The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-15
ATTACKING STANLEY.
Colonel g. w. Williams Makes
Some Serious Charges
Against the Great Explorer, Who Shows VIII
liams' Motive is Pique and Says there is
Nothing in His Statement.

Especial to THE MISREPRESENTATION Dispatch.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE latest attack
upon Henry M. Stanley and his admins
tration of the Congo Free State comes from
Colonel G. w. Williams. Colonel Williams
was an officer of colored troops during the
war, and was promoted for bravery. He
was later member of the Ohio legislature.
Williams is now at Stanley Falls, Africa,
and from there has sent a lengthy open let
ter to Leopold H., King of the Belgians.
After telling the monarch that his title to
much of the land on the Congo is visionary :
that his officers are deficient in moral train
ing in that the natives, especially the
women, are sold and bartered among the
whites, and that the government which is
established in the Congo country is incap-
able of properly governing the natives,
Colonel Williams says: '"fhe agents of
your maiesty's government have misrepre-
sented the Congo country and Congo rail
way. II. M. Stanley, the man who was
your chief agent in setting up Your author
ity in this country, has grossly misrepre-
scented the character Of the COUNTRY In
stead of it being fertile and productive, it
is sterile and unproductive. Henry M.
Stanley's name produces a shudder among
the natives when mentioned. They remem-
family, his hot temper, his heavy blows, his
severe and vigorous measures by which
| they were mulcted of their lands. His last
appearance on the Congo produced a pro-
found sensation among them when he led
500 Zanzibar soldiers with 800 camp follow
ers on his way torelieve Emin Pasha. They
thought 1t meant complete Subiugation and
they fed in confusion. But the only thing
they found in the wake of his march was
| mi doI hi
rear column, and his troops were allowed
TO struggle, sickeu and die, and their bone:
were scattered over more than two hun
cred miles of territory. The trade of the
upper Congo consists only of ivory and
rubber. The first is very old and the latter
very poor. If a railroad were completed
now it would not be able to earn a dividend
for ten or twelve years, and as have care
fully inspected the line of the PROPOSED
road, give it as my honest judgment tina
it cannot be completed for eight years
During thirteen years only one white maj
has lost his life by the hands of the ma
tives, and only two white men have bee
killed on the Congo. Major Barttelot wa
shot by Zanzibar soldier, and the captain
of Belgian trading boat was the victim o
his own rash and unjust treatment of
native chief"
Mr. Stanley, when asked what he had t
say about this criticism, remarked: Evil
liams, who is colored man, had applied t
me to go with me ON the Emin Pasha expt
dition. I sent him to King Leopold, br
Williams did not impress the King favor
ably and did-not go. Williams knows til
King of the Belgians practically owns tn
Congo Free State and is a most munifcer
prince, and thinks by publishing lette
like this that he may be able to extort blacl
mail. The King Is prey to such screec
as this, and there have been at least thrt
score letters like this published IN Bru:
sells. There is nothing in his stateme,
worth affirming or denying. [ only wish
show his motive. l sail for Englan
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