Show IN it washington aug 14 commodore Me melville hille engineer lo in chief of the navy who was a member of tile ill fated jeannette party which served as the pattern for Nin sens attempt upon the north pole holdi that the of the explorers voyage as understood lie here re clearly proves hansens Nan sens theory of the polar drift to be ground groundless lebs in the opinion ot of commodore mel me ville nansen has only closely paralleled the voyage of and payer in the mid ind his followed their drift the rege thoO rounded the north point ot of nova with the anten tion of triv erbing tile alie north coast of t I 1 ter her commander command tr got in the let and drifted north and east cast which the gulf stream in the scarly till fill Afler After borein lost loil its forc borci they drifted south and west bring ing up on wiltsee fiand one of a small group bout southward hward ot of I 1 ranz rani during tile winter their ship was its crushed and in the fol following losIng summer they in their botts boils and weri were picked up off cape Nab nassau sati one of tile headlands of nova zemble Nall nansen ben commodore melville points out has had a very experience tie ile did not enter the ice on the appo site side of the llie polar basin from where he wis was picked up tip so BO his trip pills fills utterly to prove that a current exists that may be relied up tip in n to carry a ship across the polar and bring tt it down on the eist side of greenland Gre enlind at As a matter of ctet lie he wis aicard from according to commodore melville cast ward of nova and lie he his 1118 just drifted northward anti and bick again this Is precisely in accord nith tin judgment passed upon Is inserts theory by commodore melville before nansen took ilia hi voyage As AB to nansen s course courso the commo dore says thit while atille it Is in not known exactly where hinsen entered red the ice lie he doubtless entered northward of no va Zeni blA ind tills this would give just HIL right drift to emerge I 1 attl tit lu Is reported to have bien up tip |