A Farewell Interview with Stanley.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5383, 23 November 1888, Page 2

A Farewell Interview with Stanley.

Colonel John Colbnrno, late colonel on Hicks Pasha's Staff, Soudaa Field Force writing to The Times from Alexandria' says that ho saw Mr. Stanley an hour before he left Cairo, and that then he spoke to him about some statement published in the Bosphoro Egyptien the previous night, attributing to Mr. Stanley the intention of seizing the Equatorial provinces for the bonefit of Great Britain unaer pretence of relieving Emm Bey. Mr. Stanley replied-" I wish to take the Central African provinces, do IP What bosh! Why they are not worth takinflat least in the present state of affairs The difficulty of transport from either coast is too great, aud the expense «)so to give a return for money. Aβ long as the Nilo is closed the central provihoes will never pay, and it will be years bofore it is. open again. Yea, the Central African, provinces would be valuable enough were river communication free. Of course, if. the Nile were open, there might bo a spbtidid and most remunerative trade in gum; hides,' beeswax, india-rubber; anything too I believe, could be cultivated to perfection in. these provinces, and probably the B *tives would soon lean:, when once they »ofcto appreciate the benefit of trading, to grow cotton, tea, perhaps coffee, rice, and the chmohona plant." Asked if the difficulty of transport to the east coast could not be got over in time by some sort of railway or traction enginen, Mr Stanley said the difficulties would be enormous and the hostility of the tribes would be most harassing vexatious, and embarrassing-. "Tellthem'"" Mr Sbmley continued, "at home that my mission is purely pacific. Does anjOßetmuk I am going to wade through hlood : to get to Emm? If I succeeded, what: would be the consequence? News wouldi bo brought to the King. ' Stanley is cominir with an array of 30,000 raen'~you knownow hsurea increase when estimated > B.ivn!rcs—and what would be the «*•„ J queiice? 'Ho, is he, indeed'; , the *£„! would say; Til teach him to Line af I .should li\-e to fa**, is the value of iS hfo in comparison vv itli that of the lives of Mich noblo man as MaoUv, Lichfiol.l, iC Loudel a«d Frcre Dolmoncer Does any one think I would sacrifice them for the sake of Emm? And now I must be off rou will see a part of my wray on the Platiorm if you come. Let people remember lshn.il have to traverse a tract of country utterly unknown, aud it must not be supposed that I am lost because lam uuablo tucommumoute with the outer world "