The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1896, Page 9

B HUDELSON. T0 FATHER YORKE. The State President An-| alyzes the Chancellor's Communication. | | AGREED ON MANY POINTS | Hudelson Says Father Yorke | Approves of Many A.P. A, | Principles. FINANCES CAUSE HOSTILITY Says the A. P. A.-Catholic Quarrel Is |} a Matter of Dollars and Cents, Not of Religion. | B. F. Hudelson, State president of the | American Protective Association, dis- cusses Father Yorke’s position in the fol- lowing letter: | OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA, Room 40, Academy of Sciences Building, B19 Market Street. SN FRaNCISCo, Cal., Feb, 13, 1896. 10 the Editor of the San Francisco Call In to-day’s issue of vour paper Rev. Peter C. Yorke, of the Catholic faith, occupied three columns of valuable space in answerine ques- tions which I propounded. Thirty-one words would have done as well. The questions were £0 simply framed that an unqualified *'yes,” or an emphatic “no,” would have answered them more satisiactorily to your readers, and would have cost him the expenditure of a correspond- in%l} less amount of time and labor. Those, however, who have tronbled them- selves to wade through the superabundant supply of words which the learned gentiem has seen fit to inflict upon you during the last few months have realized that he has to a large | degree the gift of talking for a long time with- out saying anything. They have, too, dis- cerned the purpose of his ,useless multiplica- tion of words—the production upon his readers of a frame of mind in which, after perusing one will be’ compelied to ask, ' To an T that of his effusions and | ments which few of make, the only Incid being inebody and that he 18 time t ideas to be acquire that he i HEAP. | rsy with Dr. Wendte, Rev. tablished what he was pleased to term bbish heap.”” Following his example, with your permission, I shall establish & rub- bish d to this I shall relegate sll though found in Rey. relevant to the issues. Such | matters must, perforce, include all persopali- ties, all fmpertinent assumptions as to the principles or practice of the American Protec- tive Association, and sll unofficial interpreta- on or objects, even ations of the Very the Chancellor of ancisco. That I am rejecting his interpretations is from the words of tue Chancellor ken on the occasion of his lecture n Temple on the évening of Feb- ‘orke's ers, sre not 0 one has a right to judge of the teachings of | e Catholic church by the interpretation of its Paraphrasing his remarks, we say “No one hasa right tojudge of the teachings of the Ax Association by the inter- nemies."” TIRADES AGAINST THE A. P. A. glancing over Mr. Yorke’s article 1 find | he hes added to his alieged answers to my | ty-one questions twenty-nine separste and ¢ tirades of unexampled _bitterness | against the A. P. A., which occupy 200 lines of | type or nearly & column of solid matter. These tirades are made up of impertinent assumption | that th end unsupported statements concerning the A.P.A.. and as such 1 shall relegate them to | b or they contain the thing Alko, inasmuch as I know the | valne of newspaper space, 1 shall, when quot- | g Mr. Yorke's r omit these vitupera- tive attacks, m y indicating them by a phrase in_parenthésis “Tirade Against the | A.P. A.” But to our mutton, The first half column of Fathier Yorke's letter contains little, if auything, of value. Imay have “paraced with a chip on my shoulder.’ the chip is there no longer, since the merican chancellor has not been able to | he temptation peculiar to his blood, but ocked it off. Father Yorke may not have | apathized- with my “impatience for a re- | . vendte may or may not have given | 1e chancellor the “marble heart” and the stony stare,” and the priest’s reply that [ en- gege in controversy with him -is_equally irrelevant, and all these 1 must “relegate to the rubbish heap.” Coming, then, to the more seris his communication, Father Yorke 5 The Rev. Mr. Hudelson opens his commnunica- tion with a statement that “the principles of any it not wholly, determine his " 'This statement is v troe, if we are dealing with an honest and consistent Ind‘vidual, Very true. Mr. Yorke continue: 1t is very faige if we are dealing with a hypocrite or a traud. This statement is a sophism, and is not true. The principles of an honest man are honest. Those of & frand, whatever may be his preten- sions, are fraudulent. Therefore the state- ment “Tae principles of any individual largely, if not wholly, determine his character” 