Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-08
POLAR DRAMA ENDS CURE' TO BE TESTED {
Explorer Scott's Death De-
CIared to Be Last Act.
SCIENTISTS TO WORK NOW
Discoveries Leave the Way Clear fol
Establishing a Chain Of Circum-
polar Observations.
PARIS. February 20. 1919.

referring to the tragic end of Capt
Robert F.. Scott on his recent voyage
to the south pole, NJ. Schrader, the emf
nent French geographer. expresses tho
opinion that the death of the English
explorer is the last act in the drama of
the polar point obsession, which has
caused the loss of SO many lives.
The discoveries Of Peary, Amundsen
and Scott have at last removed the i'm
perative desire of scientists to find the
poles, NJ. Schrader declares, and leave
the way clear for a considerable and
important task, the results of which
will be far reaching. This consists in
establishing chain Of circumpolar OBJ
servations, a vast system Of scientific
'.monasteries," international in char
acter.
The atmosphere and marine currents
which circulate, winter and summer
alike, round the pole perpetually mix
water and air. The cold waters de-
scend toward the south. carrying guam
placed by masses of warmer water which
come from the Atlantic. Above these Ice
fields, floating toward the south, hovers
a layer of cold air ever falling on to the
frozen mass beneath, as heavy syrup
drops and remains at the bottom of q
breezes push and stir up this mass OF
cold air, lift it from its icy bed. and
send it to cool America and Europe.
These cold masses of air. as soon as
they come in contact with the tepid
atmosphere Of the Atlantic, condense the
moisture, precipitate rain, and brew tenn
pests. Thus. by developing an accurate
knowledge of the courses of the Ice felds.
by following them in their southwark
course and observing the phenomena OF
TO- y Ia rNf h0A r.
lantic. 1t would be possible to foretell. to
a great extent, the force of the winds.
the alienation and character OF the sea-
sons, and the likelihood OF drought or
wet. Warning against atmospheric DAN
gers could be given, and there would be
ample time to adopt such precautions as
circumstances dictated.
Beautiful Paris Playhouse Planned.
Mrs W. X. Vanderbilt. Otto II. Kahn. ].
p. Morgan, James III. Hyde and James
Stillman are some of the Americans who
have joined Monsieur Gabriel Astruc in
building the Theater Champs Elysee, the
most beautiful playhouse in Paris. These
are all shareholders in the enterprise. as
are a good many other persons well
known in England. France and Germany.
The committee of patrons includes the
Queen of the Belgians. the Prince OF Mo-
naco. the Grand Duchess Vladimir. the
Duchess of Genoa. the Crown Princess OF
Roumania, Prince Louis Ferdinand OF
Bavaria, the Duchess of Portland and the
Duchess of Rutland.
+ The theater, which will be opened April
2, will be devoted to the whole range of
musical and dramatic art and classic and
modern operas. The building will contain
two auditoriums. one seating 1900 and
the other 600 people.
That energetic organization known as
hn ssn16 ri committee whose
sion it is to preserve as much as possible
of the antiquities of the city and it's beau
ties has taken up the question of OBJ
trusive Illuminated and other advertising
devices which disfgure SO many buildings
I'm this city. 1t has concluded that
steps should now be taken to prohibit
? business houses in such centerS OF Inter-
est as the Place VendOme and the Champs
Elysees from placing perpendicular signs
on their establishments. The committee
condemns luminous signs in every form.
An effort is also to be made toward abol-
ishing the display Of goods outside store
premises.
Military Outrages Denied.
The attention of Prince Nicolas OF
Greece. military governor of Saloniki,
having been drawn to passage in book
Of Pierre Lofts in which the author says
that officers of the French warship Bruix
could testify to having seen Greek and
Seryian soldiers gouge out the eyes of
Turkish prisoners, the prince sent his
chief staff officer, Maj. Vlachopoulo, on
board the Bruix with copy of the book
to show Capt. Delage.
The captain has now written to Prince
Nicolas to say that he submitted the
statement in Lofts book to his officers.
All were unanimous In characterizing 1t
as gratuitous, and declared emphatically
that nothing that they had said or writ
ten could possibly be taken as authoriZ-
ing Lott to cite their testimony for facts
of such a nature, which had never come
within their experience
Capt. Delage added that he had drawn
the attention of the minister of marine
10 the way in which his officers names
had been invoked without their consent
or knowledge. and asked him to request
Lott to suppress the statement in ques-
ton.