The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-30
THE POLE NOW
 BIS PRIZE
 F- Peary Says lmerica Must y'in It.
 s- THE FIX. -0RER HAS A PLAN
THE FIX. DORER HAS A PLAN
Picks Out a Starting Point for
 the Dash.
Declares That Pole Can and Will Be Reached, and Thinks United
 States Should Strive for - the Honor.

Washington, Nov. 29.-Lieutenant Robert E. Peary. the arctic explorer. de- livered an address tonight before the National Geographic Society on the sub ject of Arctic Explorations"
 After discussing the Arctic explorations of the past MT. Peary. speaking of the future. said:
 Tn spite of the amount of work which has been done in the north polar regions during the past few years. the work is not complete. The archipelago of Franz Josefand. has. it is true. been delmited. and its northern terminus removed from the field of uncertainty.
 "The lands north of the North Ameri- can archipelago and west of, Ellesmere- land. have also been delimited as to their northern coasts. The northern terminus of the Greenland archipelago has been rounded and America holds the record for the most northerly land in the world. the northern point of the largest Of the north polar land gronups. But there are stlii several gaps to be filled before North polar work can De conSlueTeo as AhistiS~'
 The Starting Point.
 And the head of the Smith gateway to the Pole is the ceatral point rom which to close this work. It is the point from which can be reached and determn- cd that stretch of still unknown coast on the eastern shore of Greenland, reaching from Cape Bismarck to Cape Parish: .t-- iol. oun "a reached and determined the interior ramifcation of the great fjord systems of northern Green land; the point from which can be reach- ed and determined the gap In the coast line on the west coast of Grinnell and be- tween Aldrichs farthest and SvordupS farthest. the point from which the practl- cally unknown and along the eastern sioe Kennedy and Robeson channel can be reached; and the point from which the pole itself can and will be reached.
 Tt may seem to indicate over-conh- dence to state boldly that the pole can be reached and yet it Is it fact, even though the struggle for 1t has been going on unsuccessfully for years and years Each time we have come little nearer each time we bave learned little more, and I say to you here tonight that it is not an impossibility; that it can be done that 1t is not more difficult than many pi the great projects which we see being rushed to completion every day and which requires money, persistence, hard work and some ability to bring to full fruition
 The Man Who Will Win.
 "The man who has the proper party the proper equipment and the proper ex- perience, ard can start fresh from the northern coast of -Grinnelland with the earliest returning light in February will hold within his grasp the last great geo. graphical prize that the earth has 70 or fer a prize that ranks with the prize which Columbus won, and will win for himself and his countrymen a fame tha' will last as long as human life exists upon the globe Granted. this shall we let others win the prize from us?
 within. the past five years the United States leaped to the front among the na- tions, Our industrial development and wealth startle the world today. Our in- fluence in diplomacy was never so great Our men of science hold the attention ot Europe Our battleships show the high est percentage of effectiveness. OuI yachts win race after race from the high est foreign talent. If there are any oth' CT prizes to be secured. or auy other races to be won, shall we be untrue to our An eIo-Saxon heritage and birthright of love of contest and adventure and let some one else capture the trophies. or shal we win them ourselves? The north pole is the biggest prize the world has yet to offer: the race for it the greatest race on earth. The winning of the tnterna- ticnal yacht race Is for today only; the winning of the pole Is for all time.
 ..It should and must be won by Ameri- can dollars. American energy and Ameri' can ability"