1s true, whether dealing with an honest man of with & fraud. The sophistry which 1 have just made clear 15 of a subtle, plausible kind, which hasalways characterized the polemists and and the apolo- gists of the Roman chureh, and it .is net sur- prising to find it thus early in that organiza- tlon’s latest champion. Ana because the sophistry is of so plausible a character 1t is the more dangerous. Mr. Yorke continues: The _advertised principles of Uriah Heap were far different from the principles on whieh he acted. So the advertised principles of the A. P. A. may be far different from those which animate its mem- bers. A saving “may” which keeps the statement within the bounds of truth! g”es. Mr. Yorke, the principles of the A.P. A. as an organiza. tion may be far different from those which imate {ts individual members. So, also, the ciples of the Roman church may be very different from those which animate its dual priests or which caused them to enter the priesthood in the first place. A man may join ihe A. P. A. for politiesl reasons. He may join » Catholic church thinking to increase siness. One mey join tha A. P, A. from stives of the purest patriotism and another r fold for the sole reason that the Romsn church opposes it. Thomas Aquinas, whom Father Yorke is so fond of quoting, may heve entered the priesthood for reasons far n those which may have actuated chancellor of San Francisco. * es: «n comes before us with a set of the claim that he lives up to them, we test his claim by his deeds. We do in the A. P. A., et least. Father Yorke continues w prears before the public and asks for support because it professes ceriain prin- ciples it is the first duty of the public to consider Low far these principles are put in practice by the soeiety. This is false. portion of Father Yorke has, as usual, put the cart before the horse. It is the first duty of the public not to “consider how far these principies are put in practfee,” but to consider first the prineiples whether they be good or bad, ,‘\m{d do not think that Mr. Yorks's misplacement of his wagon is other than purposed, for the one thing of ali others which he does not wish to discuss is “whether ihe principles of the A.P. 4. are good or bad." This, o0, because he knows those principles are unimpeachebie, and he does not wish to be forced 1o admit that “any good thlng can come out of Nazareth.” p Father Yorke continues: Hence it Is that the A. P. A. platform cuts but Jittle figure in such a nssion this. The as- sertions in the declarations of principle are so Joosely constructed chat they may mean anything or nothing. As they lie, there is very little to distin- guish them from the platforms of the two partles 0 w h the great bulk of ihe citizens of this country, Protestants and Catholics, give their ad- Desion. 1f the principles “are so loosely constructed that they may mesn anything or nothing.” is it not a little odd that Father Yorke is enabled bulk of the citizens of this co; and Catholics, give their adhesion?” And if there is 5o little to distinguish them from the platforms of political parties, it would seem to &n unprejudiced observer that that fact is prima facie eviaence that the organization's purposes have to do with politics, and not with religion, as Father Yorke asserts. If there really be such Jittle difference, it seems strange that Father Yorke considers it worth his while 1o so bitterly attack the A.P.A. when he aly- parently has no quarrel with either Republi- canism or Democracy. Father Yorke continues: Hence, there is no need of answering the multi- tudinous questions which the Rev. Mr. Hudelson tacks o the A. P. A, platform. Hence ! Why, Father Yorke, your logic is be- coming as obscure as yon assert A. P. A. prin- cles to be. Father Yorke continues: To many of them I will give ssent,and to none of them am I compelled by any principle of my religion to answer no. . Note this, please, Mr. Editor, for Ishall quote it frequently. Referring to my questions Mr. Yorke says: “To many of them I will give as- sent, and to none of them am I compelled by any principle of my religion to answer no.” Mr. Yorke continues: However, thongh the operation is perfectly need- less, it may be just as well to take up the questions one by one and say my say about them. “So glad, deah boy!” So kind of you to put vourself to such needless trouble. - And now, nasmuch as you have taken up my ‘‘questions one by one and said your say about them,” let us analyze your remarks and see what you | really have said after