New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-07
NOTES FROM LONDON.
STANLEY AFRICANUS-MR. PENDLETON-
THE BRIBERY POINT-MR. HAGGIS
MIR BARNIIM

| ib IL III one cnorus OF praise for Mr. StanleyA
latest letters, to which the London papers with
| out exception accord the honor of ample snacs
and large type. lie has conquered the last OF h,.
J critics. His courage, decision, Judgment. tart
all that marvellous combination of qualities which
are now, perhaps for the first time visible in their
full development, and all resting on that indomi.-
able energy which never owns to fatigue or defea.
are now for the first time fully recognized and ad.
mtted and justly applauded. There is 80 ds
cordant note in the homage.
| Now also for the first time is Justice done r.
his power as a writer perhaps also because nov
for the first time his highest literary oualtis.
shown. There are passages in these letters which
read like verses out of an Old Testament prophet.
Ezekiel at one moment and Isaiah the next III
the style OF a man who has done much and thought
much Not in vain has he brooded over various
problems in that remorseless black African forest,
His writing has gained in concentration and IN
weight as well as In picturesqueness. What wers
the books he carried with him and read Tbev
cannot have been many, Continual coptac,
with savage and Oriental life: thai,
tnd has left it's mark How Ca,lv,.
would have delighted in some OF this grim humo,
and how American is Stanley's power Of leavin,
things unsaid and coming straight 10 the resuIt
abandoning the intermediate steps and processes
to the inference of the reader. 81 ought 10 men.
tion," he writes. that through some error OF tia
native carriers employed by the Egyptians. =
packet of letters intercepted and Stanley
found out the plot he suspected and the plotter.
Errors Of that sort only happen to men who know
how to profit by them. and TO contrive them. Hs
omits to mention what became of Ibrahim Effendi
Ethan. His speech to his officers and to Emin
when Emin could not make up his mind TO stay
IL
is probably just about as accurate report OF
what was actually said. 1 rather imagine that
discourses half column long. with exordium and
peroration, are rare in the middle OF Africa. The
hollow square of the Zanzibar rifles, with the
treacherous Egyptians in the middle, with the choice
freely offered them of discipline DEATH is a scene
not soon to be forgotten.
One is sorry for Emma man essentially so gal.
liant and loyal yet forever yielding to fatal
indecision 1t is quite clear that Stanley at last
made up Emin's mind for him. There is a limit
to patience at the end of year Of hesitation il
was finally reached 1t is not easy to imagine
man of Stanley's temperament and temper coming
away from Africa without the. man he bad gone
to To return empty handed after these years
of heroic effort might do for another-not for
Stanley-and it is possible that Emin's wishes
ceased at last to be factor in the problem.
MeasureeSs is his scorn for leader who cannot
resolve either to lead or follow; yet the expreS
sion of it is kept entirely within the bounds OF
decorum. and this. like many other facts OF
prime interest, the judcious public is left 10
discover for itself If it breaks out once it is in
the exclamation; 81 could save dozen Pachas
if they were willing to be saved"-a little as If
Pachas were cheap in Africa.
Mr. Pendeton's death, which occurred on Sun
day at Brussels, was not announced here TN
to-day. His countrymen at home have known
him less well of recent years than those abroad
Americans who have lived abroad know him as one
of that none too numerous body of American
diplomatists who have represented their country
in Europe honorably and well; who have added TO
its credit and not diminished it, lie was good
Minister. If you look 10 the business OF diplomacy
no capital tries a Minister higher than Berlin
The gentlemen of the Berlin Foreign Office soon
take the measure Of new man, and know whether
he fills his post only occupies it. They are.
perhaps, somewhat difficult and exacting. They
require of Others what Prince Bismarck requires
of them-accurate knowledge. untiring industry.
clear views and the power of carrying them into
effect and of transacting all business with punctual
precision The stamp of the Iron Chancellor Is
everywhere on Germany nowhere deeper than on
climate which produces race Of giants by de-
stroying the weak.
Well, both the Foreign Office and Prince Bis
marcls soon made up their minds about Mr. Pendle-
ton. Count Herbert Bismarck. the head OF the
Foreign Office said of him: Mr.. Pendleton is
man with whom we can do business The busl-
ness to be done, happily, is not of an Overwhelming
kind the relations of Germany and the United
States are too friendly for much controversy
Count Herbert Bismarck said early last year: We
soc less of Mr. Pendleton than We could wish per
sonallv for WE have few questions with America
which REQUIRE much negotiation and those X"
be handles with dispatch and they are soon as
nosed Of But we know him well, and so long
as Won send us such Ministers there is Iltuc 10
fear for the good understanding we all desire
with the United States | thought II an Dohoi-
able tribute to Mr. Pendleton, and heard o'ief'
10 the same effect from men competent 70 us
The Berlin correspondent of " The Ilnes 20 "
as good a position TO know what Is 'nOusnS j.
Berlin as most men, and he telegrapnS " A'' '"'N'
this morning as follows: . ,o.,..n
Mr. Pendleton was n representative H"e
Of the New-England type, quiet, So"''
humorous and wellbred; ana uutlne Ms ''"1
-, oe,oe bere he ACQUIRED the esteem ana resPe''
Of all" ,,..o, = bu,
What have said about Mr.. fenaietoh j. Oa'
, '.,'..a,,oo of what | heard in Berlin yeat
AGO last March. 1t was the testimony Vi nv
49,. Ia1 known him during his whole residence
,horo To his own countrymen who applied TO nlm
w n,r If the innumerable services when Sn
American Minister in Europe is always Oeius
as,,ed 70 perform, he was kindly and helpiai 'u'
.lose about him had caught his spirit ana '."
foo were kind and helpful 1t was mooe' - =,
alton. and Mr.. PendletOn a Minister wnOu 49,,
corptry has every reason to remember, no ~''~'
how we'll he may he replaced
Mr. Morley's remark about Puiteney' "no =,
posed! chdshly enough, that the VIZ .on.
Wing principles would remain IN h'ni u Nv" Nno,ed
- % ST nn Whlr henchesn has peeh qu0