Huntsville gazette., 1890-05-24
EXP.-o2 n STANLEY
Makes Pointed Remarks to the London
Chamber of Commerce

Makes Pointed Remarks to the London
Chamber of Commerc.
Lo.;D02:. May 23-Stanlev made some
tren, iia.It remarks On England and Ger
m:-n ia Africa, Wednesday night. at a
l;s4n,i t ie..J"re him by the London
ch, .nher If CON. lerce Speaking Of his
har;l lie roma 3lcd that. in 1870, it
WAS eI,o ted hat Dr.. Livingstone was
losi and The New York Herald sent the
srca-at - ilnd him. He, Stanley. did
so. IN | returned to Zanzibar and En-
gland. What was done: They said he,
SlAn.er. was an imposter, sensationalist
and ii forger: but time disproved these
accusat;on. and Livingstone's last jour
noy proved that he, Stanley had done
What he said. but because he was a
me- iculI alist and penny-a- liner it
Wa suppo ed that all penny-a-l liners
We're seIHitionalists. In 1874 he was
sent back again to Africa.
Stanley tEea described his travels. and
pointed out that although so much had
been done BY English travellers to open
TIE 1:,rl; regions Of Africa. vet this conn
Try failed to take advantage of their dis
coVeriea. In q bantcring manner STAN
ley spoke Of the great interest the Ger
man, had maIifeiied in the fora and
fn..a OF Africa. whilst Oh the art of
tins country there was an ind .fere,lce
a. 10 what actually was uturring.
Num- crs Of his friends, l.o,,ever. had
come 4 ge;!ier to fry and do something
III the regions which they had said
shcrld he Engli h, par1 or portion of
the Bri4: j pos sese;ols : ], ie ime They
had Iii 81 a capital Of 1aif 4 million.
but what was the cGn' e ucnce: instead
of icing permitted t. 4 Ike road which
without deviatiug to the right or the
left. should go straight to the promising
land, they were ompflled to squander
some thousands of pounds in fighting the
government.
If it We're merely a question of rival
ry between the English and the German
company. he should not mind, but when
the government backed up the Ger
man company it was not fair fight,
and that capital which would have made
a railway right up to Victoria Nyanza
would be wasted. Instead of people in
two years time being able to take tick
cts to Victoria Nyanza laughter. there
would be nothing to show except a
bashel of treaties. But to the Germans
there was nobody to say even no. He
COuiu Sptdk very lOtSlDk( Dul He WAS Te-
strained. Ii the fairest portions of
Africa were given up to others and only
sterile landI be left, he would be one of
the first to advise the British company to
retire. He thought he had said enough.
A word to the wise was enough. He
hoped they would remember and ponder
over the suggestions in what was said.
Always Tardy.
Mr.. Stanley's tardiness in keeping en-
gagements has been the subject of a
great deal of comment since his return.
He has scarcely attended dinner, re-
ception. or any other gathering i'll his
honor that he has not kept the guests
waiting at least half an hour, and his
dilatorineSs at che dinner given to him
by the chamber of commerce was posi-
lively exasperating. Fully an hour and
a half elapsed after the guests had as
sembled before it pleased the petted and
obviously spoiled lion of the occasion to
honor them with his presence, nor did he
deign to apologize for his lateness. His
fiancee. Miss Tenant, was seated next
to him at table. and the chairman, in
welcoming the explorer, took occasion
to speak aG great length of his coming
marriage, much to the confusion of the
lady, but apparently with no effect
upon Mr.. Stanley.