all. ntry, Protestants QUESTION 1. “Does M. Yorke deny that politics need purify- ing, or does he object o their purification?” Yorke’s answer—I have no: the slightest objec- tion to the purification of politics, and I believe pure politics should be the ideal of every good en. The extent of the need isa maiter on ch 1 am not competent to judge. I Know, how- ever, that & secret political society can never bring about pure poiitics. (Tirade against the A P.A) To the first question Father Yorke. answers No.” He is no: opposed to purity in politic Therefore, so far as that-principle is cor cerned, the father approves of the A. P. A, And Father Yorke is ‘forninst” secrecy. Please note that, too, Mr. Editor, for [ shall have something to say about secrecy before I am through, QUESTION 2. ““Does Mr. Yorke object to our attacking any re- ligious organization attempting to become a factor in politics? Father Yorke's answer—I object to no on tacking any religious organization which attempis to become a factor in politics. I am firmly of the opinion that no religious organizauion should meddle in politics. T believe that such meddling will produce bad politics and worse religion. (Tirade against the A. P. A.). Fatner Yorke has no objection to the second principle of the A.P. A. In fact, he approves it, though he is éven more radical than that organization. For he talks about ‘‘bad poli- tics and worse religion,” while the A. P. A. re- foses to say anything about the effect on re- ligion. Bravo! Father. We are doing fa- mously. We have found two points of agree- ment, though you are still “forninst” the A. By the way, Father Yorke, you stated that to many of my questions you would “assent and to none of them are yon compelled by any principle of your religion to answer no.”’ To which of my many questions are vou going to assent? You have answered 'no” so far. QUESTION 3. . “Is Mr. Yorke hostile to our aim to preserve and maintain ihe Government against all foreign in- | fiuences? "’ Mr. Yorke belleves in Father Yorke's answer: the Monroe doctrine for the United States as well as for Venezuela. I belleve, however— (Tirade against the A, Aiz How nice! Mr. Yorke does not disapprove; therefore, he approves. Therefore, in his opinion, the A. P. A. is all right on this point. Three points for approval and he hasn't as- sented 10 & question yet, though “no principle of his religion compeils him to answer no.” QUESTION 4. “Does Mr. Yorke regard religio-political organi- zations as friends to civil and religious liberty?” Father Yorke's answer—He does not. 1 believe that religio-political orzanizations are as hostile to the American spirit as they are to the plain pro- visions of the constitution, and (Tirade against the A P.A) And still Father Yorke and I agree. I thought this was going to versy, and here it is degeneraling into a reg. ular love feast—a mutual admiration society, asit were. By the way, Father Yorke, are you sure thisis not one of the many questions to which you are going to assent? QUESTION 5. “I51t not, in Mr. Yorke's opinion, unsafe and unwise to put in office men who owe allegiance to & forelgn power?” Father Yorke's answer—1I think this country is strong enough to hold that such & policy might not be unsate, but I am decidedly of opinion that it 15 unwise and unuecessary. (Tirade.) The father does not quite agree with the A. P. A.on this point. He thinks the country is strong enough to do some very unwise things, just as a healihy, robust man'may sit around in his wet clothes after a rain. But he consid. ers it “very unwise and unnecessary,” so I think on the whole we agree, and I must “‘tally one” for harmony. QUESTION 6. ““Is Mr. Yorke an enemy of the free public school system, and does he favor supplanting it with a sectarian {nstitution?” Father Yorke's answer —He is not and does not. I belleve in a free public school system, | and I am not in favor of suppianting it with & sectarian system. I belleve that the schools to which the members of all sects contribute should be entirely non-sectarian. (Tirade against A. P. A.) Better and better! Who would have thought Father Yorke was such a friend to the public schools! And I suppose he could prove it, since he asserts he can Drove every assertion he has made. I wonder how he would do it7. QUESTION 7. “Does Mr. Yorke oppose protecting our citizen laborers from European pauper and criminal labor, and is he hostile to honest and educated immigrants who prepose becoming American citi- zens, and who will forswear allegiance to every foreign