THE POLAR WAR.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9612, 5 October 1909, Page 5

THE POLAR WAR.

WHO REACHED THE POLE ? W A PUBLIC VOTE. J3IG MAJORITY FOK COOK. By United ProiS Usoolafcion—Electric Telegraph Copyrißht. Receive i O.'tibGr 4, 9.25 p m NEW YORK, October 4 The "Pittsburg Press'' has taken •a vote of its readers as to who reach- | ►ed the Pole. Seventy-three thousand two hundred and thirty-s?ven persons • express the belief that Dr Cook rreac'ied the Pole; and seventeen ■'thousand and forty-three believe tha'; 'Commander Peary did. Two thousand eight hundred and fourteen disbelieve Cook's amnion tnat he discovered ths North Pole, and fifty-sight • thousand and nine disbeliiv..; Peary. Mr Whitney, the millionaire, •States that when he met Dr Cook it s was diffieik to distingue hi-ri the Eskimos. Dr Co"k was exhausted an'l ill, and was not ing but skin and hone, nis condition precluded the idea thai he had only been two day*' march trom land, as Peary had asserted. AN EXPLANATION. Received October 4, 8.20 a.m. NEW YORK, October 3. The National Geographical Society • explains that the submission of r - 'Cook's and Peary's records should CANADIAN GOVERNMENT'S ACTION. .Received October 4, 8.20 a.m. OTTAWA, October 3. •Captain Brenier, in the Government steamer Arctic, is taking fcrmal possession of Banks Land and other Arctic lands for Canada. A. cablegram yesterday morning stated that the National Geograpbi- • cal Society, of which Dr. Cook is a had declined to accord him i\ official recognition when lecturing at -Washington.