Telegram-herald., 1890-03-07


ponents - The American spcie-y- Ioe
Nor.h Fols 6slonged 70 then ls Always
belonged q them. u Was % them as Il
the Lord hsc given the mission = tbs
knglish people 20 keep uP tie rotation
Of ne earth around It's axis ana sS II
it as their duty % prevent u passing
into strange hands u : necessary 10
observe here th4t France ala not con-
slider It necessary 20 send delegate,
bat an engineer Of France vas present
81 the sale just for the fun Of Il We
shall introduce him later on The dele
g2tes ot The Northern European States
Bsi arrived ia Baltimore on different
steamers. % give it the appearance that
they had nothing ~ all 20 do with each
other. Tney were really rivals Zach
one Of them had in his pocket The neces-
s4ry means 10 light against the Ameri-
can society. Rut they could not tight
With equal force. ono could dispose
OF sum of money which amounted
20 nearly q million, another could
pass that amount. And really 20
purchase a piece OF our globe
70 reach which seemed an impossibilitv,
this ought still appear 20 be dear. In
reality the best provided for was the En-
glish delegate, 20 whose order the Gov
ernment had opened a very large credit
Thanks 20 this credit Major Doneilan
would not have very hard work 70 con-
quer his sdyersaries OF Sweden, Den
mark Holland and Russia. In regard 70
America well. that Was q different
thing. l. would he much moro difficult
to win against the fusillade Of dollars.
Al least 10 was probable that the mrs
terious society mus, have enough money
on hand TO go on IL their work. There
fore, the highest bidding. which nigh
como 10 millions, was between America
and England.
As soon as the European delegates
had landed public opinion became more
excited. The most singular stories were
printed in the newspapers False the
ories were established, based on the
purchase OF the North Pole. What was
the society going 70 do with IL? And
what could they do with it? Nothing;
or perhaps il was all done 10 corner the
iceberg market. There was even jour
nal in Paris, the Figaro, which upheld
this curious idea. But for this it would
be necessary 70 pass south OF the saith
parallel.
Re it as 1t may, however, the dele
gates, who had avoided each other dur
ing their passage over the Atlantic, be-
came moro and more associated after
having arrived in Baltimore. Here Is
-. y
had tried 70 open communications with
the North Polar Practical Association
separately, unknown to the other. That
which they wished TO know were the
motives hidden at the bottom of this af-
fair and what profit the society hoped TO
make out Of the sale. Now. until the
present time nothing indicated that the
society had opened an Office ar Balti-
more. No Office. no employees. All that
could be learned was: For information,
address only William 5. Forster, High
street, Baltimore" And il did not look
as though the honest consignee OF cod
fish knew any more in this respect than
the lowest street porter OF the city.
The delegates could. therefore. learn
nothing from him. They were accord
ingly compelled to rely upon the more
or less absurd guesses OF the public at
large. Was tho secret OF the society GO
ing TO be kept impenetrable as long as
it did not make il known itself? This
was the question. Without doubt il did
notseem inclined 10 give any information
on the subject until the purchase had
been made. Therefore, il came that the
delegates finished b. seeing and meet-
ing each other: they made visits TO each
other. and finally came in close commu-
nication with each other. perhaps with
the idea of making front against the
common enemy, or, otherwise, the
American company. And so it hap
pened that one evening they were all
together in the Hotel Wellesley, in the
suite occupied by Major Donellan and his
secretary, Dean Toodrink. holding a
conference. In fact, this tendency to a
common understanding was principally
due TO the advice of Colonel Bors
Karkof. the best diplomat known. At
frst the conversation was directed To
the commercial and industrial conso-
quences which the society pretended TO
gain by tho purchase of the Arctic do
main Prof. Jan Harald asked IL any
one had been able 20 gain any informa-
ton on that point. All finally agreed
that they had tried 20 get information
from Mr. William s. Forster, TO whom all
letters should be addressed.
'T have failed. said Eric Bsldenak.
And | have not succeeded. added
Jacques Jansen.
I'm regard TO myself" answered Dean
Toodrink, when presented myself az
the store in High street in the name OF
Major Donellan found large man in
black clothes. wearing \ high hat, with
a white apron, which was short enough
20 show bis high boots. When ! asked
him for information in the matter he in
formed me that the South Star had ar
rived with full cargo from New'ound-
land and that he was ready % furnish
me With \ fresh stock of Goldfish on ac-
count OF Messrs. Ardronell & Go.
And. answered .he former counsel
or of the Dutch indies, always a little
skepsicsl cit would ne much better 70
buv ioad o. Goldfish shan 70 throw one's
money into the ice-water 81 the North
This is not a. al the question" say,
MAJOR Donella1, with short and high
voice. The question is not the Goldfish.
but 'he Polar region
Americans ought % stand on their
beads said Dean Toodrins. laughing
a. his ovu remark That viii make
chem catch cold finally said Colonel
ka-knf liz 1nsstinn IL not there -