Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1924, Page 26

26 Explorer With Thrilling Career Maj. Claude Wallace Back in London After Years of Peril in Jungles. Penetrates Regions in Af- rica That No W hite Quietly Returns to Civilization . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1924 slaves,” Maj. Wallace sald when in- terviewed. “Unlimited supplies of raw mate- rials were believed to be awaiting ex- ploitation there. No definite knowl- edge was available; no map existed. No white man, we were told, had ever seen the district. “Germany had Interests in Liberia, The president of the republic refused me permission to enter the Interior except on payment of £10.000. 1 com- municated with the British foreign was brought to bear. iberian_republic was out for a of £2,000,000 from its four protecting countries, England, Ger- many, America and I The re- publi nce, d it would not lift a finger endangered. ouid 1 be I was to give the republic a map of the coun- | f _ | statements were frankly gave me food, cocoanuts and palm wine, viciously Intoxicating. King Summons Chieftains. “The king told me all his chief- tains and warriors from every village would hold a palava to hear the white man's story. The next morn- ing brought thirty chieftains in war paint and at least 1,000 warriors armed with spears, ' 'knobkerries’ (short clubs to crack skulls) and long, narrow shields. 1 told King Docenu my sole reason for entering his country was to prove the exist- ence of the great palm areas of which 1 had heard and to take back knowl- edge of his beautiful country. My isbelie “Next day, the palava continued. The witch doctors poked their weird es at me and the chleftains one authorities had advised him not to B0 there, as the natives were wild and dangerous; and these more than lived up to reputation. “I had to make what you Ameri- cans call & quick get-away, he sald,” "swimming the aptly named Croco- dile River.” Later he was pursued for miles by two members of the Slerra Leone Leopard Soclety, who dress in leopard skins and scratch their victims to death, but he finally reached a coast- ing steamer. Africa is not all jungle. Maj. 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BY HAYDEN CHURCH, ; | Correspondent of the North American it, i Newspaper Alliance. Sy § - antilever Shoe &éa CANTILEVER SHOE SHOP 1319 F St. N.W. (Second Floor Over Young Men's Shop) : of cloth- ; T lost the rest in “You can't see the president,” said the black man, turning away. “1 tell you I'm jolly well going to,” exclaimed the exas ted explorer. “Who are you, anyway ?" m the president, and you can't see him." Lin the explorer who promised to glve vour government a map when he came back aj. Wallace replied. LONDON | much to-do as mreats 3 3 | traveler. an African « , . F 5 2 5 ¢ open me. spoke L with an ugly & | shouts ative ound on her foot came up to I dressed the wound. my ris < flat close Maj Wallace, | B is entitled to a notable | the men who have shed darkest places in the n unpret when I met this terpreter—a MAY CLAUDE WALLA # er treatment. wound and she again utra range, alli, and, beyond ger er.” Lost in Pevil's Forest. ' as lost in the | Awnings, | er finding a pile of what appeared to N ng alone, exc. e || Slip Covers | ‘l was taken to | to mighty men. | pe village. He followed " with the Tu mpuss for fAifty miles be- given him a day explore the i and Window ndunt of Sir Wi scred pe Shades | s my carri i i Made to Measure. sent German men-of-war to Liberian | § “A fortnight later 1 entered the of the Webo tribe of the King Docenu. laughed at d then add- titles seri- the only soldier to Jutland from the |{ h dreadnaught— battle | | able t ot th = ‘ Carpet Cleaning. Cold Storage Inquire About Our Deferred Payment Plan W. . 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