Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1890 — EMIN PASHA AND STANLEY. [ARTICLE]

EMIN PASHA AND STANLEY.

Dr. Zucchlnett, of Cairo, has received a letter from Emin Pasha, dated Bagamoyo, March 31. In this letter Emin says: When I left the hospital I found myself between the English and the Germans. My decision to return to the heart of Africa in the interest of the Germans was soon taken when I saw that the English were endeavoring to derive advantage from the prestige of my name. With reference to Stanley and Tippoo Tib, I have information in my possession which, if published, would create a great sensation. Stanley will be the first to stir up the people against me.

During the debate on the East Africa credits in the Reichstag Monday, Baron Von Marshall explained that the mission of Emin Pasha in Africa on the part of the Germans would be confined to establishing friendly relations with those tribes in the interior who are within the German sphere of interest, and to estimating the cost of eventually forming some fortified stations in the interior. In the negotiations with England regarding the boundaries of their respective possessions in Africa, the predominating wish of Germany was-to go hand in hand with England and to cultivate the common’interests of both countries. The object was not to acquire as much territory as possible, but to keep together what was naturally connected by a course of water ways as a means of communication. On this point Germany was prepared to come to an understanding with England. Mr. Henry M. Stanley, in an interview on the 12th, regarding the German movements in Africa, said that he was wearied by England’s apathy and pliancy in regard to the operations being carried on by the Germans. If England continued to remain inactive the Germans would secure paramount influence in Africa.