Show HENRY M STANLEY TALKS IN BRILLIANT FASHION HE DESCRIBES HIS EMOTIONS WHEN HE MET livingstone WHAT HE THINKS OF THE possibilities OF AFRICA edwin mortimer yates london correspondent of success at any session of the house of commons there may be seen sitting on one of the government benches a man of solid but not heavy build with silvery hair and mustache londoners Lon doners showing the of parliament to visiting friends point him out and say that Is sir henry M stanley it the visitor Is an american sir henry M stanley may sound a little strange to him and he asks you mean stanley the explorer certainly ia the reply henry M stanley the man who found stone and who opened equatorial africa to civilization in these words Is epitomized one of the most eventual and remarkable careers of the century and they give the buhrt man sitting there in the house of commons a claim to the worlds remembrance mem brance that no title can enhance HIS ORIGINAL NAME IS NOT STANLEY A part of stanleys Stan leys life story Is known to all the world more of it Is unfamiliar but these unknown chapters are hardly less thrilling than those relating to his exploits in at rica it is a story too that should be highly interesting to the readers of success for it tells how a poor and friendless boy by his own efforts rose to a position of the highest honor and influence it Is not easy to induce mr stanley to tell this story at fifty eight be is etall in the prime of life and its activities tivi ties absorbed in the struggle now going on on abe continent he helped to open lie Is talked of in connection with a general censorship of the press during the continuance of the war but on this he will say nothing A few days ago as we sat together in the library of hla pleasant london home surrounded by the gifts of royalty and mementos of the african campaign mr stanley gave me the outlines of his life history which Is an almost continuous record of startling adventures at sixteen be left his native wales and went to new york tramping up and down the streets looking tor same thang to do his real name was john rowlands he took the name of henry M stanley from his friend and first employer in new orleans this was after he had joined the federal navy he was assigned to duty on board the and as a result 0 hla gallantry during the engagement of that vessel against the southern forts he was made an ensign he in the navy for nearly two years after the close of the war when and how did you become a newspaper correspondent I 1 asked him mr stanley smiled again ills slow quiet smile as he replied A PURPOSE IN HIS FIRST ARTICLE the circumstances were to say the least somewhat unusual it was in 1866 while I 1 was stall on the ticonderoga which was cruising then in the mediterranean at constantinople with three friends I 1 obtained leave and we traveled a hundred miles into the interior of smyrna during this trip we were captured by a band of ruffians who stripped us of everything beat and tied us and then marched us to the nearest village where we received hardly less severe treatment from the inhabitants we were at a loss to account tor this latter until we learned that our captors had actually had the audacity to represent us as the robbers whom they had over powered I 1 wrote an account ol 01 this tor the papers not for the sake of writing but to call attention atten lion to the outrage which had been perpetrated my first work in the recognized capacity of a correspondent however was done in 1867 when I 1 accompanied an expedition against the sioux indians I 1 represented the new york tribune and the missouri democrat bennett engage him aawar correspondent for the new york herald in that capacity he accompanied sir robert napier in the abyssinian war and went through the spanish revolution was your expedition to find livingstone Ing stone your own suggestion or had you ever thought of becoming an african explorer I 1 asked no I 1 had never thought about it it came quite in the of my newspaper work As I 1 recall it the circumstances cum stances were as follows 1 I was in madrid on october just at the close of tha spanish war when I 1 received a message from mr bennett directing me to proceed at once to paris I 1 took train that afternoon ond arrived in paris late the next evening 1 I went at once to the grand hotel and to mr bennetts room he was in bed but without waiting to dress he bade me enter after our brief greetings he asked abruptly do you know where is As I 1 bad not been thinking of livingstone Ing stone any more than the man in the moon I 1 was taken somewhat by surprise 1 I dont know mr bennett I 1 replied he may be alive or he may be dead 1 I think that he is alive responded mr bennett promptly and I 1 am going to send you to find ahlm his directions were equally brief act according to your own plans and do what you think beat but find alv longstone such an enterprise was unheard of on the part of a newspaper at that time I 1 ventured to suggest have you thought sir what such an undertaking will cost what will it cost be asked 1 I made a rough guess well he said you draw 1000 pounds and when that is gone draw art affife SS another 1000 pounds and after that another until you have as much as you need but find livingstone very well sir I 1 said what is in the power of human nature to do I 1 will do and in such an errand as I 1 go upon god will be with me THE GREAT AFRICAN TRIP DESCRIBED that was all there was in the most important assignment that had ever been given by a newspaper proprietor to one of his employed emp loyes an undertaking that was not completed until three years later the scene is interesting te as illustrating the character of both men i n did you not despair 0 finishing your task before it was completed I 1 asked were times when the was most discouraging admitted stanley but I 1 never gave up entirely that would have been fatal you were in peril of your life from the dangers incident to the trip yes from my attendants no or at least only once be corrected himself that was really the critical point of trie expedition he went on the men had gone through all privations with me and at length they became discouraged they feared they would never again see their homes and finally their discontent became open mutiny one of them started to attack me and I 1 pointed my pistol toward him and commanded him to let go his weapon I 1 remember my feelings at that moment perfectly I 1 was agonized lest the man should come on and compel me to shoot him I 1 did not want to take his life but it was necessary to maintain discipline or the expedition would have ended in disaster at once fortunately I 1 was not compelled to kill the poor wretch but in general my black fellows were as faithful and trustworthy companions as a man could ask for THE MEETING IN THE wilderness what were your feelings when you first saw that was the happiest moment 0 my life up to that time I 1 felt like a schoolboy and I 1 could have jumped up and down and shouted tor pure relief it I 1 bad been alone your first words were as commonplace as you can imagine I 1 hardly knew how to address tho man before me but I 1 blurted out dr I 1 presume yes he said 1 I thank god doctor that I 1 have been to see you I 1 added 1 I am thankful that I 1 am here to welcome you he returned stanleys Stan leys later career as an explorer and as head of the eman relief expedition tion Is known to all the world it brought him honors of all kinds membership in distinguished societies gifts from the hands of royalty and a knighthood the queen but of these honors stanley always a modest man la loath to speak ihben I 1 asked whether the region which he has made known to the world will ever be valuable to civilization he answered promptly undoubtedly kihen it is opened and brought into more direct communication muni cation with the rest of the world it will be one of the most fruitful and productive portions of the earth and in my opinion will be more valuable than south africa which la proving now such a bono of contention |