STANLEY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6712, 27 November 1889, Page 3

STANLEY.

! A REOOED OF PRIVATION | AND PERIL. [Special to Press Association.] LONDON, Nov. 25. A despatch baa been received from Stanley, dated Kafiiurro, August 5, 1889, ia which his journey to the relief of Emm Bey is described. Stanley says that after rescuing the remnant of his rear column, he started for the rendezvous at Kiwalli, and met with terrible privations on the journey, his following being decimated by small-pox, and for eight days the party was in a state of almost absolute starvation. Twenty-one died before the party reached one of their forts. After resting at the fort the march to Kavalli was resumed, and that place was reached on Jan. 18. Here a letter from Jephson awaited him, which confirmed the news he had received at Lake Albert Nyanza, that Emm's troops, at the instigation of their officers at Dufaila, had revolted in the inonth.| of August, and previous to that Emm j Bey had been made a close prisoner, j but had subsequently been rescued. In the conflict fifteen hundred Mahdists had been captured, and the rebels, seized with panic, fled. Many of their officers were killed. Jephscn stated that Emm Bey was undecided as to whether he should return, and to this Stanley returned an answer that he Bhould return at once; and intimated that he could not wait long. Jephsen reached Kavalli ou Feb. 6; Emm Bey arriving a week later. A private letter from Stanley states that on the return journey he lay at the point of death for twenty-eight days. It appears that there was no truth in the report which reached Stanley that Emm Bey was made prisoner in August ; but when the troopa of the Equatorial Provinces revolted, and the Mahdists invaded the district, the rebels captured, but immediately released, Emm Bey who never fell into the hands of the Mahdists.