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tails he had received, Vlce-President
Freshfield reviewed the plans of the ex-
petition and said
mo party ever set out better equipped
or better fitted by gallantry and ex-
perience than it's members, from Captain
Scott down to meet the ordinary perils
Of the poles. But Antarctic travel would
not be what 1t is a training ground for
the highest qualities OF the British race.
| If these perils could be avoided"
After an expression Of sympathy for
Mrs. Scott, he concluded
| "All that we can say to these brave
| men is farewell. They are a band Of
heroes whose names will shine as an
example Of that endurance which is the
highest form of courage. Captain Scott
will live in our memories as the ideal Of
the English sailor OF our age. a man In
tellectually gifted, brave, resourceful in
all emergencies and full of scientific zeal
and enthusiasm"
J Members Of parliament and high off,
| cials OF the navy department, including
the first lord OF the admiralty, Winston
Spencer Churchill. pay high tributes to
the explorers in interviews in the morn
ling papers, which also contain eulogisto
| editorials on the members of the ex-
|
petition.
MRS. SCOTT ON THE PACIFIC.
San Francisco, Feb 1O.--Repeated efforts
Of wireless stations In and around San
Francisco to communicate to Mrs Robert
F. Scott word of her explorer husband
fate have been futile. Mrs. Scott is a
passenger on the steamship AOrangi
bound for New Zealand She left .here
February expecting TO greet her hus-
band on his arrival from the Antarctic
zone.
The Aorangi is approximately 1000
miles from this port. Her wireless has
a radius of only about 800 miles. and II
the messages sent from here reached her
no answer has been obtainabc 1t is
possible that before morning she may
be in communication with Honolulu al
though she does not touch at that port.
There are a number OF messages here
for Mrs. Scott and early tomorrow An at
tempt will be made to relay them To
her by way of Honolulu
AMUNDSEN GREATLY SHOCKED.
Madison, Wis. Feb. lO.-Capt Roald
Amundsen for got his own distinction as
discovered OF the South Pole tonight in
expressing his profound grief over the
tragic fate of Capt. Robert F. Scott in An
tarctic seas. Captain Amundsen was
loath to believe the news, especially as to
the cause of the deaths
II would gladly forego any honor OF
any amount of money il thereby I could
have saved Captain Scott from his terri
BILE DEATH" said the Norwegian explorer
, HI hnt aI trh atrb
from London we're received by the explor.
er to-day They repeated the press news
that the Scott party had persisted, leav,
ing proof of Amundsen's discovery Of the
pole. Captain Amundsen was extremely
/ cautious on his comments on the reported
tragedy. All afternoon he maintained
r reserve when inquiries touched upon the
subject and this was not essened to
r night. He told all interviewers that unit
$ he had received absolute authentice in
8 lorna ton he would withhold statemen
on the subject.
Captain Amundsen to-day comment
ed on the existence of crevasses an
e sudden mountain storms that SWEEP
4 around the Antarctic crags and sait
g It was possible Scott was caught II
] one OF these. Amundsen's party wa:
often greatly alarmed by these sud
l den changes In the elements. parti
8 cularly when crossing Devils Bend
, which then was a great sheet Of ic'
, that sounded hollow under the feet
o Amundsen sent men ahead to test thi
I ice.
a Captain Amundsen was extremel,
n careful In making his way through
= the southern ice fields. When thu
Z temperature fell rapidly, Amundse:
7 halted the party and made camp un
I til the weather moderated.
= ro-day's dispatches Indicated tina
SCOTS party pushed on when ad
h verse weather overlook the explorers
n Captain Amundsen's secretary. MI
g Oracle. said that Scott was weighte
e with more baggage than the Amund
sen party.
STARVATION THE ONLY THEORY
= New York, Feb lo,-"No blizzard coul
have killed 80 experienced an explorer a
discoverer OF the Blonde EHkmos in tn
- Arctic regions.
s out on a western prairie a rancho
L. might get caught In a snowstorm un
I. awares and be frozen but not In the Arctl
3. and exposure" he declared Barring al
NJ WAYS some great calamity. such as a
earthquake starvation Is the only thin
that can have killed Scott.
gust what caused the disaster 1t is I'm
7. possible TO say with any sureness II
l. we're only a question OF Scott himself an
3 nerhaps one or two others, IA fall into
n crevasse might account for it, but "
N must fall back on starvation as the eS
N n,anat,on OF the death OF any large nun
d Der"
ID OUT PROVISIONS TOO FINE.
Is Liverpool, Feb. lo.-Dr. Louis Cha
=, po,nacohi who was with Captain Sco
in the discovery Antarctic expedition
80 s,id tonight regarding the death of h
"A chief. 'lt is deplorable that a bizIar
. u,os the real cause of the disaster
"A scott's expedition 1t seems probable this
- contain Scott. in his endeavor TO reac
the mole before Amundsen, cut thine
h. too fine in the matter of food My opir
in ion 10 that the party died from starvation
hut that the blizzard proved the crown
~ ing catastrophe"
n
IN BUT NOT LITERALLY
~ A small boy was seated in the parlc
. Nth his sisters young man. Being
rtt1d ha aaL o.,