THE SOUTH POLE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 39, 14 February 1913, Page 6

THE SOUTH POLE.

I PROFESSOR DAVID'S THEORIES. I Elec trio Telegraph .—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 11.20 a.in.) Sydney, February 1 I. Professor David, commenting on the Continuation of the narration, says: “It seems more than a coincidence that Seaman Evans’ first symptoms of failure dated back to almost exactly the same time as when Commander Evans, about a fortnight after leaving Captain Scott, commenced to develop symptoms of scurvy. It is hard to imagine the cause of the rapid weakening of a man like Seaman Evans, 'unless some actual sickness of the nature of scurvy. The speed of the march from the Pole to where Evans died on Beard more Glacier was neverexceeding eighteen miles daily, which does not explain in any way the complete exhaustion of such men.” In spite of Dr. Atkinson’s statement that there were, no signs of scurvy amongst the last three, Professor David said lie was still of, the opinion that Evans failed through a disease allied to scurvy. Professor David considers the suggestion of the London Times that the shortage of fuel was due to evaporation was absurd, in view of the great care wherewith oil tins were made, and declares that the other suggestion of the Times that the supplies were tapped by the supporting parties as mean, cruel, and unworthy as it uas untrue.