Telegram-herald., 1890-03-06

rents, the procession OF the equinox,
combined with the movement of the
earth's axis, will be such as to modify
in a long period the average temper
ature of the different parts of the earth
and in the quantities of ice accumulated
around the two poles"
This is rot certain" replied the
Edinburgh Review. land. besides, sup
posing that this would be the case, is
not lapse of twelve thousand years
necessary before Vega becomes our
Polar star in consequence of this move
ment and the situation of the Arctic
territory consequently changed in re-
gard TO its climate?"
We'll" said the Copenhagen Dadblat,
'in twelve thousand years it will be
time TO mako preparations, and before
that time risk nothing-not even a
cent"
1t was possible that the Scientific Re-
view was right with AdheEar. 1t was
also very probable that the North Polar
Practical Association mad never counted
on the modification of climate due to the
procession OF the equinox. In fact, no.
body had clearly discovered what this
last paragraph in the circular meant ror
what kind of change it had in view.
Perhaps TO know it it would suffice to
write to the secretary of the new soci-
ety, or particularly its president. But
the president was unknown. Unknown
as much as the secretary and all other
members of the council. 1t was not even
known where the document came from.
1t was brought to the Offices of the New
York newspapers by certain William
s. Forster, a Goldfish dealer of Baltimore,
q member of the house of Ardrinell &
Co. Every thing was so quiet and mys-
terious in the matter that the best re-
porters could not make out what it was
al about.
This North Polar Association had
been so anonymous thai it was impos-
sible even to give it a definite name.
If, however, the promoters of this
speculation persisted in making their
personnel an absolute mystery, their in
tention was clearly indicated by the
document spread before the public of
two worlds.
Really, after all, the question was the
purchase of that part of the Arctic
regions bounded by the s4th degree, and
OF which the North Pole was the CEN
trail point. Nothing very exact con-
cerning this region was known. The
modern discoverers who had been near
est to this parallel were Parry, Marck-
ham, Lock wood and Brainard. In re-
gard TO the other navigators of the
northern seas they stopped far short Of
tho aforementioned point-such as
Payez, 1874, to 81 degrees Is minutes
north of thelard Of Francis Joseph. OF
New Zemble; lie Out, in 1870. 20 y de-
Crees "a minutes above Siberia; De
Long in tho Jeanette expedition, in
1879, 10 IS degrees 45 minutes around
the islands which bear his name.
Others went around New Siberia and
Greenland TO the end OF tho Cape Bis
marck, but had not passed the 10Th.
nth or 18th degree of latitude. Tho
North Polar Practical Association
wanted, then, a country which had never
been touched before BY mankind or dis
coverers, and which was absolutely un-
inhabited.
The length Of this portion oi the globe
surrounded BIZ the s4th degree, extend
ing from the sfth TO the Goth making
six degrees. which at sixty miles each
mako radius OF $50 miles and diane
ter of 20 miles. The circumference.
therefore, is 2. 30 miles and the surface
40T nj rs. This is about tho tenth part
~ - rhole of Europe. A very desira-
bic OF land indeed. The document
As IKE have seen. also stated that these
regions were not yet known geographic
ally. belonged 70 no ono and therefore
belonged - every one. Bat it could bs
foreseen that the adjoining States At
least would consider these regions as
the prolonEstion Of their own possession
toward the North and would conse-
quen claim The right of ownership
Ihel gretensions would have more
Justice tbsn those OF dtscovererz who
operated upon the whole q The Arctic
countries snd made explorations oni1
f0r The glory % thoir own nation. Trs
Federal Government represented n the
rev society intended 70 make their
rights valuable ard 70 indemnify them
for the price Of their purchase. How
ever it vas The psrtisans 81 the North
Polar Practical Association did not a.
nonzces he prop-ietorship vas Gear
ard NOBODY being comp led 20 lirs
there coul2 object - TIE auction sale q
tsis vsst domain
TIE countries whose rights were 49,
sol1tslr sstsh she'd - ulCh as tkoss
cf any countries ccald be were six ia
nauber-Aaserics EnQisna Rassia
Denmark Ss-eden- -Norrav ard Fl. lan1
C-her countries conld cla5za discover
les rsae by thsir n~rinsrs sd their
travellers
france could interfere because sozs
81 her children bsa tskss eart i1 tie