TO THE SOUTH POLE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 7

TO THE SOUTH POLE.

PEARY NOT GOING. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S EXPEDITION. .. ' TWO APPOINTMENTS.' 18, TelwapS.-Pre,,; ■Wnctatf O n,-C6 M Jlr*U London,' September 17. Dr. Wilson, who was second medical officer, "zoologist,! and artist on the Antarotio exploring ship Discovery, has been appointed medical officer of Captain Scott's projected Southern expedition. Mr. F, Drake, lato of the Royal Navy, is secretary of thecxpedi. tion. ■-.' ■ ... Captain Scott discredits the Labrador mailboat's story—that Commander. Peary and Captain Bartlett are already making .preparations for an expedition to the AntarotlC. ; .<■'■' - c ■ ' ' Experts in New York also discredit the report. They consider that Peary requires a long rest after the hardships of his journey in the North. . :' ■• • : ' .-. . (Bee. September 19, 5.5 p.m.) ' :'- New York, September 18. Commander Peary declares that he will not participate in any effort to reach the South Pole. . ,"■'. ■' ' ■ THE NORTH POLE CONTROVERSY. • PEARY INTERVIEWED, j ' STATEMENTS BY COOK'S ESKIMOS. <Rec. September 19, 6.5 p.m.)

New York, September 18. Commander Peary, in the course of an interview, said he regretted that he did not take Bartlott to the Pole, though he is satisfied that the scientific world aqd the general public will implicitly, accept his', 'statement that he really reached the Pole..

Commander Peary added that Whitney told him in August that Dr. Cook oiaitnod to have reached the Pole. •Dγ; Cook's Eskimos, being at Etah, Commander Peary obtained statements and rough 'drawings from .them .showing that Dr. Cook only, made two marches over the Polar ice and then returned.; •:.•.■■■• . .: : ■'/•■'■■, . ■