power?” Father Yorke's answer—I strongly favor pro- tecting our citizen laborers, not only from Eu- ropean pauper and criminal labor, but also from | -Canadian paupers and New Brunswick. (Tirade against the A. P. A.) AE““ Father Yorke approves of a principle of the A. P. A. And yet he still answers no to my question, His “‘assent to geveral ques. | tions” seems dwindling. . QussTION B “Does Mr. Yorke oppose putting Into office hon. est and true men, patriots who are qualified and | who owe allegiance solely to the stars and stripes?” Fatber Yorke's answer—I belleve that there is | 1no wan too honest, no man 100 truc, no man too | patriotic for even'the smallest position of trust | under the American Goverhment. 1 oppose put- | ting into office political preachers. characterl-ss | physicians without practice, business | hout creait, politicians without principle. | demagogues without educalion and bigots without sense. (Tirade.) How nicely the father phrases the A. P. A, | principle. “No man too honest, no man too irue, no man too patriotic.” I'm sure that he must approve the organization which from the | beginning of its existence bad this plank in its | platiorm, and I am surprised that he has not | ere this applied for membership. QUESTION 9, | «[5 Mr. Yorke hostile to loyalty to true Ameri- | canism, which knows neither birthplace, race, | creed nor party, s a first requisite for membership | in our organization?” * Father Yorke’s answer—That depends. The Native Sons’ organization Lakes note of birthplace. | The Scotch-Irish organizations take note of race. | The Methodist organizations take note of creed. The Republican organization takes uote of pat; 11 an organization is supposed (o cultivate Ame: canism without regard to these points there is o reason why 1 should be hostile to it. (Tirade.) How deftly Father Yorke dodges the issue! Task him if ne is “hostile to loyalty to true Americanism, .which knows neither birth. plece, race, creed nor party, as a first requisite for membership in any organization?” He replies that he is not hostile i0 several organi- | zations which take note of one or more of tuese points. He adds that if an organization is supposed 1o cultivate Americanism without regard to these points. there is 1o reason why he should be hostile to it. Of course there is no reason_why he should be hostile to it. But | you will motice that he did not scate whether or not he is hostile. Furthermore, you will notice thet I distfnctly asked him whether or not he was hostile to guch Americanism “as a* qualification for membership in =uy And he has just as distinctly dodg QUESTION 10, Mr. Yorke hostile to intense political activity and a eonscientious discharge of the duties of citizenship by every individual in the solution of the problems confronting our people?” Father Yorke's reply—I believe that only by reasonabie and inteiligent political activity and by the consclentious discharge of the duties of citizen- thip, can we solve the problems of our time. (Iitter tirade against the A. P, A.) What a ““narsty’” way Father Yorke has of saying he nfpmven of our prineiples. He re- minds me of & small boy taking very bitter medicine, who splutters and struggles and kicks his nurse, but the medicine goes down just the same. | { [ | he men w society. the issue. QuEsTION 11, “Is Mr. Yorke hostile to our toleration of all creeds, aud does be deny us the right of franchise guaranteed by the constitution of the United States—the right 1o support or oppose such candi- dates as we think proper? - Father Yorke's answer—Because you do not tol- erate all crecds I am hostile to yon, and 1 deny you the Tight to pose as tolerant of all. creeds, wiien your only reasom for existence is the intol- erance. . 1 do not deny fou the right given by the consti- tution 10 0pposé any candidate you see fir, but— (Tiraae). | as the man who was in the saloon on the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 to admit that the only reason for our existence is the intolerance of the Roman Catholic | church, of which we have had ample evidence | i!l A_V?