Evening journal., 1890-10-28
"lN DARKEST AFRICA"
Bartellot's Brother Is After Ex-
plorer Stanley's Scalp.
PROOrSNOTINsINuATIONs ASKED.

"" A"AnAs stAhiey was Too Severe on
the Rear Guard-Prospsct of scnsa-
tion when the Facts Concerning BART
teiot's Murder Finally Come to Light.
LONDON, Oct. 2S-The Telegraph ap-
peals to Mr., Henry NJ. Stanley to clear up
the Barttelot affair. Bonny declines at
present to say anything unless IN reply to
personal matters which appear in Bartte-
lots book. lie says he advised Barttelot
before the publication OF the book that
many things could be said against his
brother that had better be left unsaid, and
that therefore he ought to suppress certain
passages In his diaries He was surprised
that Barttelot had ignored his advice
Bonny explains that he took command Of
the expedition ON the death Of Barttelot.
because jameson, who was heir to the
command, was then at point seven
hundred miles distant. He emphatically
denies that there was any ground for the
deduction that Barttelot had insulted his
murderer's wife.
What Herbert Ward Says.
Herbert d. Ward, another OF stanley's
lieutenants says that he does not consider
II his fault that he and Stanley are not on
good terms. He said that though he was
with the rear guard be was absent most OF
the time and was not In position to talk.
The camp on the upper Congo consisted OF
l25 men, the weakest in body, In command
OF Ward and Bonny. The Yambuya camp
was commanded by Barttelot. Stanley's
letter Of instructions stated that Barttelot
would receive 600 carriers from Tippu, but
nothing was received from the latter.
Promise after promise detained the rear
guard until It was impossible to move. To
have marched from Yambnya as Stanley
suggested was impossible, as he had left
the bulk OF the expedition, horses and am
munition 10 be carried through a dense
forest by men utterly unreliable, Of ac-
knowledged bad character and the weakest
in body.
when Emin Was Taken Prisoner"
From the time tho tragedy in the rear
guard commenced Tippu Tib continued 10
procrastinate, and the Zanzibaris and
Soudanese fell sick and died. No news
reached the Yambuya rear guard, and as
month after month Of horrors passed, and
as Tippu sent no aid, the camp became
powerless TO act. Stanley calculated he
would return five months after his de-
parture Nine months after Stanley left
Barttelot sent Jameson TO make last
effort 70 get carriers from Tippu, and sent
Ward to the coast with letter Of instruc-
tions TO the committee. The latter replied
that II they could not march in accordance
with orders they should remain az Yam
buya until Stanley arrived there or sent
| fresh orders.
Ward Is shocked at Stanley's attack on
Barttelot and thinks Stanley IA his "In
Darkest Africa" takes too harsh a view Of
the rear guard that suffered 50 much while
doing their best. Ia speaking Of the relief
Of Emin Ward significantly terms it,
When Emin was taken prisoner
Barttelot's Brother Strikes Back.
In reply to Stanley's veiled charges
against his murdered brother, Walter ]
Barttelot says; 1T is OF course for Mr..
Stanley 10 decide when and how it is in
cumbent on him 20 reply to the charges
contained in the recently published vol
ume Of Letters and Diaries
II will ask, however, TO be permitted to
say that in so far as Mr.. Stanley has in
dicated the materials on which he relies,
he has not even shadowed forth a single
fact in answer TO the specific accusations
Whlch IL mas Deen my painful duty to
bring against him in vindicating my
brother, but has resorted instead 20 veiled
threats OF an exposure of conduct on the
part Of my brother at which he never hint
ed before in lengthy private communica-
ton TO my father, which does contain eight
separate charges.
Whether this reserve has been due TO
consideration for my family, as he asserts
or to the circumstance that there il no
foundation for these entirely new personal
accusations against my brother, are ques-
tions that have yet to be determined.
Tho Indictment Avoided.
From neither point Of view has Mr
Stanley attempted to meet, or indicated
any immediate intention Of meeting, the
indictment against his own act in connec-
tion with the rear guard, gravely as his
honor Ia by common consent involved