The morning call., 1890-10-27
sr.S.ry AND ms LIEUTENANTs.

The protest of Major Barttelots brother
against SANKEY'S censures was to be ex-
peeted. After man is dead, to have his
memory stamped with ignomi1y is not
pleasant to his relatives. Major Bart
telot stood high in the British
army, and was undoubtedly gifted with
rare attributes. 1t must have been CALLING
to his friends not only TO lose him in an At
riean desert, but to have his chief pronounce
the sentence that he was rightly served. At
the same time it is hardly likely that his
fame will be rehabilitated by his brothers
defense.
When Stanley left Barttelot on the Aru-
wimi in June 1887, with 27l Africans ard q
vast amount of stores. his instructions to his
subordinate were that he should follow him
as soon as Tippoo lib had furnished him
with an adequate number of carriers. That
order was never obeyed. After reaching the
lakes Stanley found that lie could not
accomplish his purpose without the
Batttelot detachment, and especially the
stores they had in their possession, and he
retraced his steps TO the Aruwimi, arriving
there i'll August. 1888. There, Instead OF
finding n compact body of 2Tl well-fed men
in good health and ready fora march, he
met only with miserable remnant OF IL
Africans, One-Sixth of whom were dying OF
disease, and all of whom were disheartened
by the irresolution and misconduct of their
officers. Major Barttelot was dead, having
been shot by Many ema man. Stanley now
lets us kn0w-what he had not stated IN his
bOok-that Bartlelot met his death at the
hands OF an injured husband. This is Stan
ley's story. On the OTHER side Major Bart
telot's brother intimates that Stanley sacrl-
feed him from Jealousy; that he left him
with force composed of men who were in
vaiids and incapable OF service, and that he
was killed in his vain attempts 10 restore
discipline among them.
Public opinion is likely to coincide with
Stanley, though, of course it is unfortunate
Tor the explorer that his antagonist is not
alive to tell his story, The accuSer OF Il
dead man is held to a rigid account before
he is believed. Bat Major Barttelot was
the senior ia command Of Stanley'S officers,
and it is hardly conceivable that the eX-
plorer should have cOnuiyed at an arrange
ment which would have deprived the eXpe-
ditiOn Of the services of the man who would
Lave succeeded him in case OF accident.
Three of the officers who know the facts
Bonnv, Ward and Troup-are appealed TO by
him for their testimony. He would hardly
have done so if it were at all likely that
they would confirm the statements and
charges of Barttelot's brother
Nothing strikes the reader Of "ln Darkest
Africa more forcibls than the demoraliza-
ton caused by such expeditions as the one
which was undertaken for the rescue OF
Emin. Heat, disease, danger, incrSSant con-
tiict, hunger, incessant disappointment and
endless delays appear to disintegrate the
moral nature OF the most robust. Officers
trained to sharpest discipline become in
different 10 orders and reckless of precau-
tons necessary for the preservation Of Their
own lives. They seem to take on the natures
of the childish. treacherouS and savage
tribes by which they are surrounded, and to
become almost as uniruSLworthy as they
Then, again. on such eypediti Us. there is
fame TO be won, and every officer is eager tC
secure his own sharr; if h. be unprincipled
he is willing to secure it by defeating the
plans of his superior. And finally the
physiological influences of the equatorial eli
mate relax the moral sense; acts which are
henious crimes in a more temperate zone
appear TO lose their criminal character
when they are committed in region where
the thermometer rarely falls below 80.
These consider tons may be borne in
view when studying Major Barttelot's dis
obedience Of orders, and The deeds which led
to his death. 1t is only by keeping them IN
view that we can understand LnIin'S pitiable
| INDIGESTION and his reluctance to be rescued
and the singular hehayi r OF his friends.
Their lives hung By thread, as Stanley
knew, and as they probably knew. But
Emin was Ike a man who was slowly
freezing to death, he wanted to be let alone,
and his Italian friend absolutely refused tc
| be rescued unless Stanley would agree to
| take with him his twelve wives with their
servants.