“l’ Tecent vicious attacks upon the A. Father Yorke says that he does “not deny us the right given by the constitution to oppose any candidate we see fit, but—" there is al- ways a “but” in the way. *‘But” if our favorite were the man of his choice I suppose it would be all right. “‘But” as a matter of cold-blooded fact the priest knows that 1 as an individual have a right to oppose any one I see fit, whether because I personally disapprove of his religion or for any other reason. QUESTION 12, “Is Mr. Yorke hostile to our position that sub- jection to and support of ecclesiastical power which claims equal if not greater sovereignty than the United States Government, and which is not con- trolled by that Government, is irreconcilable with citizenship?” Father Yorke's reply—I go further. I belleve that subjection to any ecclesiastical power which claims a jou or tittle of soverelgnty withiu the ter- ritory of these United States i§ frreconcilabie with citizenship, and— (Tirade against the A. P. A.) If Father Yorke speaks the truth he is un- consciously imbibing the spirit of A, P. A.-ism —the spirit of which the British officer on Bos- ton Common during the days of'76 remarked, “Liberty is in the air,and the very children breathe it.” QUESTION 18. *Is Mr. Yorke hostile to the upholding of the constitution of the United States, and its guaran- tee of religious liberty In the individual?” Father Yorke's reply—1 have sworn to uphold the constitution of the United States, and tono principle 0f American polity do I render more Teady allegiance than to that of religlous liberty. But— (Tirade against the A. P. A.) Mr. Yorke again dodges the question. Iask him if he is “hostile to the upholding of the constitution,” -and he asserts that he has “‘sworn to uphold it.” That is not an answer to my question. He may have sworn to up- hold 1t, and yet be hostile to certain of its pro- visions, It might.be pertinent to_mquire how much religious liberty he thinks is enjoyed b children who are cooped up in parochia sehools and taught only what seems advisable to & Romanish priest. QUESTION 14. “Is Mr. Yorke hostile to our position that the non-sectarian free public schools is the bulwark of American Institutions, and does he claim that it is not the best place for the education of American chilaren?” Father Yorke's reply—I believe that our free | public school system isa necessiiy to the con- tinuation and prosperity of our people. That it is the bulwark of our institations I am not prepared | 1 say, for L remember that our institutions were established and flourished fifty years before there was a free public school ~ sys- tem. 1 believe, 100, that if by any con- tingeney (which' God 'forbid) our public school system ceased to exist, American freemen would still be found able to defena A merican institutions. The best place for the education of American children is where patriotic and conscientious ents chose to send them. The private sch the past gave to America the greatest patriot the greatest statesmen in her history. and I de- cline to admit that the private schools of the pres- ent are in any degree inferior. Freedom of teach- ing anda healthy rivalry between State institu- tions and private enterprise are the true Américan ideas in the matter of education. (Tirade against the A. P. Here Father Yorke and I disagree. He will not admit that the public schools are the bul- wark of American institutions nor does he consider them the best place for the edycation of American children. He says the “best place for the education of American children is where conscientious and patriotic American parents chose to send them.” That means, of course, parochial schools for Catholic childrens But Mr. Yorke, in order not to appear asan antagonist of the public non-gectarian schools, tarts his answer with the statement that he “believes that our free public-school system is a necessity to the continuation and prosperity of our people.” How much of this campaign matter is to be taken seriously may be judged irom the statement a little further on that he believes that if our “public school system ceased to exist American freemen would still be found able to defend American institu- uons,” Will Mr. Yorke answer & question? Is not the non-sectarian free public school an Ameri- can institution? And will he explain how “American freemen’ could “still defend” this one of America’s institutions if it had ceased 10 exist? QuusTION 15. Is Mr. Yorke hostile to the principle which con- the support from the public treasury of any an_school, reformatory or other institution | not under the public control * Father Yorke's reply—I object to the appropria- tion of public money for sectarlan teaching. |‘ (Tirade.) 