Evening journal., 1891-04-14
STANLEY AND LEOPOLD.
Both Bitterly Attacked by a
Colored Critic.
COL. WILLIAMS GRAVE CHARGES


venge and nlaclsmaii - The Alleged
Reason why Williams Is Disgruntied.
NEW YORK, April l4.-Colonel G. w
Williams, lately in the employ Of the
Congo Free State, publishes in pamphlet
form an open letter addressed to "His
Serene Majesty, Leopold II, king Of the
Belgians and sovereign Of the independent
state Of Congon Colonel Alexander S.
Bacon, Of Brooklyn, an old friend Of
Colonel Williams, received a copy yester
day. The letter Is sensational IN char
acter and extremely rancorous toward
Stanley
Colonel Williams recites the cruelties
practiced on the native Africans by the
kings representative in the Free state,
and accuses the king with exercising an-
thority over territory to which he has no
legal claim, averring that the treaties and
cession Of the land, now under the rule Of
the Belgians, were obtained through fraud
practiced upon the natives and through
threats He refers TO Stanley in these
words:
Charges Against Stanley.
There were instances IN which Henry NJ.
/ Stanley sent one white man with four or Ave
Il Zanzibar soldiers TO make treaties with native
i chiefs The staple argument was that the
| white mans heart had grown sick Of the wars
/ and rumors Of war between one chief and an
other; that the white man was At peace with
| his black brother, and desired to confederate
/ all African tribes for the general defense and
| public welfare All the sleight Of hand tricks
had been carefully rehearsed, and he was now
| ready for his work.
The Natives We're Shocked.
A number Of electric batteries had been pur.
| chased in London, aud when attached to the
| arm, under the coat communicated with a
band Of ribbon which passed over the palm Of
| The white brothers hand, and when he gave the
black brother a cordial grasp Of the hand the
black brother WAS greatly surprised to find his
| white brother 50 strong that he nearly knocked
him off his feet in giving him the hand Of fel
lowship. When the native inquired about tho
disparity Of strength between himself and his
white brother be was told that the white could
pull up trees and perform the most prodigious
feats. Next came the lens act.
The LIENS Act"
The white brother took from his pocket
cigar, carelessly bit off the end, held up hi.
glass 70 the sun, and complacently smoked hii
| cigar, to the great ama1ement and terror Of ths
black brother The white man explained hii
intimate relation 70 the sun and declared thni
il he were to request him to burn up his blacl
brothers village 1t would be done. The thirs
act was the gun trick. The white man took
percussion cap, tore the end of the paper whcl
held the powder to the bullet, and poured tn
| powder and paper into gun az the same tim
slipping the bullet into the sleeve Of the lcf
arm.
A cap was placed upon the nipple Of the gu
and the black brother was implored 20 step OF
ten yards and shoot at his white brother, Il
| demonstrate that he was a spirit and therefor
could not be killed. After much begging tn
black brother aims his gun AZ his white brother
pulls the trigger, the gun is discharged III
white man stoops-and takes the bullet from
his shoe BY such means as these. too silly an,
disgusting TO mention, and a few boxes Of gin
whole villages have been signed away 20 you
majesty.
Kings onlcers In the Slave Trade.
The rest Of the letter is devoted to a re
sumo Of the horrors Of the slave trade
which the writer asserts is being openl
carried on under the very eyes Of the king
officers, and in many instances, so Colone
Williams says, the officers themselves hav
captured and sold men and women int
slavery. he further accuses the state q
buying slaves, paying e3 per head for abb
bodied slaves for military service. Colont
Williams also accuses Stanley with grossl
misrepresenting the character Of the eouI
try.
: Instead Of being fertile and productive it
y sterile and unprOductive Henry NJ Stanley
{ name produces a shudder among this simpl
I | folk when mentioned: they remember hi
\ broken promises, his copious profanity, his he
4 temper, his heavy blows, his severe and rigoi
GUS measures by which they were mulcted q
their land.
: His last appearance in the Congo produced
/ | profound sensation among them, when he le
( | 500 Zanzibar soldiers with 300 camp followers
on his way to relieve Emin Pasha. The
! | thought il meant complete subiugation, an
! they fled in confusion. But the only thing the
found in the wake Of his march was misery.
what Stanley Says.
Mr.. Stanley, when shown Williams lei
ter said: II saw this pamphlet the nigh
, before / left London. Sir William Mt
Kinnon, personal friend OF King Leo
pold showed me this pamphlet. and a lei
ter from Mr. c. p. Huntington, in whic
| Huntington asked Sir William TO al
Williams and to allow him to 20 to ST
Williams territory Sir William aske
my advice about the matter. / told hin
that Williams, who is a colored man ha
| applied to me to 60 with me on the hAi
Pasha expedition. ! sent him to the king
and told him that it might be a good pla
to send Williams as an experiment. bu
Williams did not impress the king favor
I
Revenge and Blackmail
"He has taken this means to reveng
himself, and / told Sir William that
man who would write a letter like tina
! would only seek to get him into the sam
trouble. Williams knows that the kin
{ Of the Belgians practically owns the Cong
Free State and thinks by publishing
letter like this that he may be able TO eS
: tort blackmail. The king is a prey t
such screeds as this. Last week made a
appeal TO have the treaty that the Amer
lean minister signed Jan. "a ratified.
4 "If it is not ratified by July next th
whole work Of the anti-slavery conferenc
Of last year goes for nothing. This ma
Williams wants the treaty ratified in Orde
that he may commence operations agains
: the slave traders, as IL will give him th
: opportunity to extort money from then
I, The reason why he wanted to get into ST
, Williams employ was because he kne,
=, that Sir William and his friends had sui
4 scribed 81, 100000 to found free state o
3 the east coast of Africa, to be under BIRTHS
! rule, and he thought this good opportr
nifty to realize some monetary profit I
himself ont of it. There is nothing in hi
statementworth affirming or denying.
only wish to show his motive"
Mr. Stanley sails for England on Wedne.
day.