Show TROUP TALKS BACK he ile insists that stanley is I 1 unfair in nis uis statements lists of shown which Id indicate dicato that ben there was ao sit opportunity for star starvation Tation I 1 STANDARD F Chr chronicle service I 1 NEW nov 8 the herald boston correspondent the following interview with lieutenant T troup r ou Lit lieutenant tenant troop read with interest and indignation an interview with his former commander henry 31 stanley in this mornings ife and was ver very plad glad lo 10 make a reply to aa lie sert sections Eer tiona ions and insinuations contain therein sir St stanley linley he be raid paid demands documents but he be baa has none of bis his own diaries and reports be says ara its of no value and yet he produces in support of bis his statements mr boneys r report you frill will fee see that be he has his S bis his ground 1 I clial challenge lenge him to move that I 1 wag was present at any of the horrible scenes of which he tells or that I 1 failed to protest in his book as well as in bis his interview be lie shows t that hat be he was aware of major Bart lelota cienci eB in certain important qualify qa alifi fl necessary to a commander commander and yet be he chose him for the place how came one hundred braves at Mam mambuca Ma mboya buya be he aks ka some deaths were caused by poison in the manioc but more by starvation his oaly only instructions about provisions were to rive give one bra bras braa a rod per week to each man to tb buy flab etc ete and e eix alx lx i e corriea ou ir 1 e s per week he lie baa has carefully care carefully full y 0 omitted m itt e d this from bis his book these rations were for five months the length of time he expected to be absent not a word yard about what algat might happen after that we were to tave fave ourselves aa as best beat we could here lieutenant troup gave me this liet list which he said was an exact account of provisions which stanley on cia august 24 1887 left for the ethiopians at mambuca Mam Mem buya tins condensed conde conden ored Fed milk 11 tins cocoa and milk 34 tins biscuits 6 5 tins sugar 31 tins tea 70 tins butter 7 tins cacco late and milk 42 tins jam IS 18 tins ardiles ardi aes ea 32 tina tins liebigh Lie biga extracts 3 tins coffee 5 tins candles 6 tins vegetable soup 4 tins red her herrings r lugs 29 0 tins title Pa sau eaRe usage 3 tins arrow root I 1 tin two 30 tins flour one pound each and 37 bars coap this be he added was for five white officers and tor for five who were with stanley and expected to return in november but it bad had to last a year and a half ward and bonney and each of the men got these rations every three months one and oneter quarter al I 1 pounds coffee I 1 pound tea 14 1 91 t tins llis salt 1 tins butter 2 tins condensed sagar i tin cocoa and milk I 1 bos box sardines I 1 box sausages containing four 1 pound fancy biscuit big coit J s tin berr herrng pound floor 1 tin lie liebic Lieb big ij ll 11 pound tapioca oca and U pound bazo bawo no wonder you starved starve ear I 1 involuntarily fallt exclaimed when the renz of th this is bill ill WM was ended there was flour enough tor for about five biscuits and other things in and it bad had to laet last three moths 1 I might mention in order to be exact that we had in addition a email small quantity soaked rice which we could not eat some come moldy biscuit and some tea that was unfit for human use we could also get now and then a fowl or coat goat perhaps one a week furthermore we were not properly supplied with medicines stanley must know that we had no medicine that was of practical use to send away june 8 IMS 1888 there was a great scarcity Ecar city of car carbolic bolle acid qu quinine anine and other things which are necessary in africa and there were no tonic medicines at all stanley Bt anley has boa fallen into error in ia accusing Z all the officers ot of killing a Sou danese cese soldier for stealing a piece e bof of beef he ile was shot for LC dorc bertion i 0 and only after a council of officers in which major barthelot Bart had the casting vote such punishments were not no unusual with Stanl stanley as bis his book shows and the accused did not always have the benefit of a coort court martial either mr troup declares posit positively ve y that personally roo nally he be knew of two cases of one ot of which was one mentioned I 1 above in this instance Int tance be made bis his protest verbally in court martial at the time of the other occurrence he was unable to rise from bis bia bed to enter protest or u uso bis his band to write one lieutenant Lien tenant troup troop and bis his wife leaves for england next wednesday |