Telegram-herald., 1890-03-07
cEAPTzR II

one thing sAs evident 90 the shols
World az once. namely. that II The new
association shouli s.,e>ed an buying
the Arctic regions lose regions would
become absolutely ths sroDerty o,
America o. rather - tie Knitted States,
country which vas always tryinx TO
acquire something This xas not Q
pleasing prospect % rival governments.
bat nevertheless. as has been said, the
different States Of Europe and OF Asia
a0t neigh boring 20 these regions re-
fused % take part Ia the proposed suo-
tion sale 50 long Is its results seemed
50 prohiematical 70 sheu. Oni7 the
goWers whose property touched the
tfth degree resolved 20 make their
rights valuable by The attendance
of ocicial delegates That was all They
did not care 20 buy even az relatively
moderate price land the possession ot
which was only possibility. In this,
ss Ia AL cases. Unsuitable England gave
orders 20 its financial agents 20 make an
imposing showing. The cessien Of the
Polar countries did not threaten any
European trouble nor any international
complication. Her ven bismarck, the
grand Iron Chanrellor. who was yet liv-
ing did not even knit bis heavy brow.
There remained only England, Den.
mark. sweden. Norway. Holland and
Russia 20 be present and make their
bids 20 the Com mmissioner OF Baltimore,
against those OF tbs United States.
IL was difrcult matter 20 fx prices
FOR this Polar earth cap. the business
value OF which was sc least very prob
Ismatic. Their main reason for present
ing themselves at the sale was that
sons advantage might accrue 10 them.
Sweden and Norway. proprietors OF the
North cape. situated beyond tho I'D
. parallel. did not conceal the fact
shat they thought they had certain
rights OF proprietorship on these vast
lands which extended 20 Spitzenberg,
and from there 20 the North Pole. Den
mark said that IL had already in ! IS pos
session islands and fords on the line OF
the Polar circle whore their colonies had
been founded, sucn "a Disko Island. in
the Davis channel; the settlements OF
Holsseln, OF Proven. OF Godhaven, Of
Uppernavik. in the Baffn Sea, and on
the west coast Of Greenland. Besides
did not tho famous navigator, Behring,
lof Danish origin. although he was then
In the service OF Russia in tho year
1928 pass over the channel which after
wards carried his name before he started
again thirteen years later. and died
mtserably with thirty OF his men on a
little island. which also carries his dis
.inguished name?
In the year 1919 did not the navigator.
Jean Nunk, explore the east coast OF
Greenland and discover several points
formerly totally unknown? Therefore.
Denmark had. she thought, undisputa-
be rights TO be proprietor of these re-
gions.
In regard 20 Holland. there were her
sailors Barentz and Heemskerk. who had
visited the Spitzenbcrg and the New
Zealand about tho end % the sixteenth
century. IL was by one Of her children,
too, Jean Mayen, through whose cour-
agsOus campaign against the North the
island which carries bis name came in
their possession II ia situated below
The I'D degree oi latitude. Therefore
Holland thought her past had given her
rights ~ possession. In regard 70 Rus
sia. with Alexis Tschirikof having
Rehring under his command; with Paul
utsli. whose expedition advanced in
1851 beyond the limits OF the ice-psck;
with Captain Martin Spangberg and
Lieutenant William Walton. who dared
% 20 into these unknown parts in 1882,
rho had taken notable part IN tbs
search across the gulf which separates
Asia and America.
Furthermore. The position OF ths
siberian territories. extending over
20 degrees 20 the extreme
limits of KamchatSs, the length
- the Asiatic coast, where the sam
svcdes. Yakoutes. Tchuoktchis and
other conquered people lived, did Russia
nos raie half Of The Northern Ocean?
Aad chen. on the 55.h parallel 20
within icss tban nine hundred miles
from ne pole did she not possess tho
islands % the ucw Siberia the ArChi-
polago % Tiatsov. 4 scovered in the be-
ginning ~ fhe eighteenth century, And
fnallv. since i-f4. before the English.
before the Americans. before the
Svcdes. did not tto navigator Ts-hits-
chagoF search a pa7sage IN the North
20 shorten the route between the two
continentsH However notwifhsfand-
inr this it seemed that the Americans
we're more anxious % become possessors
% this p1-ti~nlariy inaccessible point
of she globe thar any one else.
They hsd often t-ied % obtain it By
devo+inr thnrrse vas 80 re search 81 Sir
John Franklin. with Grinnel. with
Kane. Web Hayes. With Greedy. vith
y Lonz and other courageous nsvizss-
orz They could also plead the geo
z-ashicsl situation - their country,
which develops Itself 5eler tbe Pols-
,i-rls '-ou- ne RebrinE Ses 20 Hudson's
BAY Ani we're rot AT these Countries.
a tbase Stands wolsstcn. p 7ce A.
her.. Tic-0rla. Eiur William, Melville.
Cockhur1a Rants BaGin. not counting
the thousand smali p,eces - she srchi-
~ ago Ike a .eaf spread ng % ths
a0th isgrps- Ard tbeu suprosinE
thas -ha Ncrsh Pcia sho.ld - stfschsd
~ a. uninterru 1esd ire - territory 20
sre cf ~ larEe -ontin-nts . he ohe.
errld it not he mora - Auerics thar
- Asia ~ Eu~ope7 Tne-efers ro.h -g
rss rors astural tstu - proposition
q, Ourrhase shis -pF,cn bT rbs Fe8r-zI
governments - he seress - .. Ar,.--
ian sccistT
r .ny sever a. 1disputshls roders
lights - rossss~ tae Poisr 4--sir e
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