, 1881-12-22
/ LONDON COMMENT.


LONDON COMMENT.
THE "sTANDARD."
Sptetal Cable.
LONDON, Dec. 2i.-Thc following arc ex.
tracts from editorials In tho Lonuon papers
this morning OIL tho nows received from Ut
Petersburg about tha Arctic exploring
steamer Jeannette. The Standard says:
" Thu story is a sad one, md adds one
OF Arctic exploration. It was OIL the 14th Of
September TINT few natives OIL the Siberian
coast, near tho mouth OF the Lena, dlscoy-
cred large boat carrying eleven white men.
who wero In a pttiahfe condition and In dis
tress. When tic talo OF their terrible hard-
ships canlo to this Russian authorities Of
tho district they promptly sent succor to the
sufferers and conveyed them to Iakoutsk.
Thoy formed but a remnant Of tho gallant
crew OF 31r. .Ja,ncs Gordon Dcnnett's vesset,
and, for aught that can be nscertafned, they
the unfortunate expedition In which :
they took part, The missing vessel has been
sought for far and near, and when the fuller
details Of tho escape Of the survivors OF the
crew come to hanl the story OF their retreat
will probably rival In tho record OF
pr1vatiou aud suffering the soathwnrd
1narcl, ct Parry frouo the furthest
northlng. or the escape Of Weyprecl,t and,
Payer from Frauz Josef Land., Though the
Jeannetlo Inns suffered destruction In thet
| hazardous enterprise. the Americans have,
by this expedition atitle,t more glory to thati
whicl, they l,ayo already won in tho
| frozen regions, Dc uoyep. Kane, Hayes.
Hail, Scilwatkp. are names. OF whichs
any country might well be proud, and, though,
| Mr.. Dennets'a belief that the Jeannette had,
sailed straight to the Pole, or Lisutenunt:
uoyenart's land. luorth Of Siberia, is now
known to be unfounded, Lieut.. La Long. by
| tho skill and endurance,w which lle Displayed,
| will have merited an honorable place beside
his predecessors in tho same field Of ambt-
tion. Those who refused to believe In th9
las of tllo Jeannetto had no doubt good
reasons for contondiag that her absence,
though long, was by no means un-
| urecedeuted in tho annals Of
! Arctic exploration. The fate Of thH
Jeunnette Is to be much Aeplored, md yet 10
IS more tl,an possible TINT Lieut.. Dc Long
may be the herald Of a new race OF those who
feareth the spirit which dwelletil In tho land
of Ice md snow,''
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