Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-26
STANLEY AND EMIN.
How tho Latter Finally Consented to
be Rescued.

How tho Latter Finally Consented to
bo Rescued.
Stanlcy's letter to Chairman McKinnon.
of the Emin relief committee, gives many
thrilling incidents of starvation, hardships
and fighting on his second journey TO the
relief of Emin. on reaching Fort Bodo he
found eight of tho garrison dead and the
others had no ncws from Emin. lie
pushed forward and met Il courier with II
letter from JephsoH, who had been left with
Emin. This told of the rebellion of Emin's
Egyptian officers and clerks. Tho soldiers
took no active part in ii, but quietly gave
in to tho officers. Abdul Naal EHondi,
and tho other "A clerk, went about and told
the people they had seen you. and that you
were only an adventurcr and had not come
from Egypt; that the letters you brought
from tho khedve and nubar were forger-
ies that il was untrue khnrtoum had fallen;
and that Pasha and YOU had made plot to
take them, their wives and their children
out of tho country and hand thom over NJ
slaves To the English. Such words in AN
ignorant, tanatical country like this acted
like fire among the people, and tho result
was n general rebellion and we were made
prisoners. The rchels then collected the
officers from the different stations and had
u large meeting here to determine what
measures they should take, and all those
who did not join the movement were so
insulted and abused that they were obliged
for their own safety to acquiesce in what
was done. The pasha was deposed, and
those officers suspected of being friendly to
him were removed
Plans were also made TO cntrap you
when you returned, Things were in this
condition when we were startled by the
news that the mnhdis people had arrived
mt l.ado with three steamers. Omarsali,
their general, sent up three peacock der
wishes with letter TO the pasha demand
ing the instant surrender of the country.
| The rebel officers seized thentDand put
| them into prison and decided on war.
| After few days the Mnhdists attacked
and captured Regal, killing five officers
and numbers of soldiers, and taking many
women and children prisoners, and all the
| stores and ammunition In the station. The
result of this was general stampede,
abandoning almost everything. AT kirri
| the ammunition was abandoned. The
| pasha reckons that the Mahdists number
| about 900. The officers and a large num-
| ber of soldiers have returned to Muggi and
| intend To make stand against the
Mahdists. There is no head, and half a
| dozen conflicting orders are given every
day, and no one obeys. The rebel officers
are wholly unable TO control tho soldiers.
| The Baris have Joined the Mahdss II
they come down here with II rush nothing
| can save us. Tho officers are all fright
ened at what has taken place, and are
| anNiously awaiting your arrival We are
| are like rats in trap. They will neither
| let us act nor retire, and | fear unless YOU
| come very soon you will bo too late and
our fate be like the rest of the garrisons OF
| the Soudan."
On February Jephson arrived in the
afternoon at our camp. He said: ~ really
can't tell you what the pasha means to do.
| Perhaps another advance by tho Mahdists
will send them all pell-mell towards you"
Stanley describes how he had already
sent orders to mass the whole of his forces
and offered suggestions to Emin as TO the
best means of joining him, insisting upon
something definite, otherwise it would be
his (Stanley's) duty To destroy the Gmmu-
milton and march homeward. February
l3, native courier appeared in camp with
the news that Emin was at anchor Just he
low Stanley's camp. This of course endod
the suspense, - he had abandoned his pos
sessions and taken upthe march which ha,
ended at Mpwapwa.