Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS And now the tho race to the south pole I exciting t ng the press gang New Haven Register th the hurry about starting for the south pole Surely we are entitled to at least a year yea of peace This polar discovery has a all at once become a strenuous business Portland Oregonian Owing to causes cause of this nature the cold near the sout south pole is terrific at all times The truth Is that there is probably little to fin find If it were reached and that little must mus must be sought through Incredible suffering and peril Still the Impulse of mankind to know whatever Is knowable will no not permit adventurous explorers to rest until they have seen lt its its' San Francisco Chronicle Further accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts of the new land which the French Frenc explorer Charcot discovered in the Antarctic Antarctic Antarctic Ant Ant- arctic ocean describe It as ts consisting o of Ice glaciers and rocks That being so there will be no objection from anywhere anywhere any any- where to the French flag being hoisted over v it t Denver Republican Now that Britain and America are both to make determined determined determined deter deter- mined assaults on the south pole no doubt the one remaining haunt of mystery mystery mystery mys mys- tery will wll be penetrated Some explorer explore with no imagination whatever will plod over the great nail at the south and will wll report It as a dreary waste of Ice and snow and nd with no strange birds no 10 hissing waters waters and and in m short nothIng nothing noth noth- Ing ng to Indicate that Poes Poe's tale was anything anything any any- thing more than a dream New York Yok Sun If Americans hope to reach the south pole they must do 1 it ite ite either e in conjunction n with 1 Captain Scott Scotts t orn hul SI fo new expedition e or In emulation of it it by making use of what he and Sir Ernest Ernes Shackleton have accomplished Anywhere Anywhere Any Any- where else and particularly In the unexplored unexplored unexplored un un- un- un explored Weddell sea region where geographIcal geographical geographical geo geo- graphical laurels are to be won the they would face almost certain failure am and even less prospect of ot being first at the pole Pittsburg Dispatch The of the antarctic regions will of If course Increase knowledge of the earths earth's unexplored unexplored unexplored un un- un- un explored spaces While It is Improbable improbable improbable able that the discovery will add to the material wealth of the world it may satIsfy satisfy sat- sat curiosity and scientists may glean information that may be of Interest I Inot if not of value The long sought for northwest northwest north- north west vest passage when finally achieved proved roved nothing but a record Detroit Free Press The British ex- ex which will compete with that from rom this counti country will will- have the very considerable advantage of traveling over overa a country charted by Shackleton anc and the he handicap for the Americans under such circumstances Is Is- heavy Yet the therace therace therace race will be the more exciting for that reason eason We over on this side of the Atlantic will be all the more proud of the he feat if it Americans should win the prize after every advantage had been given iven to their competitors Memphis Commercial Appeal International International International Inter national rivalry Is wholesome in m such sucha a field It was perfectly natural for forthe forthe the he English people following the Cook and Peary claims to organize an expedition expedition ex ex- of discovery and look toward the he south There is no monopoly on the antarctic field Polar research Is open to o all comers The American expedition will find In advance of them a determIned determined determined deter deter- mined set of Englishmen well equipped and nd well trained for such work What the he result will be no one can say Chicago Inter Intel Ocean Ocean- The race between between be- be tween England and America to win the thelast thelast last ast great honor of exploration will wUl arouse the he sporting blood of the world It may maybe maybe maye be e as much a sporting proposition as ashe the he St. St Leger or the Brooklyn handicap handicap handi handi- cap Will the stars and stripes be the first flag to wave In triumph at the south pole as It was at the north or orwill orwill orwill will the victory go o to the union jack of f England In the spirit of fair sportsmen sportsmen sportsmen sports sports- men both nations have accepted the conditions of the contest May the best men moan win Philadelphia Record Record- It would be a handicap to the proposed American south polar olar expedition to have no winter quarters tere ers on terra erra firma The explorers are areo areto areto to o make their dash for the pole from a point in the tho Weddell We sea which Is east and nd south of Graham land This sea has as been navigated to very near neal the SOth degree of south latitude without any Indications indications in- in of the vicinity of land being found The expedition would have to toe use e as its base a ship frozen In sea Ice and id polar expeditions with floating bases have lave rarely been successful |