FOUNDING OF THE FREE CONGO STATE. THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CONGO SEEKS RECOGNITION FROM FOREIGN POWERS -- TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL -- EARL GRANVILLE -- CLAIMS OF PORTUGAL -- CONCESSION OF ENGLAND -- KING LEOPOLD OBTAINS THE ASSISTANCE OF THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR AND THE SYMPATHIES OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC -- PRINCE BISMARCK PROTESTS -- LETTER TO BARON DE COURCEL, FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT BERLIN -- THE BARON’S REPLY -- FRANCE AND GERMANY IN ACCORD -- CALL FOR A CONFERENCE OF THE POWERS AT BERLIN -- THE CONFERENCE ASSEMBLES -- PRINCE BISMARCK OPENS THE CONFERENCE WITH AN ADDRESS STATING ITS OBJECT -- MR. STANLEY A DELEGATE -- ASKED TO GIVE HIS VIEWS -- MR. STANLEY’S SUGGESTIONS -- DELIBERATIONS OF THE CONFERENCE -- RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE -- PROTOCOL SIGNED BY ALL THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES -- THE UNITED STATES THE FIRST TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE FLAG OF THE FREE CONGO STATE -- HONORS TO MR. STANLEY IN GERMANY 431 CHAPTER XXV. EMIN PASHA, GOVERNOR OF THE SOUDANESE PROVINCES. SKETCH OF HIS EARLY LIFE -- HIS REAL NAME -- A SILESIAN BY BIRTH -- STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRESLAU -- BECOMES A PHYSICIAN -- GOES TO TURKEY, AND THENCE TO ANTIVARI AND SCUTARI -- ATTACHED TO THE COURT OF VALIS ISMAEL PASHA HAGGI -- RETURNS HOME 1873 -- IN 1875 GOES TO EGYPT -- ENTERS THE EGYPTIAN SERVICE AS “DR. EMIN EFFENDI” -- MEETS WITH GENERAL GORDON -- RECEIVES THE POST OF COMMANDER OF LADO, TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EQUATORIAL PROVINCE -- DEATH OF GENERAL GORDON AND RETREAT OF LORD WOLSELEY’S ARMY -- BECOMES DEPENDENT UPON HIS OWN RESOURCES AFTER ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT IS CUT OFF -- ENCOMPASSED BY HOSTILE TRIBES, IS LOST TO THE REST OF THE WORLD -- A RESUME OF WHAT HE EFFECTED IN HIS ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS -- HIS DIARY -- EXTRACTS SENT TO FRIENDS -- INSURRECTION, AND INVASION OF THE PROVINCE BY THE MAHDI’S FORCES -- HIS POSITION VERY CRITICAL -- EXCITES THE SYMPATHY OF THE WHOLE WORLD 446 CHAPTER XXVI. THE EMIN BEY RELIEF EXPEDITION.