THE RELIEF OF EMIN BEY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2282, 24 February 1887, Page 2

THE RELIEF OF EMIN BEY.

[VIA ALBANY.] London, January 21. Mr H. M. Stanley starts to-day for Zanzibar in order to take command of the expedition to relieve Einin Bey. This will be the biggest non-military expedition which has ever entered Africa, and will comprise a staff of six, the leading members including a major and lieutenant of' the Royal Engineers, sei.it by the War Office, and a few Egyptian soldiers to assist in disciplining the horde, about 15,0C0 blacks, comprising the main body. The route of the expedition has not yet been decided, but the expedition will in any case muster at Zanzibar, whence it may go round the Cape to Congo, or across the continent to Stanley Falls. The King of the Belgians lias offered the use of the Congo steamers, and the head of the Albert Nyanza might be reached before King Uganda, the most hostile chief on the line of route, ever heard of the expedition. • If the Congo route is taken the expedition may bo expected to ascend the river as far as the Aniwiiui, or Stanley Falls at Wellington, where it ought to arrive by the beginning of May, as it must reach Einin Bey at Wadelai by July. Mr Stanley intends to establish a camp at the base of operations at some distance from the Congo route to the Albert Nyanza, and will also probably negotiate for the assistance of Tippoo Tip, the celebrated Arab slave dealer. Mr Stanley has not only the usual difficulties rif African travel to reckon with, but also tlie official anxiety of the French Governinent regarding the missionaries in Uganda, and the sensitiveness of Germany re her recent territorial acquisitions in Eastern Africa. The expedition will be furnished with the Maxim and Nordenfelt machino guns. The Pall Mall Gazette announces chat Mr Stanley has decided to take the Congo route, and that the transport steamers will be ready at Zanzibar in four weeks' time.