Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-07
LIEUT.. TRoUP,s BOOK.
What Stanley Has to Say About che
Rear Guard.

What Stanley Has to Say About che
Rear Guard.
when Mr.. Henry n. Stanley, Who arrived in
New York yesterday, wa told that Lieut. Troup's
book was published In London, he said Troup
had seen ft to write letter to Barttslot, fool
ishly enough, for Troup in his desire to see
ilArsfslet 9et iair play. II had been worry good
~ ,tN1fSf N ehnley. upon my return
fek4' Nyanza In search Of the
feaf cN6ha. n distance Of 800 miles, +"
said Mr. Stanley, II got reports at Banyala Of
the condition OF the rear column, whioA
had left at YambuyA I had grown appre-
hensive as TO its safety and had travelled back
800 miles TO learn something Of the splendidly
equipped guard that had left behind in
charge of Maj. Barttelot with four other officers.
l heard that the rear column was in an awful
condition, and when I reached Yambuya I
found the reports confirmed; the camp was in q
demoralized state, many Of tho men were dead
and OF all the officers only Bonney WAS left.
was Mortified at this state Of affairs and wrote
at once to the Emin reliof committee an &C.
count OF what had found at Yambuya. told
them that the rear column was wrecked by the
irresolution Of its officers, the neglect Of their
promises and their indifference 10 the interests
Of the expedition.
IAN the talk that has recently been made
Wne Cailcu IOftu Dy tne remarko maze In
that letter. When I returned TO Europe of
course there was an attempt made to get me
to modify my charges. But Troup in the
meanwhile had announced the imme-
diate publication of his book and
an injunction had been obtained by Sir Fran
CT: Winton. secretary Of the Emin relief com
mittee, to prevent its circulation. In Troup' 8
first book there was a wholesale condemnation
of Bartteiot, but since the injunction he has
had time to alter the first part and the last part
OF that book on account OF the censure had
made on the rear guard.
raoUPs LONG LETTER
"When got to Zanzibar one Of the FIRST
things l found was letter Of sixteen pages
from Troup. 1t was violent abuse of Barttelot
and an intended vindication Of himself. I
never answered that letter because 1t needed
questions / found it necessary to ask him
myself covering points which were not
touched upon in the letter, the principal
question being why he with others preferred
to remain and starve at Yambuya instead Of
moving on. never could get satisfactory
answer from Bonney, SO / hoped to get one
from Troup. wanted to know why they pre-
ferred staying at Yambuya until so many of
their men had died Of fever or been killed.
leaving only Bonney in charge. WANTED to ask
why they preferred to wait while all the time it
was understood that they were burning with
desire to start. That is the one question I
wanted to get an answer before I replied to
Troup. He got impatient at my silence and
wrote me another letter which contained more
specific charges against Barttelot and some
angry comments about my not having answered
his first letter.
''As was then writing my book, In Darkest
Africa at Cairo, wrote him stating that il he
wouldr revise his letter l would publish it and
sent him his report for revision, as it contained
many things unfit for publication. He was SO
bat tn h.
back to me demanding that should publish it.
Now, if he could show me certain Documents,
proving that he was in the right, should be glad
to publish II. But the mere fact that he
wrote In his diary and that Barttelot wrote in
his many things that were unfit for publication
made me say: i cannot publish it unless you
eliminate these vile expressions.' Troup did
not do so, and therefore did not publish it.
When Iroup saw In Darkest Africa he found
that had made no attempt to justify him or
remove the censure l had given vent to in my
letter to the committee"
TRoUP's THREATENING LrrrxRs.
''Then Troup wrote threatening letters, stat
ing that would have to be prepared to meet
such measures as he might see fit to employ to
vindicate himself. / then wrote him say
ing ins;,u II you think think you are maligned un-
did opportunity now in writing your book
to vindicate yourself II you will tell
your story as clearly as you can and are able
TO convince anybody that you have acted
rightly you will convince me also. can only
judge from the evidence before me. can see
many things connected with the rear guard
that should prefer TO keep from public gaze
but If you wish to publish everything you can
do 80. -- .----~ % 20
1T seems that he then destroyed part of his
first book, which had not yet been given to the
world, and wrote the vile things against me
which have been published as an answer
to my censure. I could not do otherwise
from the evidence before me than say: Well.
then you are all guilty. You are all my Of
ficers; you are all bound to be loyal and faith
iui to me and to the best interests of the ex-
petition; you must not forget that you left
England with the expressed intention Of doing
the very best you could. Now,
to have forgotten your promises; you
have quarreled with one another; you have
made you camp an abode of misery; instead of
27l men and officers you have only so men, the
rest are in their graves or dying, and Of these
men In camp before my eyes forty cannot
walk. What is the cause Of all this?'
That is the information wanted to get
from Bonney. He could not answer because
he was the lowest officer in rank, but he said
he could let me have an insight into what
had been going on. 1t seems that before
my arrival at Yambuya and after Bartte-
lots murder Bonney had written a report
to the committee, as he in common with
others had thought that was dead. So when
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