 Stanley was accused, in Kirk's report, of cruelty to his Wangwana carriers and guards whom he idolized and who re-enlisted with him again and again.He wrote to the owner of the "Daily Telegraph", insisting that he (Lawson) force the British Government to send a warship to take the Wangwana home to Zanzibar and to pay all their back wages.If a ship was not sent, they would die on their overland journey home.