DARKEST AFRICA.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 97, 27 April 1891, Page 3

DARKEST AFRICA.

DISGRACEFUL CRUELTIES. Truth contains the following exposure of the barbarity shown toward 3 the natives daring the progress of the expedition : — I have now, I think, read through every book that has been published respecting the Emm Relief Expedition, and I have come to the conclusion that the expedition was useless; that slaves were hired as carriers; that they were subjected to the vilest treatment; that many died; that numerous villages were looted ; that the inhabitants of Africa were slaughtered because they resisted being robbed ; and that the members of the JEmin Relief Committee are bound to prosecute its agents for having violated British law and disgraced the British name, or to accept the responsibility of all the brutality that occurred. Stanley is a man of energy and determination. He received orders to reach Emm coute quo ceiite, and he carried out these orders without, perhaps, more barbarity than was involved m hiring slaves and forcing his way with them through Africa. What occurred at Yambuya, the camp of the rear column, as related by the officers m command there, was horrible. A good deal has been said about Mr Jamieson's having been the cause of a girl having been killed and eaten, and that he and those with him crimped women, to re-sell them to their husbands. But I would call attention to the following extracts from his diary,- which relate how Bartholomew and Msa — Zanzibaria apparently — were treated: — Sept. 2. I asked Tippoo Tib to put Bartholomew and MBa m chains, as I felt sure they would attempt to escape, so the two gentlemen are now m chains Sept 4. — Bartholomew and Msa broke their irons and escaped during the night. I found out that Bartholomew had stolen altogether fifty-seven matakas, ore piece of cloth, one axe, one knife, one pair of scissors, and a table-napkin. Sept. 25.— Bartholomew aDd Msa were brought m chains by Tippoo Tib's men to-day. Although very fat they were evidently much down on their luck. Barttelot had them removed m chains to the guard-house. Sept. 27. — This morning justice was meted ont to Bartholomew and Msa. They were flogged m front of all the men, Bartholomew receiving one hundred and fifty lashes, and Msa one hundred. Oct. 19.— This afternoon Msa, Bartholomew and another thief, who went out m cbain3 under the guard of a sergeant and a private to gather firewood, escaped. Oct. 20. — The little old man and Bartholomew were captured, and men are now after Msa. Oct. 31. — Bartholomew is still m chains. Nov. 4. — Msa turned up m charge of some of Tippoo Tib's Arabs. Nov. s.— The Major left it to Troup, Bonny, Ward and myself to try and pass sentence on Msa and Bartholomew. I proposed working them hard every day m chains, but the other three proposed one hundred and fifty lashes each, and as they are m the majority, that sentence will be administered. Nov. 7. — Msa took his 150 lashes. Bartholomew only seventy~five, as he is still tender from his last flogging (administered Sept. 27) There is no further mention of these unfortunates. They probably died of starvation and flog ging, but here is the tale of Burgari Mahonimed ".—Dec. % — A who'e half and a separate leg of a goat was stolen from Ward's house last night. Dec. 3.— The greater part of the meat was discovered m the thatch of the hut -of Burgari Mahommed. He was at once put under arrest, when he accused Muledi the Major's boy. Dec. 4. — Burgari Mahommed was flogged to-day. The Soudanese are wonderfully plucky m bearing pain, for, although he received 130 strokes, which cut him up very much, he never uttered a sound. Feb. 4. — To-night Burgari Mahommed, the man who stole the meat out of Ward's house, and who has been m chains ever since (two months), doing walking exercise every day, escaped from the guardhouse, taking with him the sergeant's rifle and twelve cartridges. Feb. 9. — Burgari Mahommed was captured and brought into camp to-day. He is to be shot to-morrow. When one think 3 what a miserable, poor wretch he is, and from what a miserable existence he tried to escape, one cannot help pitying him. It is a long time now since he stole the meat out of Ward's house, which was the offence for whioh he was punished originally. Feb. 10. — Burgari was shot to-day. He took the whole thing quite coolly, without the sign of a tremble, or an utterance of any kind. Feb. 12.— Bonny bought a very good specimen of the whitenosed monkey. 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