Evening journal., 1896-06-09
CONTEMPORARY OPINION.
The North Pole.

From the Boston Advertiser.
IL DR.. Nansen returns aud tells the
world that he has succeeded In reaching
the pole, his statement will be at once
and unhesitatingly accepted; or II any
written statement clearly in his own
handwriting precedss his coming, that
will put all doubts at rest. he is a man
Of honor. far above all tricks of self
glori6cstion. Hs Is brave. skllfuL
patient, untlring; adventurous of course
or he would not be the indominitable Arc
tic explorer that he is well known TO be.
that he sho we'd himself TO be long before
he set out on board the Fran on that
memorable and romantic yet carefully
planned and thoroughly equipped voy
age whose results the civilized world
has awaited with keenest interest from
that time to this Whatever any one
may think about the latest
Sensational story, no one can deny that
great things are. with the best of reasons
to be hoped for from his enterprise.
Probably bis was the best equipped, most
wisely planned Polar expedition ever
undertaken throughout the long. trsglo
and marvellous history Of the search for
the secrets hidden In that mysterious
region whers there is no longitude. the
attitude is 90 degrees north, and the
pole star is at the zenith. They who
carp and sneer at the struggle TO reach
i the North Pole who affect TO consider
''the game not worth thei candle, who
see In ehs centuries cd endeavOr nothing
but a succession Of quixotlc madcap
attempts in which untold sufferlngs have
| been endured and precious lives thrown
away In quest OF q mCrs geographical
point, in Efforts to reallzs a fantastic and
| foolish dream, are themselves the victims
Of folly. They know not Of what they
speak Their error Is greater than that
which they impute to others, and in
fnitelY less noble.
The New Trend of British Opinion.
| From the London Spectator.
We are not to day 1t will be under
stood, arguing whether this or that
policy is wias, but only attempting to
Indicate the general drift Of public
opinion. That opinion. though rot quite
ab5olute on foreign affairs 10, neverths
less, exceedingly powerful. The ways Of
the Eugliah are hard to explain to
foreigners; but we take It that while
they leave TO successive governments a
large amount OF discretion 10 external
affairs, they expect them to keep movin e
Ia the general direction TO which
opinion points This Government for
example, may negotiate with France
pretty much as it likes. but 1t must not
surrender Egypt to buy an alliance
while II It had given up its right to
control South Africa on the German de-
mand. IL wonld, In spite Of It's msj ,rlty,
have been removed from power The
British elector In fact, treats diploma
lists as he treats any other experts-en
gineers doctors or solicitors. They Ia
almost precisely what they please within
the rules Of their mystery, but they are
nevertheless, TO secure, SO far as they
can. certain results. falling which public
confidence Is almost certain to desert
Z them. Public oplnion hss. for instance
said nothing as 10 Lord Salisbury I
methods of dealing with Armenia, Il
does not profess to know that Lore
Salisbury IN rejecting the violent methot
: committed a mistake, but IL has resent
ful impression that it wanted the Al
penisns protected, and that what i
wanted IL has not obtained That Is
course Of weakness for Lord Salisbury
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