The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-12-05
ANOTHER LETTER.
Stanley Has Much to Say OF His
Expedition.
ENNIS ALMOST FATAL DELAY.
Stanley Forces Matters and BY Ener-
Eetc Proceedings suppressss Re-
beIlIon and Marches For
Zanzibar.

Zanzibar.
LONDON, Nov. 26.-Mr McKinnon,
the president of the Emin relief COM
mittee has received another letter from
Henry Nj. Stanley. 1t was written at
camp at Killings Usinja, and dated
August Il. Mr.. Stanley says that
Emin, with Selim Bey, seven officers
and sixty-five people, arrived at his
camp on February II. Lieutenant
Stairs arrived. ON the 18th with his
column from Ituri. At meeting
on the 18th, Selim, who had retaken
Duffie from the Mahdists, killing $50 of
ton, that he had come to request time
for all the equatorial troops and their
families to assemble at Kavalli.
Mr.. Stanley continues: Il explained,
through Emin Pasha, the object of my
/ expedition, and offered them a promise
written in Arabic. to wait reasonable
time for them to join me. The deputa-
ton replied that my offer was salts
| factory. They said they would pro-
coed directly to Wadelai and proclaim
it, and commence the work of trans
portation. The deputation started
for Wadelai on the 26th. Emin
returned on the 9th with his lit
tie daughter Ferida and a caravan of
IA men. He and agreed that twenty
days was reasonable time. He offered
| a written undertaking, which de-
clined. The interval was occupied by
| Surgeon Parke in healing our sick. So
devoted and skillful was he that l was
able on April to turn out go able
| bodied men, whereas, in February it
would have been difficult to muster
200"
Stanley then bitterly complained of
| the immense loads of property the ref
ugees brought i'll, entailing endless
work upon his men to bring to the plat
eau, and which was practically rubbish,
| because it must be abandoned ON the
march. On March l he ordered the
! stuff to be stopped from being brought
to camp. Thirteen hundred and fifty
| five loads had already been brought in.
A month after Selim's departure a
letter arrived from him announcing
that rebels. officers and everybody
were unanimous to depart for Egypt
| under his escort.
Stanley, now finding great delay
called a council of the officers and
case, and also the danger of trusting
the rebels implicitly, as Emin was in
clined to do, when they had already
| boasted of their intention, with cajol-
ing words, to entrap Stanley and strip
his expedition. Finally Stanley asked
the officers whether he would be justi-
fed in waiting beyond April 10. Each
officer replied in the negative. There,
Pasha," he said, you have your an
swer We march on the 10TH"
In reply to Emin's question, Stanley
said: I'VE certainly acquit him of hav-
ing abandoned the people if they have
| not arrived" Then few days later
Emin troubled Casati's scruples as
to whether they were justified if they
abandoned the people.
Stanley deals at length with these
difficulties, convincing Emin that food
was plentiful and the Egyptians living
in concord. Stanley continues:
THE natives showed no disposition
to depart. On April 3 Emin informed
me that but few of his servants would
go.
''IIere was disappointment" ex-
claims Stanley. ''Out of 10000 only a
| few were willing to accompany me. We
all had our eyes opened. 1t was farce
OH the part of the Wadelai force. 1t
was clear that the Pasha no longer had
authority. Yet Emn was obstinate in
his belief in them. But now the Pasha
said: Never mind can do with two
servants as well as with fifty
''At this time,'' continues Mr.. Stan
ley, Il discovered conspiracies in the
camp. The Egyptians tried to steal
the rifles of thesZanZibaris, and the
number of malconteuts kept increas-
ing. Emin also had received news of a
bad state of things at Wadelai. There
fore 1 decided upon immediate action.
formed square of fifty rifles
| and assembled all the Pasha's peo-
pie within it. Those who refused
to come were arrested and placed
in irons and some were flogged. All
denied any knowledge of plot. 1 told
all who desired to accompany me to
stand aside, and then the Pasha threat
>ened to exterminate them wholly if
there were any more rebellious tricks
This muster consisted of about 900 per-
sons. On the 10th we started, number
ing about 1900 persons, including $50
newly-enrolled native carriers. On the
18th we camped at Mazambonis, and
that night was struck down with Sc
we're illness.
1.-The intercepted letter of Selim re-
vealed another plot to attack the ex-
petition. On May a letter was re-
ceived from Selim containing various
insolent charges againstus, and an APP
peal to wait longer for them, the rebels
having again robbed them of all their
ammunition.
Stanley replied, offering to go slowly
so as to enable them to overtake him,
but he never heard any more from
Selim.
I'VE resumed the march on May 8,
and adopted route skirting the Tag
balaga mountains, forty miles from
Nyanza. Arriving at the southern part
of the mountains We had successful
encounter with the King of Ungoro,
which cleared the route as far as the
Semliki river"
The remainder of the letter consists
of geographical details and accounts of
occasional brushes with the natives.