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VOL. 76. No. 2634. London, N ovember i , 1890.
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C hronicle of th e Week ; Page j
Mr. Stanley and Major Barttelot —Mr. Gladstone at Dalkeith—At Edinburgh—Mr. Gladstone and Malta—The Greek Elections — Count Moltke’s Birthday — The Journey of Mr. Dillon and Mr. O’Brien— “ Cleopatra” in Paris— Mr. Stanley at Cambridge—The Hampstead Murder—The Cure of Consumption—Lord Coleridge ort Public Speaking—Cardinal Lavitgerie in Rome—Mr. Gladstone on the M’Kinley Bill—The Regency in Holland—Capture of Witu . . .68x L e a d e r s :
The Knell of the “ Plan ” . . . . 685 The Pope and the Peninsula . . 685 Hungary in Fetters . . . . 686 The Rhythm of Crime .. . . 687 The Arts and Crafts . . . . 688
CONTENTS.
L ead ers (Continued):
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A Foreign Journalist on Catholic
Edinburgh .. . . . . 6B9
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N o t e s .......................................... . . 690
R eview s :
Catholic Manuals of Philosophy.. 692 Church and State under the Tudors 693 Mungo Park and the Niger . . 694 A Penny a Ton . . . . .. 695 Plain Sermons . . . . .. 695 Poems of the P a s t ............................. 695 The Little Manual of the Third ,
Order of St. Francis .. .. 695 The Life o f our Lord taken from '
the Gospels ............................. 695 Venerable P. Ludovici da Ponte,
S - J ....................................................... 695 C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ......................................... 697
Correspondence (Continued):
Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) ......................................... 698 The Last Hours of Cardinal Hergen-
rother.. . . . . . . .. 700 L e t t e r s to th e E ditor :
The Best Likeness of Cardinal
N ewm an ......................................... 700 A New Astronomical Society . . 700 An Organ for Ober-Ammergau .. 700 German Catholics and the Catho
lic Union . .
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The Cardinal Archbishop and the
English Jews .. . . . .7 0 1 The State of Ireland.. . . . . 702 Aspects of Anglicanism . . . . 703 The Pope’s Civil Princedom . . 704 F rom E v e r yw h e r e ............................... 705 A ppeals to th e C h a r it a b l e . . 705
Social and P o l it ic a l . . ..705
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SU PPLEM ENT. D ecisions of Roman Congrega
TIONS..................................................... N ews from th e S chools :
Religious Examination in Glasgow 713 About E d u c a t io n ......................... 713 N ews from th e D ioceses :
Birmingham.. . . . . . . 714 Clifton .................................... . 714 L i v e r p o o l ..................................... 7x4 Newport and Menevia .. ..714 Nottingham..................................... 715 Shrewsbury .. . . .. . . 7x5 Glasgow ......................................... 715 Thè New Bishop of Aberdeen . . 715
St. Joseph’s
Foreign Missionary
Society .. .. Father William Traies
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
AND MAJOR BARTTELOT. T
MR. STANLEY
HE very unpleasant controversy which is fast growing to size over the grave of the unfortunate Major Barttelot is a matter of
•serious moment, and one that mere statement, uncounter■ signed by proof, will not easily set at rest. The N ew York H e ra ld for Sunday printed a long intèrview with Mr. H. M. Stanley, on the subject of Mr. Walter Barttelot’s recent publication of the D ia ries and Letters of his brother. Mr. Stanley here stated that in respect of what he had written concerning Major Barttelot, he had not one word to retract ; nay, that this was less than the truth, and that from "“ regard for the family” he had withheld much that he might have said. “ I know why Barttelot,” he said, “ lay idle at Yambuya for n months instead of carrying out my instructions and advancing, however slowly.” “ I know the real facts, and I know them to be black.” Again : “ I know a ll the terrible details of what happened between the day when we marched forward, leaving the rear-guard in splendid condition, and that other day, when, marching backward, we came upon thè Banalya Camp, hideous with death and disease.” “ Ward and Troupe know the truth ? ” asked the reporter. “ Undoubtedly,” was the reply. Mr. Stanley proceeded to reiterate the charge which he had brought by implication against Major Barttelot in In Darkest A fr ic a, that Barttelot’s death was owing to a mere brutality which was ample provocation to his murderer, that Barttelot had formed his own plan, independently of the •aim of the expedition, a plan to be gathered in its intent out of the incidents that happened at the Camp. On Tuesday, Lieutenant R. Troupe, referred to above, one of Stanley’s rear-guard officers, was interviewed at New York. He was reluctant, he said, to make any charges against Barttelot, particularly in the absence of specific charges on the part of Stanley himself. Certain things were done, he admitted, which he would not have done, “ but it must be remembered that Major Barttelot was quick-tempered and nervous, and had no control over himself.” He seems to bave hated the natives, and was questionless the wrong man to place in control of them. But, Lieut. Troupe went on to say, Mr. Stanley knew intimately just what kind of a man Major Barttelot was, and if wrong was done—
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“ mind I do not say that there is any foundation for Mr. Stanley’s insinuations -if there was a blunder, Stanley was entirely responsible for having placed such a man in control of the rear-guard. Barttelot’s ideas were very stringent on the matter of military duty, and he seems to have exacted from the natives an attention to discipline and an exactness of manoeuvre such as might be looked for in the flower of the British Army. Thus there were frequent rebellions that called out disciplinary measures. “ I will say, however,” continued he, “ that I did not see anything done in retaliation that Stanley had not done himself.” ' Stanley had declared that some horrible acts had been wrought; these required specification before answer or argument could be made. For a moment he turned to himself. “ So far as my own position is concerned, I am not ashamed to face any accusation, for I simply, in all instances, followed the instructions of my superior in command—Mr. Stanley —and if any mistakes were made, he is the one to be held responsible.” At this point he turned to a very important part of his statement—the condition of the rear-guard left at Yambuya. In the interview with Stanley, given in substance above, we have emphasised his word of the rearguard, “ in splendid condition.” This may be pitted— without at present any judgment over one side or the other—against the statement that follows of Lieutenant Troupe. It should be remembered, he said, that Stanley left them at Yambuya with the “ scum of the force which had been gathered for the expedition ; ” with, in fact, five officers, 200 Zanzibar porters, 44 Soudanese soldiers and two Somalis. “ All the able-bodied men were with him, and only the sick and disabléd were left behind with us.” He also left written instructions that this weak and disabled force should carry 700 loads over the route which himself had taken, and “ over which it was almost imposible for his unencumbered and healthy force to travel.” Moreover, in two months, owing to the riotous growth of vegetation, ’ the path he had cut was overgrown and made impossible. Major Barttelot had instructions to push ahead if Tippoo Tib furnished 600 porters according to his promise; but if this help did not come he was to take short marches and retrace his' steps for the transference of the baggage. I f the force was not strong enough for that, he had the option to wait “ until Stanley’s return,” which had been placed at five months ahead. Barttelot saw that naught could be done till the promised reinforcements came. So he decided to remain in camp. Then Stanley set off on his long and disastrous expedition. “ I firmly believe,” said Mr. Troupe, “ that he was not actuated by