1 do not see, however, why tpe State should not | support, feed, clothe and maintain its dependent classes in Institutions under sectarian control if such support costs less and is more humanizing than any which can be otherwise provided. The expertence of California is not such as to induce a taxpayer to experiment with any more State in- stitutions. Moreover, the dependent children of the [State have as much right to a religious education as the children of the rich. 1f the.State refuses o the orphan what the citizen gives his child, the State is ‘making an invidious distinction beiween the fortunate and the unfortunate. I do mot think ihat Americans have yei come {0 that point when they will deny to the boy or the girl who has been berett of parents that religious teaching which they give theirown litle ones. (firade agaust the A. P A). Ob, ho! This principle seems to explain Father Yorke's hostility to the A.P. A. The chancellor seems to have a pet corn here, and the A. P, A, has trodden on it. It is a matter of doll and cents, not of religion. We thought so. When you touch a man’s pocket you reach his heari, and what threatens to take coin from Rome’s money-bags causes all this bitterness on the part of tne church’s champion. Very good, Father Yorke, I am satisfied to go to the voters of the country on this issue., Mr. Editor. I have not at present the time for further consideration of Father Yorke's communication. With your kind permission I will resume such consideration to-morrow. Very respectfully, B.F. H President of the A. P. A. of UDELSON, Calitornia, EVANS RELEASED. He Proves an Alibi in the llltterl of the Morton-Street Murder. Edward Evans, the Swedish sailor ar- | rested as a suspect in the Morton-street | murder case, has been released. Amos Gresham, the negro bartender at BellVs saloon, called at the City Prison yesterday and positively identified Evans night of the murder, and who, when leav- ing, said he was going to look for a woman who had taken $400 from him. | Evans declared that he bad been in the saloon and that he made the remark at- | tributed to him, but that it was the night | after the murder. He insisted that he had spent the night on which the murder was committed in certain saloons along the Barbary Coast, and that there were many ‘men there by whom he could prove that act. Captain Lees sent an officer with him to the places in question, and the latter be- came convinced from what he learned that Evans was telling the truth. He so re- ported to Captain Lees, and Evans was | released. £ | MRS. TAPLEY’S DENIAL. She States That She Did Not Elope ¥From Vancouver With an 01d Man. Mrs, John Tapley, widow of the Van- couver pioneer who shot himself Thursday morning, wishes to correct several details | in the dispatch from Vancouver telling of the tragedy. She states that she left her late husband because of hi§ cruelty, but did not elope with a man 65 years old, but came to San Francisco with her daughter and niece. Neither did Tayley’s daughter run away with an impecunious fellow. She married an industrious- young me- chanic who is employed in the ‘California Boiler Works, and Mrs. Tapley lives with them at 706 Folsom street. ————————— SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. Adam H. Murphy, Agent of the Port- land Cracker Cempany, Arrested. Yesterday Adam H. Murphy, agent of the Portland Cracker Company at 537 Mission street, was arrested on a com- laint charging him with appropriating gmo of the company’s funds, It was known by the officers of the com- pany that Murphy’s accounts were not in & healthy condition, and he had been given until yesterday noon to call at the office of Thornton & Merzbach, attorneys. and make the lho{‘f:ffl good. He promised to do this,-but failed to keep the appoint- ment and was immediatel; tody on the charge name | taken into cus- gl S e SRR To Sing at the Synagogue. 1f, Father Yorke, for the sake of argument, and for the sake of argument alone, I were to 10 state that “there is very little 10 distinguish them from the platforms to which the great admit that *‘our only reason for existence is in- tolerance,’” are you prepared at the same time Signor Abramoff, the basso of the Tavary Opera Company, will sing a solo from Verdi's “Nebuchadnezzar” during the morning service to-day at the Sherith Israel Synagogue, corner of Post gnd Taylor streets. IN THE JEANNETTE DRIFT, Dr. Nansen’s Proposed Route in the Current Across the Pole. ‘THE RELICS FOUND IN THE ICE. How the Mementoes of De Long, After Three Years’ Drifting in a Berg, Were Lost. Yesterday & CALL representative inter- viewed Henry Lund, Consul of Sweden and Norway in this City, relative to the Jeannette relics which were found the lat- ter part of June, 1884, on & drifting icefloe near Julianahope