Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-30

NEW YORK, November 3o-
DIR. Frederick A. Cook, the Brook.
lyn explorer, in an article which
will be published in Hampton's
Magazine, confesses that he does
not know whether he reached the
north pole or not.
DR.. Cook, who has been in hid
ing for over year, has informed
the editors of the magazine pub
fishing his story that he will re-
turn to the United States with his
wife and children December 2z in
order to spend Christmas here.
Wants to Clear Himself.
DR.. Cook in his story deals with the
psychology of his adventure and says:
Did l get to the north pole? Perhaps
I made q mistake in thinking that did.
Perhaps I did not make a mistake. After
mature thought 1 confess that 1 do not
know absolutely whether 1 reached the
pole or not.
''This may come as an amazing state
ment but 1 am willing to startle the
world If, by SO doing, 1 can get an Op-
portunity to present my case. BY my
case 1 mean not my case as geograph-
ical discoverer, but my case as a man.
Much as the attainment of the north pole
once meant to me, the sympathy and
confidence of my fellow-men mean more.
Promises to Tell All.
Fully, freely and frankly I shall tell
you everything. Tell you everythins-and
leave the decision with you. II. after
reading my story. you say. Cook is sim
cere and honest; half-crazed by months
of isolation and hunger. he believed that
he reached the pole: he il not a faksT.'
then l shall be satisfied
DR.. Cook tells the story Of his life and
pictures what he calls the overpowering
ambition for exploration that beset him
until it finally eliminated in his effort
to reach the pole. DIR. Cook declares that
at the time he convinced himself that
he had discovered the pole he was half
u.
and during that time endured hunger and
privation that. he says. would unbalance
any mind.
The explorer states that 1t would he
for any man to demonstrate
beyond question 'tnat he had been to the
north pole. He characterlzes the region
as a region of insanity, where one can
not believe the evidence gathered by ones
hot ho olxryox
looked upon the discovery of the pole a.
an achievement for his own personal sat-
isfaction, for the satisfaction of craving
ana desire that was greater than any
other factor in his life. When he found
how tremendous sensation his state.
ment that he had attained the pole creat-
ed he was overcome with bewiiderment
Wore No Disguise in Exile.
DIR. Cook then tells the story Of the
days in Copenhagen and later in New
York, and of the crisis In his life that
led to his flight from New York. and
his voluntary exile from the United
States. The explorer says that not
the fact that he was fol.
lowed by the shrewoest newspapermen
In the world day after day, and that
sums ranging up to several thousands
Of dollars were offered for clue to his
he has never worn dis.
guise and has never taken any unusual
Drecautfon to conceal his identity
Part of the time. he says. his wife has
been with him and part Of the time his
children.
DR.. Cook and his wife are now In
Europe and the children. are now In
convent in France. Most Of the time
Turing his exile DR.. Cook has been In
london. He says that he has gone
lbout among Americans there with
he utmost freedom and at times has
registered under his own name, and
hat only a few have gue8sed his ideu.
ity. Those who did guess II. DR.. Cook