THE RELIEF OF EMIN BEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9533, 27 November 1889, Page 5

TH E RELIEF OF EMIN BEY.

:j|pr ' ha;Vv-T----STANLEY'S ACCOUNT. a %•; v.' v '-. ''''' : :ftrrr-:r~'':'tf- ; ' '/■■; ' ' b STARVATION AND SUFFERING. ® ■■ Pre** A Moeiatunu—BUctrie; Ttlegraph.—Copyright. * IiONDON, November 25. 3■. ' , . a A despatch has been received from lc Stanley, dated Kaffero, August sth, e 1889, in which;; his ; march ,to the relief t of Emin Bey is described.- Stanley says i that after rescuing: the" remnant of his rear column,' he started for the rendez- , vous at ; Kavalli, arid met with terrible 1 privations on the journey. His folII lowers were, decimated by smallpox, I and for eight days they were in a state of almost absolute starvation. Twenty's one died before the party reached one * of the forts. j ' After resting at the fort the march to . Kavalli was resumed, and that place 1 gained on the,' 18th January. Here a ] letter from Jephson awaited Stanley, > and it confirmed the news which had * been received at Lake Albert Nyanza— j that Emm's troops, at the instigation of b their officers at Dupioill, had revolted a in the month of, August previous; 3 that Emin Bey had been made a. close ' prisoner, but had ; subsequently been - rescued ; and' that in a conflict which 1 ensued, 1500 Mahdists had been cap- * tured, and the rebels, seized with panic b fled, whilst many of i their: officers were i killed. Jephson stated that Emin Bey 1 was undecided as to whether he should 3 return, and to this Stanley made answer - that he should return at once, and intib 'mated he ; could not wait long. Jeph- ' son reached ! Kavalli .on February 6, . Emin Bey arriving a week later. A private letter from Stanley states . that on the return journey he lay at the ' point of death for 28 days. > Later. L It appears there was no truth in the [ report which reached , Stanley that , Emin Bey was made a prisoner in * August last, when the troops of the ! Equatorial Provinces ; revolted and the ; Mahdists invaded the district. The > rebels captured, but immediately rel leased, Emin Bey, who never fell into [ the hands of the Mahdists.