The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-08
CENTRAL AFRICAN
WORK AND TRAVEL.
Missionary Hore's Opinion of
Explorer Stanley.
Many Of the Americans Statements Denied
and His Battles With the Natives Termed
Useless Slaughters.

Captain E. G. Hore, FR.G.S, the Afri-
can missionary, delivered the third and last
| OF his series of lectures on African work and
travel last night in Irving Hall to small
but appreciatiye audience.
AS preface to his remarks he stated that
he desired to say few words in defense of
many missionaries and explorers, who are
comparatively unknown, but who had ac-
cOmplished as much. if not more. than those
travellers who used all methods to acquire
prominence and nOtoriety.
In particular he criticized much that
Stanley had stated in two of his recent
books. In one, Stanley said that it took
eight months to make the trip from Zanzibar
to Ujiji. Captain Hore claimed to have
performed it repeatedly in three months
with large caravans. Stanley's statement
that no wheel vehicles could be used on the
Zanzibar route is not so, as eight years ago
the speaker had taken heavy bullock
wagons well ap into the country, and soon
after, wagons so far as Lake Tanganyika.
| sTANLEY's MIsAPPRoPRIATIoNs
Stanley had also appropriated as his own
several inventions OF his Captain Hores),
such as tents and lake steamers. He also
| p ooh-poohed the work of every explorer ex-
cept perhaps, Livingstone. Baker, Gordon
and Spoke were all indirectly sneered at by
Stanley. and band of twenty-five Swedish
missionaries, who went over the route of
| Swedish explorer and established stations in
| regions that Stanley also reached, were
| termed poor suicides"
The speaker desired to protest strongly
! against Stanleys belttlng everybody and
| praising himself at their expense, and then
| explained how much was made by the au-
thortles at Zanzibar of Stanley after only
! two and hall years trip up country, and
| how little consideration was extended to
him, Captain Hore, and his wife, after iiv-
| ing for i've years at Lake Tanganyika.
The manner in which goods are trans
| ported by native carriers in Central Africa
was hereupon described. The best carriers
| are the ZanZlOarls, who receive So a month
and two yards of cloth day for rations and
! who carry hfty pounds OF goods each over the
! heavy trails. He had always found the
| porters fine lot of men, open hearted and
| at a pinch to be fully depended on. DC
| casonally they are Troublesome, by drink
| ing and running away, but not more so than
| white sailors. Wagon transportation would
| be feasible in Central Africa but for
! the tsetse fly, which kills the cattle off too
| quickly.
CIYuIZING THE ABoRIGINEs.
Next was described how nine years ago
| the speaker and his brother missionaries
established stations at Ujiji on Lake
Tanganyika, and how the two steamers
| now on the lake we're brought up in sections
from the coast and put together at the lake !;
| also how successful Their efforts had been
| to clyilize the natives. who now are in most
| contented condition.
Captain Hore stated that he had con-
Quoted larger caravans than ever Stanley
! did, having at one time over loco carriers
under his orders, OF which not over ten had
died, and none OF them in battle. SANKEY'S
| largest party was 703, of which 465 were
killed. This was entirely an unnecessary
slaughter. Stanley's expedition was "a most
| useless affair and an outrage On civilization,
and was without any tangible result rela-
| tive to its cost.
When Stanley reached Emn Pasha the
latter was only $50 miles from Lake Tan
ganylka, where the missionary stations and
| steamers were. He protested against Stan
| ley's wholesale siaughters TO rescue a man
| who did not need rescue. Emin Pasha had
been Tor many years in Africa, and was
man OF tact, courage and determination.
Why should Stanley take upon himself to
! rescue him when he did not need it?
At present much excellent work is being
| done in Central Africa by missionaries, who
have built Sstations without Strengthening
| the natives.
The speaker closed with a warm tribute
| to the score or TWO of American missionaries
VINO are now laboring with the natives In
| Africa.