New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-03

| N Uganda and Zanzibar. once they "'e
off my hands my task with the souoAhese
| will be greatly facilitated, and ao nv
| despair Of bringing the matter 10
! factory conclusion at last; whether III PIN
months time or a year i cannot teh' a' any
rate. shall stay to the end and VIII no' aoaN
don my people" On the July o. hoNe'e'
he wrote again. admitting the impossioi''y "a
getting the Egyptians away ana oeio'e 'Oe
| had decided to give up the attempt
ing my plans for the future as
Junker-"I can only repeat that am iuiis ue-
! termined to stay, and even assuming 'na' "0
hin comes and the province slowly goes u
n,eces I shall remain steadfast 10 'he Gnu
| But the most important motive WIN" 'N
.,,. r.so,,tion WAS the natural Discrimination 20
! s,o ~, ,vithout a struggle all the results OF MS
wears Of toll In letters written TO Dr' PeiN''
in 1856 and 1887, and published by MN III 'he
| introduction to this volume. when are hshl'
| imports ant for understanding or Eniin az
,ior I, the famous Stanley episode this is mace
perfectly clear II once more repeat ne soy
| Catcher Q 1850. chat 1 shall remain here. In
order to hold together TO the last the runs u
NV ten years work II we can obtain help
from anywhere all the better; II not snaii
a. least nerish upon the field where my work
i
Egypt definitely gave up the province, and Eng
| "a soo,,red 70 annex II. he would be placed
in nosition like that Of Rajah Brooke, Of sara
wax. that he could then either seek the proIec-
lion Of England or remain in entire indepen-
dence: and that "a definite arrangement WIN
syndicate Of English commercial men woulu
- ne;tber case he difficult" The same desire
and resolution to maintain his position In Equa-
.oria and confident belief In his ability to do so
,f srnnorted is even more forcibly expressed III
. letter 70 Junker dated April H. 1897. From
oil this Il Is clear that what he wanted was not
"rescue" but help to re- establish and perpetuate
bis nower-and help chiefly in the form or am
munition.
On December 13, 1887, Mr.. Stanley after his
terrible march from the Aruwimi reached 'he
| Albert Nyanza near KavallI unable TO oHer this
helm and almost in need Of rescue himself. Inc
amusement events-Staney's return for the Ill
fated rear column, the mutiny Of the Pacha
officers and his arrest and narrow escape from
death the friction between the 'rescuer anu
the rescued" and the final march OF the TWO
TO Zanzibar%it is unnecessary to Follow Inc
story is a familiar But 1t may be said' on
the one hand that Herr Schweitzer's bitter critl-
cism Of Stanley and his charges of mercenary
motives on his part and that OF his EhsHsh
hackers are. in the main, amply refuted by the
evidence which the book itself supplies; ana on
the other that his defence of Emln Is 100
sweeping 1t may be true as he asserts that
| It was the dilapidated condition OF STANLEY
"rescuers"-"a collection of famine stricken tat
tered worn and exhausted men bringing
| thirty -four cases Of ammunition two bales Oh
| half-spont clothes. and letter from the khe-
! dive"-that directly induced the mutiny OF the
Egyptian troops which finally destroyed the
| Governors power. But 1t seems mere fatulty
| on Emns part to dream, after that event.
| and in view of the sort Of help the expedition
brought him. Of continuing to maintain himselr
| in his province. Moreover, the proposition MADE
to him through Stanley to retire with those or
bis men whom he could control to position
| from whence under the auspices Of the British
| East African Company. he could in time regain
su that he had lost was most liberal one and
| in line with his own wishes. 1t would seem that
| an effort might have been made to carry this
plan out and that one would have been made
| by man Of decision. To imply, as Herr
| Schweitzer does, that 1t was rejected on patri-
| otic motives as an insidious scheme for the
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Great Britain at the expense
| OF Germany, Is trihe ridiculous In view or
Emin's statement to DR.. Felkin above quoted.
In any case Ernin might have made up his
mind with reasonable promptness whether
under the changed circumstances, to go or stay,
instead Of presenting a spectacle OF ndecision
| and procrastnation that was truly pitiable. and
justified most, II not all. of Mr. Staney's I'M
| Iatience and hard words. 1t was his own fault
that his retreat from Equatoria was 30 accom-
plished that the manner Of it instead Of adding
to his reputation lowered him In the eyes OF a
Ix.,hic Rad hee1a
ready 10 acclaim him a hero
About his acceptance Of position In the Ger
I man service much nonsense has been written
some Of II by Herr Schweitzer-due to Inter-
national jealousy. He certainly free to
enter the service Of either country OF neither.
as he pleased. His decision is, however, to be
regretted because II led to his tragic death.
With DIR. Stuhlman he led German expedition
which after reaching Andebali. west OF the AL
bert Nyanza, was forced to turn back. Small
pox soon attacked his people with great viru-
ltnce. With characteristic fidelity to duty Emin
sent Stuhlman on with the healthy porters and
soldiers and himself remained alone with the
sick In Undusuma- When at last he was able
to set out on his return he was obliged to strike
westward TO the Kongo. but before reaching the
| river fell a victim to the hostility Of the Arab
slavers which certain acts of HE had brought
upon him. He was murdered at Kinena in Oc-
tober, 1892
| JTEDdpV ArOT'EC