The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-05
TROUP
Gives His Version of the Trials
at Yambuya.
STANLEY is SEVERELY CENsURED
The Witness of Tippu Tib-The Impossibility
Of Carrying out the Instructions
About Advancing.

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-Lieutenant Trouu's
book, SANKEY'S Rear Column. was pub-
llshed III London yesterday and the Sun
puollsnes three and a half solid columns OF
extracts, some of which are: Let MS re-
view the situation of affairs and see what
Mr.. Stanley expected and why his expec-
tauons were not realized. Mr. Stanley is
on tne verge of the unknown country at
1amouya; he has been unable to take with
nlin all ms officers and loads owing to the
notllia promised by King Leopold being
insufficient to transport them: he desires
TO push on rapidly to Wadeiai: he there
tore decides to leave two of his officers in
camp at this point with 127 men and 167
loads. These are to be joined shortly nv
1hfee more officers, 13I men and 400 loads
lie sets forth with four officers and 400
men, some lew of whom carry loads but
as they are to advance with ali speed thev
are IN Hgnt marching order They are tn
make their way quickly to Wadelai and il
was anticipated by the leader that thew
could accomplish their journey and return
20 ambuya in five months MeanyvhiIe
II 1t were possible when additional
porters had been obtained, the rear prard
was TO follow more leisurely with the bulk
OF the loads. Having given Major BartteIot
NUMBER OIL orders, he disappears into the
forest and IS not heard of for fourteen
months. He told Major BarttelOt to await
the arrival of all the leads and men. and in
the event OF his obtaining all the additional
porterS, II he preferred MARCHING rather
than waiting for the return Of the 9dvanca
column, he might male marches twice over
OF else walt patiently at Yambuya. In any
event IL was pointed ont that the Command
ing officers chief duty was to care for the
LOADS and men, for if these were lost .sthe
advance force itself would need TO solicit
felie1 on us turn" These were explicit in
structlons given to the officer left in com
mand.
Is 1t then marvellous that Major Barttelot
dsed every endeavor TO obtain the means
OF transporting the many loads left in his
nahdo: de was expected to treat with a
willy Arab who had been almost more than
Mr.. Stanley could manage. He was to
keep a camp IN good condition and his men
under control for five months. probably
during which tine they would be forced
10 remain comparatively inactive, a serious
TASK, Ior inactivity is apt TO breed discon-
TENT, and discomfort mutiny Or. if he was
not expected to remain in camp ne had a
yet more difficult undertaking. especially if
ne dld not receive the pOrters promised.
IL IS said, by Tippu Tib. In case the 600
men were not forthcoming, what did MIR
Stanley expect Major BartteloG to d0l
Inc lmposslblllty of making weary marches
Dack and forth with the miserable men
under Major Barttelot's command vould
nave appalled, even Mr.. Stanley Can il be
wondered at that no one in camp thought
the undertaking. feasible, and that the com
l LLl shrank from attempting such
hazardous advance, at every great risk to
Lne whole column and to little purpose?''
Inc dlfhcultleS were greatly increased bv
subsequent events that led to the long de-
lay and terrible suffering AS time went
on IL was impossible for our men to carry
loads. When marching with Mr.. Ward
from YamOuya to Yangambi we had TO
stop TO assist the exhausted carriers to
their feet and help replace their half loads
upon their heads, for they were too en-
1eeDled, even the best men, to do ordinary
porters' work. The chief cause. then. Of
Major Barttelot's inability to move was
lack OF men TO carry his loads.
While knowing the vindietive character
and doubling the faithfulness of Tippu Tin J
VINO was not without guile, according TOY
Stadley's own showing. he left Bartteloti
at the Arabs mercy. He trusted in an
agreement made with one whom he reminds,
Major BarttelOt had broken a former con-
tract between them. But the force of
circumstances caused our commander to
walt until November Having waited
until November, we had arrived at a time
when Mr.. Stanley had expected to
return. IL is impossible ne left the
impression upon Major Barttelot that
he expected 10 be back in five months if
we may be permitted to RELY on a rsported
conversation, as Mr.. Stanley bases so much
upon what he remembers saying to Major
Barttelot. The conversation at Yambuya
was described most graphically bV the ma
ior, who said: ''As Mr.. Stanley passed ont
OF that gate he said: good by, major. L
shouldn't be bit surprised to see you here
Wnen L return. | shall be away five
months, giving myself three months to go
up to Hawaii and two to return, so will be
back in November y
This was said in Mr.. Jameson's pres
ence ana he himself repeats it to us almost
word for word. 1t will be well remem-
bered by the other officer in camp. In
fact, everything pointed TO his return in
November, and from this time on we ex-
pected daily to see him back or have news
OF his approach. To me Stanley writes:
The stores are Of great concern to u.s. He
gives list Of LOADS, some of which must
not be discarded; he dwells again and again
upon their Importance, and only in extre-
nifty are we to throw anything away. To
bring on 1913 additional lords, am left at
Leopoldville to preserve them all Major
Barttelot, impressed with their value. is
left at Yambuya.
Mr.. Stanley is advancing to relieve Emin
ny fLrd0S porting 10 MIN lO1QS or aIQmUQi-
ton. Now the scene has changed. He
reached Emin and laid at his feet thirty-
one loads. A small portion of those pro-
vided for his relief. They were all that
renamed of those intrusted to his 400 men.
| We, with our 200 men had tn succeed in
| transporting the remaining 100 He now
points out that the 200 loads were of no
great Importance. This was not the tone Of
his written Instructions Without them
we shall need relief" But he argues wa
should have taken a march at least four
times as difficult as his with only 200 men.
and these the refuse of the lot Now. with
out waiting for reports of all of his officers.
MIR Stanley Eliminates accusations against
them. He receives my refutation of these
and then repeats them in his book, saving
his questions have never been answered. [
demonstrated with him about these mis-
statements, and he then turns upon me.
charging me with specified acts, MANY of
which l had already proven never did, and
for others | had no responsibility. He
even goes so far as to blame me for events
that mad happened subsequent to my de-
parture from Yambuya. He would have
done well not to have made this charge as
he in truth is more responsible for them
than [ am He, the leader of the expeGi-
ton, though absent, is more guilty, if guilt
there is, tnan l, subordinate, who was
also absent.
SchoOners Fitting for Seal Fishing.
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