on the west coast of Greenland. Mr. Lund, as a member of the Geographical Society of the Pacific, visited Copenhsdgan some time ago and consulted with the Danish Geographical Society re- garding the relics. But they had disap- peared. It appears that the articles, which con- sisted of pieces of clothing and papers, were placed in the possession of one of the 1896 Jeannette, lost June 13, 1881, north ef the Siberian coast. Director Lytzen continued in his lecture before the Danish scientists, of which the followirg is a translation: It haslong been known that the currents of the Aretic go from the northern shore of Siberia over against the east coast of Green- land, along this and from Cape Farewell up in the opposite direction along the southern end of the west coast of Greenland. 1Ishall here ohly put you iu mind of the floating timver picked up on the Greenland shore. The Sibe- Tian origin of this driftwood is well knpwn. It growx in the great forestsalong the Lena and other rivers bordering on the Arctic. The currents bring it around Spitzbergen to our coast. We now know how long it will take for an object to drift with the current from near tne | mouth of the River Lena, in_Siberia, to Green- land. It took three years for the!’esnneug’” icefloe to make the journey, which is 1650 Danish miles. NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. BROKEN LINES ~ REMNANTS The aistance traveled has in reality been | H U n I G I U U S S A c R I F I c much longer, for we know from the ships that | ) [ ] have made long drifts fast in the Arcticice | that the currents take the floes in many curves. But it has been-proved that & berg can travel | over that route snd will consume about three | yearsin the trip. It is also known that the | bergs coming from the Siberian coast over the middle of the Arctic and around the eastern shore of Greenland into Baffins Bay will not crumble until they reach the southern end of Greenland. Now, it will be seen that whoever tries to reach ‘the pole irom the Siberian Sea wiil most likely be locked up in ‘the ice and carried across the Arctic and around Greenland, tak- ing several yvears on the passage; providing the vessel is sirong enough tostand the squeeze of the fioes. “This is the reason I discredit Dr. Nan- sen’s alleged discovery,” said Mr. Lund. “Tf he passed over the pole in his drift he will probably turn up on the east Green- land coast, like tbe other drifting things | cast into the great Siberian current. If he | has not succeeded in proving the Jean- D. NANSEN’S PROPOSED ROUTE, FOLLOWING THE JEANNETTE'S DRIFT. members of the society. He soon after died and all his effects passed into the hands of distant relatives who found the musty old things saved from the icefloe. So the precious relics of one of the most pathetic stories in the annals of the sea were sweft out for the ragman and wasted forever. Even the manner of their disap- gcarnnco was no less pathetic than the eath of the brave men in the snow of the Lena delta. *'The members of the Geo(fn hical Bo- ciety at Copenhagan,’’ sai r. Lund, ‘‘were chagrined and distressed when they learned that the Jeannette articles were lost. They considerad it a misfortune, almost a calamity. and made every effort to trace them. You see I was commis- sioned by our society to bring the relics home, but was obliged to return empty- handed. It's a pity to think that those articles, aftersurviving along drift through the Arctic for three years, should be cafe- lessly and needlessly lost.”’ As is well known Dr. Nansen, the Nor- wegian explorer who has just been re- orted as havihg reached the north pole, aid his ?ropoee route along the line of these drifting relics. The Jeannette after passing through Berine Straits proceeded almost north till caught in the ice near ‘Wrangell Island, and for almost two, years she drifted northerly with the floe. On June 13, 1881, she was crushed in longi- tude 150 degrees 58 minutes east from Greenwich and latitude 77 degrees 16 minutes north. The floe with the relics evidently continued to drift northward, crossing over the refion of the pole, thence south, thouch still in almost a straight line, to the eastern coast of Greenland. It followed the coast around the southern point of Greenland, and was discovered near Juliznahope. Nansen intended to strike this current and drift with the ice across the pole to Greenland. “I don’t believe my exploring country- man found the pole,” said Consul Lund, “‘because if he driftea with the ice to the pole there is no