The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
already have granted in Denmark and
with which 1 feG most delighted
TOAST TO EXPLORER

Minister Hansen, over bottle-~of
champagne, then led in three cheers
and long life for DR.. Cook.
The members of the reception COM
mittee withdrew and were succeeded by
a numerous delegation of tailors, boot
makers and BARRIERS. The explorer
placed himself in their hands and sew
eral tradesmen were at work on him at
the same time
At the end of an hour Doctor Cook
emerged with his hair neatly trimmed,
mis- mustache cropped close and in a
to the American legation and had
luncheon with Minister. Egan
Doctor Cook vii lstay in Copenhagen
for few days as the guest of the gov
ernment, waiting the arrival of his
wife. He will then go to Belgium.
Minister Hansen talked freely with
the representative of the Associated
Press regarding the authenticity of
Doctor Cooks exploit. He said:
Our two foremost Danish arctic ex-
plorers, Amundsen and Rasmussen.
know Cook personally, and they have
assured us that they believe explicitly
every word he says about his achieve
ment. Their word is as good gold
with us such questions.
HAS IMPLICIT BELIEF
Commodore Hovgaard, the com
mander of the royal yachts, and one of
the foremost of Denmark's arctic ex-
plorers. had an opportunity today of
examining Doctor Cooks journals.
Later he said to the Associated Press
Il noticed certain inaccuracies in the
newspaper reports of the expedition.
but a long conversation with Doctor
Cook has convinced me that his state
ments are absolutely reliable. His re-
plies to my questions were clear and
precise, and left no doubt in my mind.
Doctor Cook has cabled the president
of the United States. We are now
awaiting Mr.. Taft's reply and we hope
it will express official recognition"
Daugaard Jensen. the Danish in
spector of North Greenland and the
highest official in that region, who
spent two months in the company of
Doctor Cook. is satisfied regarding the
reliability of Doctor Cooks statement
that he reached the north pole.
STORIES OF ESKIMOS
Apart from his own observations, In
spector Jensen conferred with the Dan
ish polar explorer, Knud Rasmussen.
who obtained from the Cape York
Eskimos description of Doctor Cook s
journey. Rasmussen is the only Euro
pean who fully understands the Ian
guage of the Cape York Eskimos, from
among whom Doctor Cooks companions
were selected.
Rasmussen told Jensen that the
stories of these Eskimos confirmed
Doctor Cook in all the external details
of his narrative. They corroborated
the statement that the journey ended
quite voluntarily, no ice or other OBJ
stacles preventing it's continuance.
REPLY TO CRITICS
Doctor Cooks reply to his critics is
as follows:
He has the records of his expedition,
together with certain scientific data
and proofs which he will submit to the
world of science for it's judgment. He
is confident that the verdict will be a
substantiation of his claim.
Questioned on the skeptfcism regard
ing his story arising from the fact that
he was the only white man to take
bearings and observations as we'll as
being the only white man in the party,
he answered that with other well
authenticated expeditions one scientific
man of the party took all the obsewa-
tions.
Doctor Cook left at the pole in a
metal cylinder a small American flag
and the ncords of his voyage He did
not have a staff on which ito erect the
flag, nor could the stability of a small
staff have been assured.
At Minister Egans luncheon Doctor
SoOh tOOhco llhc dH dtfietS III SDIen-
did training. He discussed his trip and
answered all questions put to him.
Among his interrogators were the Rus
sian minister, who was an eager seeker
for Information. and the representative
of the Associated Press
Doctor Cook is particularly desirous
that the public refrain from accepting
all alleged interviews by the various
newspapers here as authentic and
while 1t would not be fair to him to
attempt to quote the recollections of