The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-08
The Norwegian Is Being Cred
tied With the Discovery.
Although He Has Made No
Claim to 1t Himself.
KNOWS NOTHING OF SCOTT
Denies Sending Telegram in
Regard to the EngIiShman.
Norway Is Celebrating the
Achievement of Her Son.

London, March S.-The Royal Geo
graphical society accepted Captain
Amundsens claim that he reached tn
South Pole. and takes it for grant,
that he was the first explorer to reael
the goal, although Amundsen's brle
dispatch does not mention that fact.
Captain Roald Amundsen states tina
he will submit his charts and all III
formation as to his expedition Withou
delay according to dispatches fro'-
Hobart received by a special CORES
pondent at wellington.
After meeting Captain Scott in the
bay of Whales on January 19, 1911
Captain Nmundsen camped with hlne
men in longitude 164, west latitude 90
he has not revealed his subsequent
mo. enent. -4mun0sen has Settleu h47
pans 20 sail from HOBART within d
week for Buenos Ayres. From there Il
Utu 90 round Cape Horn to san r raj
cisco and then on to the Berlng slral+s-
Then ne will drift with the Ice across
the Arctic ocean and expects 10 en-
erg4- at some point between GreehldhA
an4 Spitzbergen.
captain SCOTS agent in New Aea-
land expresses the opinion tl''1
Scott must nave changed ms plalls
anu pl loceeded with new exploring
entihc work, thus possibly delaying H'S
return some weeks.
t3eographers point out however
thu Cantain Amundsen and Captain
Scott may both have been theIe an
within a mile of each other Wllilou "
knowing it, and scientists mere a.
awaiting further details peIore 49, 81
inc definiteIy the defeat OF the BTU
ish expedition ,- ~
me message received yesterday py
the London Daily Express from vel
Ungton in which Captain Anunuseli
was reDorted as saying that Scott Hao
,-aa1.teI tba south Pole, was based on
n telegram alleged to have peen sent
by the Norwegian explorer nut til7
Authenticity Of. which Captain AIhulu-
sen today denies. In response 10
eah,ad Instructions to ask Captain
Ar9undsen point blank whether cap
tain Scott reached the South pole, the
corr espondent of the Londoh E4Ns ~ ms
Star at Hobart today teIegrapheu the
following statement;
"Amundsen refuses to say any eII. =
on the question as to whether Scout
reached the South pole or not
Knows Nothing of Scott.
New York. March S.-The New
York Times received a dispatch to-
day from Roald Amundsen at HOBART
Tasmania, saying that he knew noun
ing about Captain Scott, the Brltlsh
explorer and his expedition
Amundsen's message was in reply
to one sent by the Times asking
Arnundsen if he knew anything about
Captafn Scott and was brought ABOUT
by dispatch from Hobart, publish
ed first by a London newspaper yes
terda that Amundsen, upon ms arr
val It Hobart had declared that Cap
ta=f, Scott had discovered the South
Pole. Another dispatch like the one
from Amundsen was received from
Henry D. Baker. the American consul
at Hobart
Norway TejOices-
C,hristiania March S.-RejOicing
over CAPTAIN Amundsens success in
reaching the South Pole is wide
spread over Norway today. The teel-
ing was voiced in the Storthing by the
president. Frederick Konow. Presl-
dert T[onov. amid cheers from the
members, said:
1--WE cannot begin our days work
without expressing our thankful JOY
ana admiration with which we are all
filled by the news that Captain Roald
Amundsen and his comrades have
reached the South Pole and planted
the Norwegian flag there.
1--WE are proud in the thought that
these men are our fellow countrymen
and that they have once more sue
ceeded in covering the name of Nor
way with glory"
The s torthing then telegraphed
greetings and thanks to captain
Amundsen at Hobart. Tasmania
Royal Congratulations.
Christiania. March S.-Telegrams Of
congratuIation in the name of King
Haakon of the Norwegian government
and of the Geographical society here
were forwarded today to Captain
AmundSen at Hobart.
His Majesty has consented to the use
of his name and that of Queen Maud
on the maps of the newly discovered
territory in the Antarctic.
This city is gaily decorated with flags
and bunting in honor of Captain
Amundsen's accomplishment.
Amundsen's Denial.
Hobart. Tasmania, March S.-Cap-
tain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian
explorer. denies having telegraphed
anything regarding Captain Robert
Scott or the British expedition.
Captain Amundsen up to the present
is the only member of the Antarctic
expedition who has landed from the
Fran. Nobody is allowed to go on
board the vessel under any pretext
whatsoever. The explorer says he is
pleased with the results of his expe-
dition, but otherwise maintains abso-
Int silence on the subject. Captain
Amundsen intends to stay at Hobart
for a few days. He will then go to
Australia and give a few lectures
there, afterwards departing for Europe
bv the circuitous route of Buenos
Aires, then around Cape Horn to
Bering straits and through the North
west passage and the Arctic ocean.
The confirmation of Captain Roald
Amuudsen's attainments of the South
Pole on December IA, 1911. received to-
dav from the explorer himself at Ho-