Show Lieutenant Conquering Terrific Obstacles p Ready to lo Win Glory for Japan in South Polar Dash I I Twenty Years He Broods Over His Plans PIais Fortune at Last Favoring Him lim COUNT OKUMA HIS FOREMOST ADVOCATE I Japanese Rush H sh to His Aid Md with the Funds I the Government i Refused I 1 i I Team III Hit nl K appears to he be ver pr er little Til T I now that the Indefatigable I will a 11 Ill In III H M Antarctic expedition The sum f 10 yen 60 for or the tho Iming tit lit of the Service Se fund tunc and anil It Is I proposed 1 to rOles raise ral another soother thirty thousand Yell by b public politic Time Three It II I volu able In view of ot the tat tact that the Scott I expedition Is I already way wa va but hut it its ItIs itIs Is s h hop hoped ped l that thaI the hum little MO OO ton ten schooner i to which I and his hist t ent companions Intend to com corn wit mit their testifies a as far a au 8 King 1 VII Land Jand will nil be ready for sea sta by b the middle ml of or August Augusts An s Intimated In Iii n ii former communication tion an appropriation ap of nt only gold goll for an on expedition to the tho Houth Pole Iole may appeal to American readers as 38 I something not far removed from the r ludicrous when compared 10 II a red with the amounts lavished on the time Peary Pary Scott Stott and enterprises nt On tile the other othor hand han l as formerly nut It must ho he borne Lorn In itt mind 1 that tho the ph physical steal requirements of A II Japanese In Inured 1 to hardships anti and privation are aro out of all proportion smaller than those thoe of the time Occidental MANY WANY ANY RALLY Y TO IllS HIS AID AlD Moreover r It II may mey ma bo be eXI ted that Ihal al iii although though the tho sum of forty thousand 5 yen yenI on onIs Is I the time minimum on which Lieutenant and 1 his hll advisers are confident tho the thoe expedition e can be bo organized end carried to a successful and glorious termination I the hit th public will nil rally to tho the explorers cx I support to suh euti good KoOI purpose that there thore ultimately wilt will be he an sn margin to te I upon The Tho announcement of ot the time Japan Japanese ese cue expedition to the South Pole Iole was 80 made at a mans maa meeting nt fit t the tho th Hall flaIl Viard l Tim Tho nature of ot the gathering together with the time long list of Ot famous ad to speak drew drow dr drall all an unusually I ro crowd which hued filled tho the halt hall long before the tho meeting waa o declared open In ted fact shortly short before botor the tho proceed proceedings logs ings began beJou the time doors had to be b closed and many man applicants were turned away awa disappointed pointed i The Cue meeting was Imas presided over or by b the owner of ot a 1 well Welt known monthly magazine I named Success SuC ea Seiko Mr Ir Mura kami kaml who Introduced Count Okuma as a the i t speaker r The Tho Illustrious rlou veteran de do delivered d t I livered a II characteristic oration brief but 1 i strong trong end and pithy which his hi hear har harra I ers era ra to the thA depths the time gist glat of his remarks being an urgent nt appeal for funds to Insure I i tho time fruition of at tho time I The hero of ot tho the hour Lieutenant Shi raM race an unostentatious but bill figure Jule wearing his hlo military uniform was received with thunders of applause It was as noteworthy that without any an visible effort to Indulge In an arm oratorical display and with virtually no nG experience on the public platform ha lie na was able to peak with a simple directness and ami eloquence and anil a natural unaffected dramatic skill 51 which won Instant recognition and appreciation LONG SEARCH FOR FUNDS lie He stated staled that he had entertained d the Idea Id a of ot a polar tolar expedition up for quite quits years ears and In this respect reaped had an anticipated Peary leary Shackleton and Se ott though the realization I of his hll hopes had been deferred until the time present day by b the tho lack laik of at funds fund I years Irs ears ago alo he tie h had mentioned his imla hi Idea Idell to tho the late lalo who wit was WOlf then commander of a regiment stationed near nar the capital but l ut i General had turned a deaf deat ear car to his hll on oil the ground that he h was as totally unqualified for tor such an all undertaking The general pointed l out that If It he was wa really serious In his hi scheme he ime would do da donell nell ell first to go 10 north and train himself I Ito to endure extreme cold NI I on vu this ad I I vice Lieutenant Jollied Joined the party I IId led Id by b the celebrated c Captain and ami aminas I Iwa I