probability that he woula find a counter current that would drift him back to the Siberian shore. If he did find such a current then the theory of the straight drift of the relics over the polar apex of the globe and down the Greenland coast is shaken. I think we will learn later, however, that the rumor is un- founded and that Dr. Nansen is still hunt-. ing for the current that will take him aeross the pole.” General Greely doubted the existence of the Jeannette relics and stated that he be- lieved that they had never come from that vessel, and consequently he had no faith in the theory that Nansen was following out. Mr. Lund during his visit, to Copen- hagen verified beyomd all contradiction that the articles came from the Jeannette people after they had abandoned the crushed steamer. ~From the substance of a Jecture delivered by Carl Lytzen, director of Julianahope, before the G phical Society of Copenhagen in 1885, he obtained a description of the relics and the story of their dlsoover{. Director Lytzen says that ex-ctlg three years to a day after the Jeannette’s destruc- tion three Greenlanders, fishing in the bay of Julianahope, noticed a raven constantly hovering over an iceflce, and upon in- vestigating they found a number of articles frozen fast in the ice. A few days after another find was reported in the vicinity. There were fifty-eight pieces of clothing and other_articles, of which Mr. Lytzen succeeded in securing the following: A ship’s provision list, with the signature of Captain de Long attached. MI written description of the Jeannette's RLS. The visor of & cap, upou which is written “T, C. Lindermann.” ' This was the name of | onaed of the men of the expedition, He was saved, A pajr of oflskin trousers, having .“Louis Noros’ written on them. He was one of the crew of the Jeannette. A great number of pieces of '?.:,{'"‘ with notes written on them; part of a checkbook contain- ing ‘yo-umlnmpn; buttons and pieces of wearing apparel and remnantsof a tent. There can be no doubt that these are relics of the nette drift theory he may return home by vuy‘ ,0,1 Bering Sea and the Japanese coast. e a0 EVERYBODY ASKED TO WATOH. Some Reasons Why News of Namsen's Dis- covery Might Precede Him. Some of the leading Russians here hold that, in their judgment, there is a strong probability that Nanseu has found the north pole, and is coming back. They can see no inconsistency in word coming in ad- | vance of him also to this effect. “If the people only understood the conditions that surround him,” said Agent Grunwaldt of the Russian Fur Company yesterday, *‘they would see nothing strange in this. From the time that Nansen set out from the vicinity of the mouth of the Lena River every native and eyery wandering Russian was notified to be on the lookout for him. “Word of such an event would be passed along as rapidly as possible, and thus 1t might be that neither Mrs. Nansen mn Norway nor his agent in London might first hear of his discovery and return to- ward- home. The Swedish Government has long since sent out word for everybody to be on the lookout for Nansen, his ship and party, and any news concerning them. *‘All along the north coast of Siberia, down to the Sea of Kara, this is known among the natives. Therefore word might precede him. ““Another thing should be observed, and that is that the man Kauchnareff, repre- sented as a trader and agent of Nansen, received his information of Nansen’s com- ing off Kolympsk. Now, Kolympsk isan important place between 1000 and 1500 miles from Irkutsk. It would bealong time, therefore, before Kauchnareff could, reach Irkutsk. “One thing that looks singular to me is the statement, as voiced in one of the dis- patches from London, that the news was sent by letter from Irkutsk to Yakutsk and on to Kirensk, where it was put on the wires and sent by telegraph. The tele- graph line reaches from 8t. Peterburg di- rect to Irkutsk,so what would be the reason for the carrying over’ two towns be- yond? 2 “*Another reason why I have had faith in the Nansen dispatch is the reliability of the St. Petersburg journal publishing it. I have lived in St. Petersburg a long while, and know it to be one of the most careful newspapers in the world, It has the con- fidence of the people everywhere.” Mr. Grunwaldt arrived from Siberia, where his company has had large conces- sions for seversl years, a_ little over a month ago. He has visited Irkutsk, and is familiar with that part of Siberia. ‘What She Wanted. 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