New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-12
4 POLICY OF ACTION.

Mr.. Stanley is the best type Of the man OF
action which the world has seen since the death
of Garibaldi. There were many statesmen,
patriots and republican zealotS who were
dreaming thirty years ago OF united Italy,
but there was only one soldier who had faith
in action. There are Cardinals to-day preach
in, a crusade against the African slave trade
there are statesmen harasSed with the per
pexitcs Of the Soudan question and there are
philanthropists. gcOgraphcrS. pubhcl>ts and
adventures without number who are proposing
/, various remedies for the evils wrought by
English policy in the Upper Nile countries
but there Is only one man who would have
yenturcd 10 recruit a native army for the
rescue Of Lmin and JcphSon when they were
prisoners at Wadca with the Mahdst horde
steadily advancing to complete the conquest
of the Equatorial Provinces. In every crisis
of his career Of exploration and adventure Mr..
Stanlcy's energy has been like "A consuming
flame When his followers have rcyoited
against him he has promptly hanged the ring
leaders and restored discipline. When his
bfavcst companions have faltcrcd from sheer
despair, whethSt on the journey in quest OF
Livingstone, in the descent Of the Congo, or
in the awful solitude Of the forest marches
from the Aruwhimi TO Lake Albert. his genius
for sclf-rclant, decisive action has been dis
played. As he has invariably had recourse 10
action in the darkest hours Of his career OF
vcisSitudc and triumph, so he has faith IN II
as the trie and only policy for men and nations
when they are confronted with situations OF
extreme gravity ard danger.
n rh = il /.
ley in Blindsi, which we reproduce this morn
ng from the columns of our cntcrprising neigh
bor "Thc Herald" reveals this faith. He de-
clalcs that the Soudan can be reoccupicd ana
the work OF civilization resumed IN the re-
hottest reaches of the Nile if England Will only
do the work which ought to be done. There
are /. 900 900 Arab fighters, he adds, who can
be bought, and for SO, 100000 the Soudan
can be reclaimed. As IA much larger sum was
souandcrcd i'm the slaughter OF Arabs at Sua<im
and in the equipment of Lord Wolselcys cX-
uedtion. the estimated cost cannot be regarded
as excessive. Respecting the necessity OF the
reoccnpa.ion of Khartoum and Wadeai if the
evils OF the slave trade are to be stamped out
and peace restored in the Dark Continent, there
cannot he two opinions Moreover Mr.. Stan
lev is undoubtedly right when he assumes that
England. sooner or later, will undertake this
work The sense Of moral accountability for
the caamtics brought upon Africa by tho
vacillation and want Of courage displayed by
the Gladstone and other ministries in dealing
with the Soudan must inevitably have the
effect of compelling the nation to intervene
once more in the deserts and to take up anew
the work Of Baker Gordon and Emin. The
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upon an agent whose prestige in the Equatorial
Provinces is at an end. a Governor who was
| imprisoned by his own troops and reduced TO
the straits in which Mr.. Stanley found him can
never again have influence in those Provinces
The SOudan, moreover. can never be recon
quercd by an invasion from the South The
Germans, by advancing to the lakes and by
building railways from the coast, may estab'
lsh themselves at the sources OF the Nile and
outrival the English East African Company.