was nas among those thoe who proceeded to the themo th mo moot niost t northerly norther Island bland of the tue group called hu There during the winter he tie and two other othor men mon lied had to tribe refuge for tor three months In a hole In the time ground rould with three dead dMd bodies ne at companions their only toed food during durin that hat time being the therill raw rill If of a whale Ihal I I They were mere rescued In tho the nick of ot time by b the time crew of at an nn American tester coaler Ir lied Had time the Ih latter atter arrived a R week later and J his hi friends would certainly hao penciled e then Ihn to Japan Jalan and amid nar liar mt ted d his Imis experiences experience to Kodama lout out the time latter did not nt seem ern at all el elOn i On Omi the contrary lie h laughed at hirae o e and Insisted that fiat a single winter In the northern I was 08 a wholly Inadequate i I preparation for a polar 1 expedition Once Onie more mure accepted the tho I general a advice returned to the tha and simm after atler a u considerable sojourn secured I employment on Oil a 8 sealer swiler Ith hu he went tnt to Point Harrow Alarka Leaf Leaving the he sealer coaler there hn he h proceeded Inland and ard an spent l two winters among the th Eskimo WAR STOPPED HIS IllS PLANS Wiled When he returned the tho I War Var ar broke out and he was wan a called back I Ia again a 1111 hi to the He lie II went nt to Manchuria and there accidentally tart met Kt Idam lam then thief chIef of ut the war ar staff starr nf r f Martha Marshal Oyama Oama to whom as RS before he tie gate n ml report of tilt iii hi experiences since I theIr heir last hut meeting On this Ihl occasion n the tern stern warrior declared 1 himself sails satis satisfied tied fied with the would be explorer u lorer and his hi 1 St I 4 I i I r u III I N t training and hat that I he ho ou ourn render rn lor him every evary eM assistance In his ImIs hi power por pori III order ord r to marry earry out the th pl plan pia n II early death d time the of at th Ue the help fIlp ho hid had ha looked for from froth that quarter and amid he ime felt greatly gretI II lie thou then to 10 prea Ir his hl hi single aIOlI lie He appealed to th the thi Dirt Diet for tor an men n n l and arid at another lime time il timi tho end and 1 n departments to enlist t their all aId al I 1 called l lon on thi departments department more than times said the tho lieutenant naively but bUI nil all 1 I got out of them was wa their oral coil ap imp approval APproval but no money mone This circumstance together with time the d de of Captain Scott from London forced farced him to look to the fie public tar for as m lie He first called upon u Count Okuma and through him met mt many promO prom prominent person who him help anal ami I warmly acclaimed hi his projected feat fat a aj a I national honor for tor Japan 1 i to the of If the time i I In tip lieutenant nid that an Sll esti mate mat of or the dl from Sound to the Fouth Pole him that fully fuI two month months would ouid l i bp 4 needed noo 1 for the double I I trip allowing three das laa for or their stay 00 at nt atthe I the time pole poll Itself The Time actual polar ar party wilt will 11 comprise e ShirR Shiran himself hI 1 a II Il an en astronomer and two Their provisions apparatus anil armi other will viii be t In InThe In sleighs The feed foort of ut time the th party part w will III consist eon t t of rice dried cuttie fish lIh bonito and mind such other oilier Staples as can be bl easily soli carried and pre prepared prepared pared Coal Coat stoves will wll be to taken along for tor i I i I i Purposes and a special de designed signed 1 to melt Ice Ico for tor drinking water illS HIS HORSE EQUIPMENT Ten Siberian horses houa and as al many will be carried These Theil xiii will be l Into two 1110 sections of n five horses horel end anil sleight each eneim rive live horses six amid alKI sleigh will III be bI beaken to aken taken to limo Die pole pol while the time rest relt will b h hi 1 used to transport supplies to fixed fix points poInt alln the route where they them Ih will be In anticipatIon of or the return trip If U we fall foil to find these the supplier o We tee shall audI have hae to kill the tho horses hors I i though I 1 am nm averse to taking life lite In tn this Ihlo manner For or foreign readers reader a ery or portion of at the th lieutenants address will Cr certainly be that In which he courteously ly criticised critic Is Lieutenant Sir lr Ernest with regard to the tatters iatter l tt rs treatment of his hie horses hOI a during his hll last Jut Antarctic trip Having HavIll trained as n a cavalry