Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

husband is hard as nails. He could
go for long periods without food or
drink. And my boy Jack Is feet 4.
never felt so At in his life. although
even then they had been short Of
food"
Apart from the superstition that
your husband is prisoner. what do
you see as other possibilities"
AZ think the view taken by my
other son, Brian, may be the right
one. Brian, who Is employed on the
Peruvian Railway, and quartered at
Lima, is not at all distressed. He
Is annoyed at references In the news.
papers to the lost expedition. He
says. Father has got to his goal and
is staying there as long as possible.
my husband, Of course. said he
wanted to do the thing really thor
oughly, go when do come out a
come and open up the thing prop
erly.' He said: Remember. there
are not going to be any half meas.
ures. It will be difficult to get there
and once am there I am going to
do as much work as I can. I shall
collect all possible information and
have the maps ready, so that a big
expedition can go right ahead"
do you consider" asked the In.
terviewer, "that the time has yet
come to think Of sending an expedi-
ton to look for your husband? In
your opinion, would such an expedi'
ton have any chance OF success?"
Eagerly Expecting Word.
"As Col. Fawcett said it might take
him two years to complete his work.
and az It Is just little over two
years since he entered the unexplored
region, I think Il Is far too early TO
think of organizing relief expedi.
TONS" was the reply. Amy day now
may bring a cable from my husband
announcing that he is safe and lie
returning with wonderful story. He
himself declared, however, that II he
failed to return It would be futile to
search for him. as If he could not
rescue himself, nobody else could.
THAT is the view I myself have
taken until recently, but the fact that
the Marquis de Pinedo has flown over
half Matte Crosse seems to me to
open new possibilities. It Is a sub.
ject on which hesitate to give an
opinion, because 1t may mean send
ing men to their death. And I can.
not suggest how an expedition should
go in.
But since this -Pinedo flight / see
it is possible for aircraft to fly over
these jungles. or course know
nothing about the possibilities Of OBJ.
servation. But I do believe in Ameri.
can aviators. 1t was American as.
sistance that made my husbands ex.
petition possible, and IL relief ex.
petition is sent hope 1t will be
an American one.
Explorers Dispel Fears.
ain my judgment. no better man
could be selected to lead such an
expedition. granted his Willingness,
than DR.. Alexander Hamilton Rice.
the Amazon explorer. I must tell you
that I spent the best part OF a. day
with DR.. Rice, who came ashore at
Madeira while on his way to Lisbon
last year, just after his last big South
American expedition.
HE said. You need not worry
about your husband. He knows how
to handle the Indians" Another well
known South American explorer, Capt.
| Blood, said to me, You need have no
fear about Col. Fawcett. He knows
his way about and knows how to
get on well with the natives"
AS the president Of the Royal Geo.
graphical Society has pointed out. the
problem Of solving the mystery OF
FAwcett's fate or OF finding him IL he
Is alive Is rendered all but impossible
by the vastness OF the region he set
out to explore, and the fact that no
, one but he knew exactly by what
route he hoped to reach the great city
Of the past. 1t seemed likely that he
might have disclosed this to his wife,
If to no one else. but Mrs. Fawcett re.
gretfully admitted that she had no
real knowledge Of the way he intended
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