New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
CAPT. COOK GETS
MEMORIAL AT LAST
Life Size Statue Unveiled
Near Admiralty Build
ings, London.


London, July ll.-At last d memorial
has been erected in England to Captain
Cook. characterized by Prince Arthur
of Connaught at the unyeilIng cere-
mony as me father OF the master
builders of Great Britain"
The memorial is in the form OF a
life size statue and is situated near the
new Admiralty buildings, in the Mall.
on the site selected by the committee
OF the British Empire League. It was
executed by Sir Thomas Brock. R. A..
and with the remainder Of the fund
which has been raised for the purpose
tablets will be erected in the village o.
Marion in Cleveland, Yorkshire, where
Cook was born, and in Great Ayton, in
the same district. where he was edu-
Gated in school building which still
stands. and in Whitby, with which he
was closely connected for many years.
Much pomp and ceremony marked
the unveiling of the memorial, but
there are many in the British Empire
who feel that IT, has been a very tardy
recognition. for it IS 1875 years since
the tragic death Of Captain Cook at
the hands of savages in the Sandwich
Islands in 1873.
The three great expeditions by
which his name is best known are
matter of history. The result o. his
selection by the royal society as com
mander Of these expeditions are briefly.
for the first, the addition of New lea
land and Australia TO the crown OF
England: second, traverslng the South
Pacific from the equator 20 the Ant
arctic circle. and the third. the discov-
cry Of the Northwest Passage. when
Cook added largely 20 the geography
CT the Bering Strait. He was one Of
the most brilliant Fellows Of the Royal
Society and a great benefactor of the
navy.
As Prince Arthur Of Connaught
pointed out at the unveiling. the pro
posal for the memorial emanated frst
from Sir Joseph Carruthcrs. eX-Premier
Of New South Wales, who felt Il wrong
that Australians and New Zealanders
visiting London should ind no me-
mortal TO the great explorer. With
view 20 remedying this omission a rep
resentative and influential committee.
OF which the King. when Prince OF
Wales. graciously acted as honorary
chairman. was formed, and IL was under
its auspices that the work has now
been carried out.
Prince Arthur asserted that he was
justified in saying that the gratitude OF
nations was due Captain Cook for his
wonderful geographical discoveries. as
well as for the Improvements he made
ir the art OF navigation and the science
OF natural philosophy. He understood
that some few memorials had been
erected to Captain Cook, but 1t was
strange that 1875 years should have
elapsed before this great dlscoverer,
and perhaps greatest benefactor 70 the
maritime service all nations had ever
known. should have been deemed
WORTHY OF a monument in the capital
OF our naval supremacy
Prince Arthur also reminded those
present that Admiral Sir ". |. Whar-
ton. the late photographer OF the Ad-
miralty. had said that the charts made
bv Cook in the Granville on the coast
OF Labrador and Newfoundland in 1916
we're admirable. and that the best proof
Of their excellence lay in the fact that
they were not yet wholly superseded by
the more detailed surveys OF modern
times. Few chapters in the empires
history. he added, were more char
acteristic Of the true nature OF British
expansion than that contained IN the
history OF Captain Cook.
The Prince considered the site for
the memorial particularly excellent and
suitable i'm its nearness 20 the noble
building, (which Is the truth and life
of our naval supremacy