officer om er observed Sri I rase I think I know I nolY some come something thing about the tho care of or these animals animal The rime I report states mate that built pens penson penson Ion i on tho the upper deck for them anti and moreover I allowed Ioe them to 10 be exposed to 10 spray apra from II I 1 ii ii I r rT a t T I c Im I OKUMA I m VHO NHO IS 16 I c f V N T AC T IN ill 1 L Tl ON I I 1 i i I the aea ea semi Now n this comI It of ot thing toi to 10 ht hI most m al KI avoided If I It Is I tie ale tiei doI sired alrod to keep I ep the th horses hors In the limo lest best pos ps ellie condition I shell shall build their quarters In the the men are When hon hen we set setout setout Setout out on tho lend land Journey Journe I 1 shall arrange for the men to 10 sleep In tho the enoh ea n of which will wll accommodate two men mn The Themen Themen Themen men will wll use ue Bleeping bags and It will thus be Ie possible to tu let tho the horses horse have hava tho the tents tonta It was isa plain to see neo a In spite of the polite phrasing employed that Lieutenant opinion of Sir Ir Ernest Ernet Shackle tona tons ability on this particular p point was poor Ioor In the extreme and ond that only a con eon constitutional re ard for lor or conventions convention pre vented him from expressing his hi views In L much stronger r and lets lee parliamentary p lan TilE THE COMMANDERS PLANS Captain Caplain who will viii take com corn comma ma nit of time the schooner spoke lOke briefly on his hi plan plans JI He lie stated that It hud bud originally been ben Intended led to proceed to Hyne dl root reel hut but that this Ihl Idea was nan cancelled ow InN bit to the th fact that the tho currentS current extending over an nn area are of ot from lIve five to twenty de do d re would certainly carry the vessel vesel out of her course COli roe It had therefore been boon decided to take lake time the New Zealand route Front From the equator to lr Sound Hound ery or er little was known about the route cools and It was anticipated that the voyage oalI would be beset bet by all RII sorts of I The Tha captain gave a description of ot the volcano pointing r out that Its ItA ac action lion tion had a decided effect upon time the cli alt climate climate mate anal an l that the Ih bey 01 was nan free fre from Ice for tor a certain c length of time timeT T I expect he added that I will leave the bay l O when time tile party art lands land and arid spend p ld the time In doing us moe It much surveying as 18 pJ the of which will 11 be he reported ti to t tle IhA m I Jr Mi 11 lIke a pith anI oJ 1st bl Irl attacked the papers and individuals responsible for tori upon Lieutenant s char character I acter acier He JIB reminded bis hla hearer that Stanley himself had been n exposed to pre time tile seIne aumA attacks attack k before h b he became becam lu Some Somo e l irs rA ago ngo soul said aid the tho pro fc easer ii r on fin one une nf ot my globe Iobe trotting trips Irl o oI I arrived at ot Melbourne Australia on the tho thoI I very er evening wren when Stanley Stanle wits was wn announced to deliver A n lecture which I 1 of at course attended As Aa I entered enter the hall ball time the fam farn famous ous iii explorer was U challenging thorn thos who had previously condemned his hh plans aa 8 When I first proposed the tile exploratIon L of the l Lark Dark ark Continent edit 1 1 1 Stanley Mommy Inny lArona declared declare that I J was an ex ax exceptionally clever elcI Importer and antS heaped all sorts of or vituperation upon me ms Now I 1 wonder what they th will say a n I J have all I r undertook to t do doThe doThe The Tine limo time will come com concluded the time professor amid arnid clid lid applause when hon Lieu Itei Lieutenant tenant will cIll III confound these thle Rd ad verse eo criticisms as a Stanley Stanle did In the past I CHILDREN ARE AR RE STIRRED Since this tha th announcement of ot Lieutenant expedition n applications for en el enrolment have hilI keen been In the tho num number ber br two hundred already Ort Croat Is he I therefore th belt beIr experienced in making mailing a I The Time latest Information f mation 11 Is Ia that contributions In 11 lbs thu th Shape shapo apo of both bOlh money and provisions atc ale bing freely frel offered A characteristic story tor Is I I going the rounds that a girl of ot fifteen whose mimosa father tether now deceased d had 1 led 11 1 Jin n adventurous rara career r In to the region has hu her hH Intention n of ot pre presenting Rt lra with lIh a fur lined 1 overcoat valued 1 at five fl e hundred yen Count i ma Is I Indefatigable active athe In oe tie half I II I |