The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-13
MYSTERY IN DEATH
oFEXPLORERSCOTT
> s.SnRS THE BRITISH
olIeno Of Evans On Important
Features Of Fatal journey
Starts Questioning.
MUCH YET TO BE TOLD.
Explanation Wanted of Food
md Fuel Shortage, and Fail
ure to Bring Back Bodies.
MUCH YET TO BE TOLD.

= S0NDoN. Feb. n All DnSianA,
01ossd Win pride ana Dsty for ths men
- tAs Scott sxpsdisIos sacing . horrible
Sss0 In the lonely wasts wAioh might
- veil have bsan sn anethsr planet, y
sekying to angry curiosity b. the
tssnA @ ths dispatches coming
0en New Zealand regarding the ~
ussacs OF the survivor - b details Of
- traSic tate Of Capt Scott and the
0sabsrs Of the party who scoempaussA
Nm 70 the Pole.
Capt. Scott. who kept Q day 70 Aay
OAsy narrative Of the expedition which
vsu not BE- given to the public until Il
~ been read BY his wife. spant his last
az making ont his statement to the
psbhc. which Lieut.. d. r. q. r. Evans
- personS representing him tried 70
eAks private monopoly by copyrisht.
u this he summed up the oauss Of the
vSSic failure Of his return.
VtUt OF all he put - SHORTAGE OF an
~ In our depots for which I cannot
eeeount" Lieut.. Evans was the last
. tne supporting party to leave Scott
"a ms nve companions to return TO the
eoast before the dash for the pole. Hs
seerned past the caches Of food and
~ which had been left along the
ssute TO protect Scotts return.
ogNTIsH PUBLIC WANTS FULL
Statement.
The people OF Great Britain feel that
mothing in the whole history Of tho
81 Inv, ts
. clear understanding ana q fixing OF
responsibility. They are not attaching
hs b.ame-yet. But they want to know
u there 10 blame and on whom Il rests.
II Lieut.. Evans knows that others Of Inc
supporting parties selfishly tapped the
supply depots or his own II Is felt that
bis duty Is TO the people rather than TO
the sentimental loyalty which ne feels
70 his surviving comrades or himself.
The reference n SCOTS summing I'm
statement 10 Petty Oficer Evans who
Naea IN the glacier Of Conclusion OF the
oeain." Is another topic Of troubled dis.
sossion SCOTS words. uttered In the
exalted strain OF brave man looking
into the lack lustre eyes Of death itself
put mighty !numaton of censurs on
Petty Onicer Evans; It 10 quite unlike
Ne affcc,!onate sympathy and reverence
With which he treated the death Of
Capt. Oates, WHO. frost bitten and
Ayins. was described as seeking a quick
death 10 relieve his companions Of the
burden OF waiting for him.
Was there a mutiny In the little body
u men In tho singing wildernessh DID
any member OF the party attempt ia
Desert and set the full ADVANTAGE of the
supply depots wasting the stores ahead
q tho arrival OF the rest Of tho party
DID Scott sock to cover the feelings of
home people by his description (couchsd
p h widely varying terms) Of the deaths
q Petty Officer Evans and Oates3 II
OatAs voluntarily died. was his snd al
Scott thought best TO describe Il or are
there TO be horrors Of revelations such
- have followed the belated narratives
Of sons Arctic sxplorstions7
Il was entirely p6ssible. according
- Lieut.. Evans. TO have brought back
sAs bodies Of all those who persisted
except that Of Capt Oates. which was
mot found" Why. again. tbs British
0ubiic IL beginning to ask. would the
yeturn Of their bodies to their homes
Tor funerals. which would be tributes
70 their memory and TO the ideals of
The nation which would have been q
comfort to their relations and friends
for all time. be considered q "pandey.
ting to the tastes Of morbid people knd
cause the printing Of things which