Telegram-herald., 1890-03-06

s-~-~t% " c~-- ~ NA| ~ purchase II
outright, and SO avoid further claims
There never r. in the United States
any project so bold as not TO find people
10 regard IL as practical and back il with
large amounts OF money This was
well shown few years ago when the
gun club OF Baltimore tried 10 send .
projectiie 70 the moon. hoping 70 obtain
a direct Communication with our sat
elite. VAST not enterprising Americans
who furnished funds for this undertake
Ing? Large amounts were necessary for
this interesting trial and were promptly
found And, had 10 been realized, would
We not have TO thank the members OF
that club who had dared 70 take tho
risk OF this superhuman experience?
Should a Lesseps propose 70 dig a
channel across Europe TO Asia, from the
banks OF the Atlantic 10 tho waters OF
China; should well-sinler offer TO bore
from the curbstones 70 reach the beds OF
molten silicates TO bring supply TO
your replaces; should an enterprising
electrician want 70 unite the scattered
currents over the surface OF the globe
into one inexhaustible spring OF heat
and light; should bold engineer con-
ceive the idea OF putting the excess Of
summer temperature into large reser-
vOirs for use during the winter in our
then frigid zones; should an anonymous
society be founded 10 do any OF hun
dred different similar things. there
would be found Americans ready to head
the subscription lists and a regular
stream OF dollars would pour into the
company's safes as freely as the rivers
OF America flow 10 the ocean.
IL is natural TO expect that opinions
were very varied when the news spread
that the Arctic region was going to be
sold at auction for the benefit of tho
highest and final bidder. particularly
when no public subscription list was
started in view Of this purchase, as the
capital had all been secured before
hand.
To use the Arctic region? Why, such
an idea could "only be found in the
brain OF a fool" was the general YER
dict
Nothing, however, was more serious
than this project. A prospectus was
y,
TO the European publications. to tho
African, Oceanic, Asiatic, and at the
same time TO the American journals
The American newspaper announcement
read as follows:
To ths Inhabitants Of ths Globe:
The Arctic region situated within the s4th
degree could not heretofore have been sold at
auction for the very excellent reason that 1t
had not been discovered as yet
The extreme points reached By navigators OF
different countries are the following:
Eighty.two degrees, IS mnr~es, reached by
the English explorer. Parry. in July, 1877 on
the 2sth meridian, west to the north OF Spitz-
berg.
Eighty-three degrees % minutes, 2s SEQ
onds, reached by Markham with the En-
glish Expedition Of Sir John Georges Mares
in May. 1867. on the 50th meridian, west, In the
north Of Griunell Land.
Eightyth-ce degrees % minutes latitude
reached by Lockwood Erd Brainard OF the
American expedition under Lieutenant
Greedy In May 1850, on the 4od meridian
west in the north OF Mares Land.
The property extending from the sith
parallel 20 the pole on q surface Of six de-
Erces must be considered N undivided domain
among the different states OF tho globe and
not liable to be transformed into private prop
ertv through public auction sale.
No one is compelled to live in this section
and the United States, relying on this non-own-
ership. has resdlved TO provide FOR the settle
ment and use OF the domain. company has
been founded at Baltimore under the name Of
the North Polar Practical Association, repre-
sentinz ofieislly the American Union This
company intends to purchase the said country
according to the common law. which should
then give them an absolute right OF proprietor
ship 10 ths continent islands. inle;e, waters,
rivers. etc; In fact. OF every thing OF which the
Arctic region is composed. II Is well under
stood by the law Of nations that this title OF
proprietorship can not be touched under any
circumstances. no matter what shall happen
These conditions having been laid before al
the powers. tho Arctic region Is 70 be sold al
public auction i5r the benefit of the highest and
last bidder The date q ths sole is set FOR the
- of December of the current year IN TIE Auc-
tion Hall At Baltimore, Nd. United States Of
America.
Address for information NJ W 8 Forster.
Temporary Agent for the North Polar Prsc-
teal Association. % High street. Baltimore.
The reader may imagine how this
communication was received BY the pub
lie at large Most people considered IL
as an absurd idea. So-5e only saw in
81 sample Of characteristics american
humbug. Others thought that the
proposition deserved TO be fairly consid-
cred. and they pointed 20 the fact that
the newi7-founded company did not in
any way appeal 20 the public for pecu-
MARY help, but was willing to do every
thing with It's own capital T. was with
its own money that IL wanted 70 pur-
chase the Arctic region. The p-omot-
ers did not Try 20 put gold. silver and
bank notes into their pockets and keep
them for their own benefit No. they
only asked permission 20 psy for the
land with their own moneT.
Some people who claimed % know said
that the company could have gone "a
work and taken possession Of the coun-
trY without suT further ceremony. ss
Il vas their right a, first occupants
But shat q tuss where the difficulty
cane IN. becsase until this tine she
Pole seemed % be forbidden ground a
any onA Therefore. in case the nited
STATES Should give possession ~ he
country. the con 0anT wanted = yezl ~
title - it wiehcUt trouble about ths
matter fl the future. II Vas nn inst 20
blame them II srT var. ss II such Al
affair too uanT precautions car rot -
taken Besides. TIE circular bad para
graph which provided for al fGtars
chances Tbs paragraph vas capable
- - many iutsrprs satiors that ths
exact meaning q it could nor be rea-
dersd even bT those wbo studied it
closely Ttwzs ssirni stsd thst the right
q 7roprieto-s-ip stouli ret derend