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Show 00 DEFENSE MADE FOR EXPLORER NEW YORK. Jan 18 Charges of 1 It U M Anderson of Ottawa, and Prof. J. J '"Neill of.McGlll university univer-sity that llhjalmur Stefansson had subordinated tho interests of science to inn oxx n advantage In the official Canadian expedition to tho Arctic In 19 14-is. xvere denied I uesday by Hurt M. Mec'onnell, meteorologist of the expedition. ex-pedition. The charges. ' said Mr. McConnell. lead tho reader to believe that Stefansson Stef-ansson xxas in charge of one expedition expedi-tion and Lr Anderson was in chargo of the other, thut btefansson virtually virtual-ly tried to hamper Dr. Anderson's operations op-erations Stefansson. on the contrary. 1 had been placed In complete chargH I of the tntlre expedition, southern and northern parties, by the Canadian gov- eminent." REFUSED TO FOI4DOW. Mr McConnell said that after Stef-janssons Stef-janssons ship, the Karluk, which was in have curried the northern party, . waa crushed In the ice, the southern party refused to co-operate with the I explorer. j The southern party contended that I Its chief Dr, Anderson, had Its oxxn 1 xvoik to perform." ho said ' It SfSS . sorry the Karluk had been lost, but Stefansson could not expect It to sac- ! I rifles us own plana for the coming year Besides, none of the men x-1 x-1 cept Wllklns. who Is now xvlth Shackletun nn his Antarctic journex, xvere xx'ilhng to accompany Stefansson OVf the moving ice of the Arctic I ocean It was here that Stefansson j ;tsserteil his authority and Incidentally Incidental-ly Incurred the enmity of Dr. Anderson. Ander-son. t'N'elll and other members of Dr. ; I Anderson's party. DEMANDED COMFORT. "There Is the further charge by Dr I Anderson of extravagance, and trie rc-ri' rc-ri' st, familiar to all Americans, that I an Inx'estlgation be made by the Canadian government. The expedition, expedi-tion, it must be admitted, like all expeditions ex-peditions and all projects cost more than tho government estimated It! would cost This is to be explained by 1 the Canadian government's desire to j I have a complete .scientific staff and to 1 undertake work on u larger scale than Stefansson had planned. "Had Stefansson followed hii4 own inclinations he would have had a mall parly and a small es 1 But heie xver men, most of whom had . never been out of civilization before. Most of them declared at the outset that they were not going to live on the I simple fure that had sustained Stef- 1 ansson and Dr, Anderson on their, former expedition si;ul meat and 1 caribou. They wanted tho ships 1 stocked xvlth canned goods and the J food of civilization. This was prac- ' tit ally true of Dr. Anderson's party and It was tills food and extra ships necessary to carry it that materially increased the cost of the' expedition " |