DR COOK'S NARRATIVE ACCEPTED.

West Coast Times, 6 September 1909, Page 3

DR COOK'S NARRATIVE ACCEPTED.

PREPARATIONS FOR A WELCOME

LONDON, Sept. 4,

Members of the British Association at Winnipeg generally accept the bona fides of Dr Cook's narrative and agree that the only evidence Dr Cook can have will be his astronomical notes, and with these, his good faith cannot reasonably be challenged. Dr Hugh Robert Mill, director of the British Rainfall Association, commenting on Dr Cook's 83 degrees below zero centrigrade says this is the lower by 20 degrees Fahrenheit than anything experienced on the earth's surface before.

Enthusiasm respecting Dr Cook runs high in America. Mr Wickersham, Attorney-General, declares the Constitution will follow the flag.

The Telegraph deprecates any hasty condemnation of Dr Cook's narrative. The Jewish World states Dr Cook is a member of a well-known Jewish family of Frankfort, his real name being Koch. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 4.— Great preparations are making to welcome Dr Cook at Copenhagen., including a reception by the King and banquets by the Minister of Commerce and Town Council.

OTTAWA, Sept. s.— Mr W. F. King, Dominion Astronomer at Ottawa, thinks that if Dr Cook encountered smooth ice, it would be quite possible for him to reach the pole.