NEEDLESS SCRAMBLE FOR ANTARCTICA
Received Fridav, 7.0 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. It would be liard to invent a more ueedless oeeasion for international aerimonv tlian tlie, current scra.mble for a wasiplan.d, > savs; tlie ;.in ari; editbtial: . It hffif} J -peripatetic Admiral B>*rd is 6n - an'ofker pilgrimage to tlie Soutk Pble intent no doubt "upon planting "Old Glory" wlierever it can be plrinted. British proof of title to tlie Falkland Island depcndencies consists of the fact that tliey have been issuing postage stamps for these depend"eneies. • This would be irrefutable if Afgeutina had not also been issuing" suck stamps. Chile, of course, ccmtends that .the area is Chilean. New Zealand asserts unequivocally that all the inliabitants are ^New Zealanders. Australia, not to be outdone, tliinks she owxis everything from Yictoria Land to Endetby Land. The French say a little bit of the territorv is forever France. The Russians, who have said very little, are probably quietlv comtnunising tlie whole continent." Tlie" Post suggests that the entire region should be claimed for United Natious.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 January 1947, Page 8
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