNIQUE feature of his letter to Tippoo lib Is MS
Inconsistencies of the interest taken by
Christendom in his fate. He emergeS on the
upper waters of the Aruwhimi after pro-
tracted and apparently inexplicable absence on
one of the most remarkable missions in the
annals of heroic adventure, and he can hardly
spare words for the bare announcement THAI ne
has been with Emin and that the men with
him are well. His mind is engrossed with his
unfinished work and the necessity for securing
the cooperation of Tippoo lib. The details
of his journey and the circumstances In wnlch
Emin was left are unrecorded. His mission Is
unaccomplished, and Tippoo Tbs aid must be
sought by diplomatic means. With his won
derfM faculty for cajoling and conciilatns
native chiefs, he invites the assistance and ap-
peals to the self-intereSt of his good friend at
Stanley Falls. He anticipates objections and
removes them. The road to the Equatorial
Provinces is known and is safe; an abundance
of supplies can be had ON the way, Emin is
a kind and liberal man and lacks nothing and
there is a vast store Of ivory to be Transporter
10 the Congo or to Zanzibar. Here is an adr@t
appeal to Tippoo Tbs oupidity and business
enterprise. Stanley evidently desires the inn
mediate recruitment of a native force with
which he can return to the Equatorial Prov
inces and in his ardor to enlist the aid OF the
only ally who can help him he condenses MS
own exciting narrative into few meagre ana
prosaic sentences, and devotes all his energies
to the intricacies Of Arab diplomacy.
The text of this letter confirms the brief
summary carried from Stanley Falls to Zanzi-
bar and telegraphed to London late In Decem-
Der. The West African version announcing
Emin's arrival with Stanley was Inaccurate.
Sir Francis de Winton's suggestion that with
was substituted for "from'' in the bulletin
from St. Thomas, STANLEY has arrived with
Emin.n is undoubtedly the simple explanation
of the conflicting accounts sent simultaneously
from the two coasts. Stanley lett Emn on
May 81, arrived at Bona Of Boualya on
August II, and agreed to wait there ten days
for Tippoo lib. He had not returned Tor
rear guard left at some intermediate stage OF
the Journey eastward, as was at first con-
iectured, but for additional supplies OF am
munition and for larger force of men. Doubt
less he had expected to meet Major Barttelot
with a relief expedition on the way, and when
he learned how affairs had gone at fambuDga,
his old camp on the Aruwhimi, he appealed TO
Tippoo lib to furnish him without delay with
a new force, and even to 60 back with him
to fetch the ivory. In what spirit his requests
for aid were met by the Inercenary Arab chief
it is now idle to conjecture. The road had
been explored and was known to afford Sc
cure passage into Emin's province. Stanley
himself had removed the chief obstacles to the
march of relief expeditions from the Congo,
and had demonstrated that there was little
danger of polestation from native tribes. 10
seems altogether probable that Tippoo lib ac-
ceded to his requests and recruited new force
for him late in the autumn, and that new
relief column is either now on the way to Emn
or has already arrived at Wadelai.
There can be no doubt respecting Stanleys
intentions when he opened communications
with Tippoo lib. He had returned with only
fraction of his original force. His four white
companions had remained at Wadelai with the
greater part of his column. He had promised
TO 90 back, and would unquestionably have
desired to make as short halt as possible In
the Congo Valley AS stores had been ac-
cumulated for BartteloSs expedition, and as
Tippoo Tbs authority over the natives at
Stanley Falls was unquestioned, it is reason
able TO conclude that there was no protracted
delay in dispatchng a new relief column to
Wadela. With aid from his ally, Stanley
would inevitably have returned speedily to
Emin and his own followers in order to COM
plete his unfinished mission.