, 1890-12-20

Boston, Nov. II.

ty. lam returning to England tomorrow. II
Mr.. Stanley is going to bring an actOnn
against Major Barttelot's brother ana against
the surviving officers of the expedition, sup
pose l will be included. That vii! sun me
immensely, for then / will have a change 10
cross-examine Mr.. Stanley. am not a1r@u
to have nv record laid bar6 by the most
searching investigation, and MI. Stanley musr
understand that he Is the accuser, not l !
said nothing about the disasters to the rear
column until he drove e to the wall ana
forced me to defend my reputatleA from9'ne
false and unjust accusations heamade Out II
Mr.. Stanley thought that he could lntlmloa'0
me he made a great mistake. did not say q
word against Mr.. Stanley or Major BartteIot
until somebody first maids charges; and + say :
again that / believe Mr.. Stanley was Prlmarl"
" responsible for the fate Of the poor fellows
Il Camp Yambuya; first on account OF his
Doof Judgment in the selection'of q ommand
ing officer and, second, by peglecting to pro-
vide sufficient food and supplies IN case OK
emergency. This emergency was Mr.. StanleXs
delay in returning to Yambuya Camp. d
promised to return in FIVE months ana mace
provision for only five months. 1hls was al
most criminal negligence.
"There are one or two things in Mr.. Bonnys
statement which | wish TO correct. have no
reason to doubt the truth Of most shat ne says
but on, "ew of those acts Of cruelty were :
witnessed by me. Major Barttelot was cruel,
terribly cruel-there is no doubt Of that ane
it is only reasonable tOs believe that another
man might have brought thee rear guard back
10 the coast with little loss Of life, and with
few of the privations which we sufeTo1 but
Mr.. Stanley, &nowing what a temper MAJOR
Barrtelot had, and knowing the Majors ma
tired of the blacks. appointed him absolute
master. Mr.. Benny has made one error TO.
gsrding myself, when he says IN has statement
that I had consented to take care OF the goodS
which Major Barttelot proposed to leav" be-
hind him, when he intended starting on on an
expedition OF his own. Mr.. Bonny has got
these facts slightly mixed. 9 Major Barttelot
spoke to Mr.. Benny about starting of on an
expedition. and Mr.. Bonny came to me for
oonpu.-tion. l told him decidedly that l
wol3d not be party to any such a scheme:
He az. | me to talk to Major Barttelot, and, II
possible, ade him from carrying out his
project / replied r this that Major Barttelot
had oonfded only in i'm and / was not sup
posed to know Anyt ing about the scheme,
and that / should not mention it until Major
Barttelot asked my advice. That was the last
/ heard of it. Afterwards Major 'Barttelot
told me that he had decided to send Mr.. Ward
to the coast with despatc, % or the Emln
Pasha Relief Committee. Ar. Stanley had
then b = gone a4year, and We wore starving
to death. MaiC Barttelot repeated MT
81 rley's iA.svs,4g Aons, and asked my advice.
Finally / took Mr.NWard r. Stanley Falls, and
returnied to the camp. J Oer Major BaTttelot
and Mr.. Jameson went ~ 8 -nley Falls to see
Tirr 4lO, and, Delns ole to get porters,
Major Barttelot returned to Yambuya, while
Mr. Jameson went to Kasongo.
That talk about the poisoning Of Selim
Bey Mahomed took place while ! was taking
Mr. Ward to Stanley Falls. When Major
Barttelot and Mr.. Jameson went to Stanley
Falls after porters, l was left in charge of the
supplies, but in no way did I undertake to
uphold Major, BarttelOt in any wild cat expe.
dition.
Nov about the cannibal story. l did see
the sketches, as Mr.. Stanley says but l did
not say that Mr.. Jameson had Seen guilty of
buying a girl and giving her to tRe cannibals.
This awful charge against Nd Jameson is
supported only by the word of Assad Farran,
an inveterate, liar, who afterwards retracted
the charges under oath. Mr.. Jameson had
been sent to Kasongo by Major Barttelot to
see Tippoo lib, who had left Stanley Falls in
1883, and to make new proposals to Tippoo
lib regarding the promised carriers. Mr..
Jameson's companions were Assad Farran,
the interpreter, and a black boy. BE returned
90 Yambaya in June, and paid me a visit Of
coincidence as I lay wretohedly sick. Mr.: