THE POLAR QUARREL.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13558, 20 October 1909, Page 6

THE POLAR QUARREL.

Dt Frederick Cook, who claims to j i have reached the North Pole a year : before Cornriiandef Peary, h_J at last ■ ' screed iff take steps to 1 establish his :' claim. Considering how deeply his j honour is involved in his ability to ' make good his flssetticna, ft i* strange ; ' tli&t ho did not do this as soon as he reached America about a month ago. The fee of £400 a night that he has ' been receiving for his lecturing tour ia no doubt a matter of considerable importance to him, as he is not st wealthy " man, but if he* did* reach the _ Pole he would surely" have lost nothing by submitting his claim to a body of scientific experts, and securing endorsement of Kiss—tenrent. We heard a gcod deal, after his arrival' at Copenbergeif, as to his- mte*ntio_f in thli respect, and tho London" ttajpfers puln li—led much more. Atr first he appears to have demanded that his bare woi_ should be accepted. "Where are your " proofs?''' he was __e& By fin English newspaper correspondent. '"I bring," he answered* "the oa'nile' prcofs ad "c*ery other-explorer, t bring my <; 6tofy. Do' you dafubt that? When " Sha'ckletc- Stid Peary caMe" home you "believed what they told you. Why, "their, should ,you disbelieve meP.i- . Subsequerrtly, iowever, ho modified this ■ attitude, recognising, no doubt, thai a__'ticn and proof wdr* not regarded '. by the world as quite tho same thing. _« smrioiinceti thai he had soleihnJy pledge- himself to' sfionfff _lf Ms fecord? ' and scientific instruments to tho Geographical Societies ot Deiirdark and America, or to 1 stfch ail asse_tly of scienii_c tiieh as tnigrVf »# *ttjS*(W&& b# the-'. "Although Wy word ffiay bd ■ " doubted", iuftii will toi bet tn6 ease ' with the protionfice— of the geo-» v gYapliical societies' wßfcn" I nave" arbiters." He alsd me- 1 tioned hid intention of despatching a . chip to Greenland to find and bring bae_ thestwo J—quiraaux who had a:** :C#rpani&l trim on his Polar journey, ih&tf tltHff ibigtttf M examined by £'6_s£tei—' dtrffVorities M support of hte 4i&im. M iitf W'"iV«:khow he> _„ ddffd Hkfkir 61 [these things. JB* : • .'l'- ri_6ule ' which. yr»i ciist ,on, idea of Brjiging •fdhvtffd. i}iil li^tnhiaux as witnesses rtfatf #«?lJ $o* .-'kidtfoed.hini'"_S- drop that- piti of &iWjplan/_^u_a*u_leing ttfoiiUiif.ms ! 6i if !&-t^_i_ faces of irien, willing iff 6&f a-n-ytMng that they thinkwill -pleas©..Btjtth—_ was no reason why hft shoTiid fiot.haviS submitted hf„phwof* to; &eV.tftb_„l h* hiUMtt -3eet-r, noi '■■ h&y» wJcepted el # Ne# ,Yor_ ptapjfir to; "iSy r them before the Roy*! !'• Society in London, tb# "most learned and impartial buddy of [ "ilis kirtdf hi tJ» tttrrMf/' #Ifc** yeidie* W«ul_ M iocipUd -M fli-41 wififeont thi . deiriur. Tnere is more than ft ■Hl„«f ;i6s&&f' ittetrl Dr. Cook's recordin : _S eaid they had bee* fieni td America before "h£ left j_-3; kter 6_,< it : . Steti&t fee jSal* they Itatl Been left at _4ife, a#wintif f—' ..pfliff;-_"' ufo m i*«fi(f*,- ;«_i i»hm 4*oary said he had refused to let* thing of Go-ofe'jj.bd.pidcsct oii Ida vessel Oook remarked that it di<l fiofc niatt-er irt the lenistj as h« hiA _tpli—tte> of ail «i m*foi ■ 6SH6_#/ tMtmtpi % 'te ii&i fiif pm :- ; ihtt imiii&ry- materiatl thsths h_i Atma no—ting so* far to suiP (dAUUdU h_,.;«b|aij_.. fit. Gotik's dttiV tiidor fiiritfe Jiis titntn liii. Wen income pal ably more dig_sS«d th_t Commantleir his intbiitidn to maintain "that resefW | that. become* _. contioman," rath—' ! tooJfif. ilit;ijtV;tt„ 66fldticfc 6f th# t#o _rfloiP-*;W intd t#o camps; who -Are engaged in calliriil each other " H*r" without. ©et—Og any lWafef to tins' truth, afid" Df.' Cook's sih4„ar in. vi#w ol all that he half &t tti&Ut) hte rithir dtieperietl the st_l>-J*6h' witll ffhfeß the first his aastt-tifiEs ha¥e l>«e!_ MgardM i_ _>n_ 4«lariors.