The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17


Wednesday, morning at o'ciorx. when he
lefs The Aouse. stating 70 his Aostess hat
he was gOfng 70 The Consulate since then
- has not heen seen. A several steamers
~ t1at wednesday mornknx fer Europe.
:. h s1rmised mat 10 h1s taken passage
IN one of them.
The vsce-coosui selegraphed 70 the for
eisD minister n Stockholm. ana was APP
De1n4eA acting consul. The minister at
tuv4gk1G1ee the consular Office ~ New
ycrk He found things in . deplcrahie
cspdition- The books were irsegulafiy
kept. the correspendenee at the ogzce en-.
uresy neglected and the finances defunct-
Caxi Gustav Martus woxen wAs born
IN lsA TX ~ be was admitted % the
bar. and tmrpetiately entered the diptc-
matte service He had acted as secretary
of the IegAtton AZ Rome. Madrid. 81. Pc
.ersbnrg and Washington City. Then he
fi1ted with credit . position IN the consu-
lar department Of the foreign department
Ia Stockholm. and while serving b that
capacity WAS appointed consul 1t New
York with . salary Of 0.ee crowns. He
Was Of . nervous temperament. and
dubbed regularly with captains and sail
ofs who had 10 do hnsiness IT the con-
suiate. His friends ciain1 Eat he Was
mentally unbalanced, and ssser this -
charitable excuse for hts defaicatiena. IL
seems ~ though he knew enough TO skip
out
In answering the criticisms Of the Amer
can Geographical Society. accusing him Of
interfering with the work and pians Of
Peary. Captain 6y4fdrup says that the
idea Of leading second expedition 10 the
polar regions gugEested itself % him while
he was drifting with the Fran. and as
stunned . more definite shape about Christ
. ~ sSfwS
know that Lieut.. Peary was planning
second expedition When 10 learned OF
Peary's Intentions he understood THAI
Peary's sole aim WAS to reach the pole Or
get as near II ~ possible. Peary said
himself th-t ~ proposed to ind the pole
or die In the attempt. Hence hts route
must follow a straight lins to the pole
with the least possible deviation TO the
right or left His. then. is no scientific
expedition. He h to take only one white
man along with him. relying almost ex-
cluSively upon Esqaimaux and dogs. Nor
have Peary's earlier expeditions been pro-
ducfiye Of scientific observations: At least
no results Of such observations have ~
yet been published.
me object Of the expedition - not to
se< . new polar record, and viii b
devoted to scientific exploration OF the
polar regions on the American side ct thA
arctic basin.
1t II, moreover, unknown to Svexdrup
that Lieutenant Peary has pre-empted any
Geld Of exploration In Greenland. He has
Travelled over the inland Ice both In the
southern and the northern parts OF the
country. The highest latitude he has
reached u - degrees. while lockwood
earlier had reached az far as s. degrees
= minutes on the western coast OF Green
land The assertion that Peary has sur
veyed and mapped the greater part OF the
oh - -1o~S t<of< txx
fers to q "fjord.. which Peary has mapped
out as running across Greenland ccnsid-
cradle distance south OF the point that
lockwood reached without having crossed
Peary.s remarkable "fjord-" Peary also
speaks Of . group OF islands or the north
ern coast OF Greenland but neither Peary
nor any one else has eyed seen these
Islands. though they are to be found on
Peary.s map.
The assertion that Sverdrup may inter-
fess with Peary's supply of dogs 10 equal
" groundiess. Peary contracted for dogs
last summer with the natives at Cape
York In the northernmost part Of the coun-
try. while Sverdrup viii get his dogs In
the Danish colonies In the extreme south
ern part. Hence there can be no compe-
tition or conflict concerning doga The
same Is true OF EsQuimaux- The followers
Of Sverdrup are all TO be Europeans. and
Peary may have all the Esquimaux he
can ma exclusively 10 ulms<l1s % tar a.
Syerdyup is concerned.
As to copying methods OF travel Sver-
drup calls attention to the fact that Peary
on his last journey across Greenland used
Norwegian skis" This method OF travel
on the inland ice Of Greenland was first
employed b. hansen and Sverdrup. who
were the first white men to cross the In
land ice. Moreover Peary was taught the
practical use OF skis" by his assistant,
Eivind Assrup. Norwegian. Sverdrup
grants that Peary has considerable expe-
rtence IL arctic travelling. but j, Ia con-
fined 20 travel on the inland Ice Sverdsup
also has creased these icefieids. and hence
is not without experience in this respect.
In concluding Sverdrup says that he ex-
poets TO proceed. and hopes 10 carry out
his undertaking without borrowing Mr..
Pearys methods or apprcpriatsug the
fruits OF his experience. or robb.ng him OF
the honor due him for what he has done
or may do.
The Chr.si.ania liquor samiog last year
gave net surplus Of ssl3io crowns.
Norway exported goods for 1900 900
crowns las. year mare than during the
previous year. The imports OF last year