AN AMERICAN AND A FRENCH EXPLORER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1275, 11 January 1883, Page 2

AN AMERICAN AND A FRENCH EXPLORER.

The Stanley Club gave .a dinner qn Thursday, 19th Ootober, at . the Hoiel Continental, Paris, in honor of Mr Stanley. Mr Ryan, Paris correspondent of the New York Herald,, presided, and the guesti included the Hon L. P. Morton',, ■United Jiates! ;Miniater;i,in capital, Col;; John Bay, Mr Gilder, arjd.a J ■ number of The-jChairitiali/ ; thought fit ' to •exp!ain;;ttiat"thr banqoerrrrrr was noijimen^ed.jag ( vja d^pijstration sprung up in the ,Frenoh ( Press,,qgjlls ip;V 1t yt spective claims of African explorera, but ft wai entirely cosmopolitan in its Mr Stanley 'delivered, a . long speeoh, whioh wjs teceiwd somij' jbf}• coldneas, and tome ol hii terms in-: evening to give the death blow to M. de Brum's claims. that when > f he.fint met M; de ;'B?&z*i)n"lßßo,about iOmiles from station, he. had_nqt ; the,,leßßk;i dea<het #ai entertain que who would shortly, exercise ao much " pewer. A shoeless, poorly:dtessed • faded uniform; frock "coat,.;.with', iKmjfc&t, following of men iarrying about 186jbi of / baggage, tfai or one likely to inspire tlioujght that he war some illustrious- person in disguise. Mr •_ Stanley/said of hii poverty was. that'the French Qo> ". yernment only gave him £4000., , inferred that he .tnuslibaye in?eslea'iia)r ' in French • flags.-* estimate p| ' the mileage of, the Brma'npedition fbl«. lowed,' krid.it'was M. de Brazza's boasted feats withthoae of . iivirigstqne,; Bgrlobj,. and I After denying the boast of the French journals "that M* was ;ain emaQoip^tor^of, 1 slaves,Hhe-speakei 1 laughedgreally at'his A statement that he had obtained from King ; Makolo sovereignty oyerr.nioe ypi-- , territory,and a certain •number; of goatV f. ' and pigs. He deuied |hat;tbe barbarian king understood aword of do Brazza publishes'; He trembled . the unlucky, while people svho may be in '' '' | Makolo's territory Bh'ould the French Go- , vernment; ratify the treaty; with: ;ths/HT;i] interpretation; put upon ii. ;He admired | M. de Brazza's social, qualities. He was a capital Btory-teller, and always amusing,'.: iWlii i but he had done nothing worth mentioning '( as nn explorer;' He contended that Frtnifl : „'>: i : had no shadow: of right to take possession ,- of the.terriioryrwliich M. de Brazza ex--1 plored by the aid of international fundi, and no rood,of which was.;eyer sorioupljy •,/ I' intended, to be 1 ceded'to him.'A't the olose I '' ' of this speech, M.jde Brazza suddenly appeared at the chairman's side,, and ...de* ' dared that he did not'regard'' M. as an' antagonist. He added that he" wSi*"" happy in proposing a toast to the civilizaJ tion of Africa by the simultaneous efforts ' of all nations under all flags. l This speech ; was well received, M. de'Bfazza's.-qjodest ' '.toM/BonfMbng. l ''' favorably with*' ' exaggerated Bpiritandityie of M.Slanlej'i remarks .My de ; 'Brazza did not' appear lo\ . have boon aware jof the attaok made upon \ I hiraby the. hero of the evening, and on \ , being informed- -of. the clroumsUiice, \ I asked to shake hands ..witlr'Mr Stanley } j before, he'ascertained all that had been "i j Baid about'him. The,Cliairman x congratu- i I lated M. dn Brazza tin his tact, and stated ' j that the Stanley Club could take no patt j j j the two explorers. , . f 4' ======= \ /• '