THE EMIN BEY RELIEF EXPEDITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8035, 24 August 1887, Page 6

THE EMIN BEY RELIEF EXPEDITION.

A telegram from St. Paul de Loanda, dated July 7, published in the Daily News, gives tbe following account of the progress of the expedition for tbe relief of £min Bey ;— Further news of Mr. Stanley's expedition has reached here from Leopoldville. From this it appears that the expedition met with serious difficulties on its way from Leopoldville to Lakolela, the only portion of their journey respecting which information is to hand. Famine had spread from Leopoldville to that part of the Upper Congo. The expedition supplied iteeli with provisions »s beet it could at Madouma Bolobo, and Mpama. Wood to provide fuel for the steamer's engines had betin collected in abundance at Bolobo by the united efforts of the agents of tbe International Association and the advance party which had been sent on by Mr. Stanley. The principal portion of the expedition arrived at Bolobo on May 9, and remained there two days to take in provisions. At Leopoldville it was stated that Mr, Stanley, who had been greatly suffering from the excessive heat, experienced some difficulty in preserving order among the members of the expedition. The difficulties of reviotuallmg excited the mun, and it was found necessary to aut with great severity towards them. Several timua men were landed to bring in game — ae, for in* stance, in the vicinity of the confluence of the Katsai, where the country is particularly rioh iu game. The expedition had to leave Bolobo ou the 11th May, in order to reach the Baugalas station. The steamer Stanley continues to head the flotilla. It is not thought possible for the expedition to reach the confluence of the Arouhuimi with the Congo, by June 1, tbe date mentioned by Mr. Stanley while at iioma. Tippoo Tib marohed with the advance guard. Hie instructions were that immediately on his antral at the confluence of the Arouhuimi he was to proceed to the country occupied by the Arabs near Stanley Falls, to engage there some hundreds of men to collect au ample supply of provisions for the maroh into the interior, and to bring all to Mr. Stanley, who would be waiting for him at the confluence of the Arouhuimi. The camp on the Arouhuimi was not expected to be formed before the 6th June.