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ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE vnrlous tercentenary celebrations which have been held In Massachusetts this year have revived public interest In the Mstorlccl events of long ago, ii nd have brought again to the attention of Americans the names of many men who are all but forgotten. Some one has suggested that the liny State might well round out Its tercentenary program with one more celebrntlon of an Important event which took place 900 years ago. Such a celebrutlon would be held next February, for It was In February, 1031, that a man named Roger Williams arrived In Boston from England. The only trouble with that suggestion Is that Roger Williams Is a man whom Massachusetts Is little likely to honor with any special ceremonies, even though It would seem that after three centuries had passed all ancient prejudices should be dispelled and the harsh Judgments of those far-of- f days considerably softened. At least, one might logically draw such a conclusion from these facts: In 1030 the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony wrote upon Its records the following: Whereas, Mr. Roger Williams, one of the elders of the church of Salem, hath broached and divulged divers new and dangerous opinions against the authority of magistrates; and also writ letters of defamutlon, both of the magistrates and churches here, and that before any conviction, and yet maintained) the same without any It Is therefore ordered, that the said Mr. Williams shall depart out of this jurisdiction within six weeks now next evening, which If he neglect to perform. It shall be lawful for the governor and two of the magistrates to send him to some place out of this Jurisdiction, not to return any more without license from the court. In 1928 the Massachusetts house of representatives accepted without debate a report by the judiciary committee recommending leave to withdraw on a bill by Representative John W. Ilawklns to revoke the sentence of banishment of Roger Williams. Thus the Bay State passed up Its chance to make a graceful gesture which would show that the spirit of Intolerance which once characterized Massachusetts, the colony, had been succeeded by a more generous spirit In Massachusetts, the state, and It missed un opportunity to utter even this smallest thanks for Williams service when at the greatest risk to himself, he dissuaded the Narragansett Indians from Joining In the lequot war against the colony which had expelled him from Its borders. But, quite aside from this question of whether or not the Massachusetts of today Is likely to pay belated honor to the man whom the Massachusetts of 300 years ago considered dangerous, feared and sent Into exile, Is the question which one might logically ask us the result of recalling the name of a man who has ben gone from the American scene these 247 years Why Is the arrival of Roger Williams on the shores of New England Important enough to Justify a celebration S00 years later? The answer to that question may be found In these words Roger Wllliums was the first prophet of freedom in America, the 'land of the free, a man whose liberalism was not confined to religion alone but who stood staunchSurely ly for civil liberty as well. In these days when Americans are becoming concerned about the liberties guaranteed them In the foundation stone of our Republic, the Constitution, to know something of such a man Is worth while. Recently there has appeared a biography of him which brings out strongly the Importance of this man In American history. It Is Roger Williams, Prophet and Pio neer, written by Emily Easton and published by the Houghton Millliu company. If Roger Williams had been no more than the pioneer, he would still be Interesting and worthy of study. But It Is In Roger Williams, the prophet of freedom, that our main Interest lies, and with him In this role his new biographer is chiefly concerned. The year of his birth Is uncertain. It was probably 1002 or 1003. The scene was In London on the edge of Smithfield where were held both the fairs and the executions of the day. His father was a merchant tailor, but young Roger does not seem to have had any desire to follow In his fathers footsteps. He began the study of stenography and became un adept at writing shorthand, taking down sermons at Saint Sepulchre's church and speeches In the star chamber, the awesome and terrible court at Westminster hall, where offenders against the crown were summarily and secretly tried. Williams talent attracted the attention of Sir Edward Coke, the great Judge and leader of the Puritans, who saw to It that the boy wus admitted to the Charter house school. In 1020 he received his degree from Pembroke college, Cambridge, and became chaplain In the country house of Sir William Masham. Naturally a free thinker, he allied himself with the most extreme of the Turitans. Belief In the separation of church and state prevented his taking a parish In England and he resolved to come to America. He arrived In Boston on February 5, 1031, but soon found that he was no better off in New England than In Old England. So he went to Plymouth, the pioneer settlement. The Ilymonth people could not agree with his strange opinions," so he went to Salem, where he was repeatedly summoned and finally banished. It was In January, 1036, thnt Roger Williams was compelled to leave his wife and babies and tramp through the forests. lie was saved through the aid of Indians toward whom he hud ever assumed a kindly and generous attitude. Chief Massusolt of the Iokanoket Indians gave him a tract of land on Seekonk river, where he was Joined by old friends from Salem, and a settlement started. But upon receiving friendly hints that complications were liable to arise with the Plymouth colony, he moved to the present site of Providence. It. I., und In June, 1030, started the settlement that was destined to become Rhode Island. The snow-covere- d land there was given by his old friends, Canonlcus und Miantouomo, sachems of the Narragansetts Williams soon bad a chance to return good for evil for such was his influence over the Narragansetts that he easily prevailed upon this powerful tribe not to join the Pequots under Siissucus In their plan to destroy ull the KnglNh settlements In that part of the country. Williams, in 1038, ussisted John Clarke and William Coddington In purchasing Aquidneck, or Rhode Island, from the Indians. lie saw to It that the Indians were not swindled but liberally paid for their holdings. In he went to England and obtained the charter for the Providence and Rhode Island settlements. While there he blossomed forth as an author of some of the best sellers," producof America, ing Ivey Into The Blody Tenet of Persecution for Cause of Conscience,' and Mr. Cottons Letter Examined and Answered." Williams made such n hit In England that several members of parliament gave him a letter which was virtually a passport through Massachusetts upon his return in In 1051 he was obliged to again visit England in order to obtain the revoke-mea- t of the commission of William Coddington as governor of Rhode IsHe not only land and Connecticut. got what he went after, but found 10-1- (Prepared lia Pimtinf by Ctvfpe F-o- m by Society. il- some time to do some more writing. He returned home in 1054 and participated In the reorganization of the colonial government, and accepted the presidency of the colony which he held until 1058. In his administration he the National Geographic n. NANSEN D. C.) LANK FRITII.lt Franz Josef Land) has, third of a century, given up the hotly of August Andree. believed to have been lost forever In the Arctic ice. The Swedish explorer disappeared In his balloon In 1S97. north of Spitsbergen dose to the place at which Nobile's dirigible later disappeared Explorers were at first hopeful that he had drifted eastward to Franz Joset Land. Walter Wellman, assisted b.v the National Geographic society, led an expedition to Franz Josef Land the following year and thought It likely that lie would find Andree at Cape Flora, on one of the southernmost ol the islands which was known by An dree to be a headquarters and a fre quoin point of call for explorers. An dree was not at (ape Flora, however, nml no trace of him or his balloon was ever found in Franz Josef Land until a few weeks ago. Although the islands are desolate and have never tieen and inhabited, it Is possible for men to exist there, even through the winter, ns the history of Arctic exploration proves. The land was discovered accidentally in 1873 by an Aiistro-Hugarian expedition bent on finding the northeast passage. Their ship, caught In the ice. drifted to the southern extremity of the Island group, and the crew wintered In her fast In the ice. In 1881 a Rrltish party of 25. Its ship crushed, wintered on shore, living partly on bear and walrus meHt. Wellman and his companions spent the on shore, and the winter of 1S98-9!- ) expedition wintered over in obtained toleration for the Quakers who were then coming to New England. It seems a somewhat strange paradox that the settlers of Massachusetts, who fled from England to secure religious liberty, should become so Intolerant toward others whose religious Ideas 'Md not agree with theirs. But It must also be admitted that the Quakers gave them plenty of provocation, for, unlike the gentle, peaceful persons whom we are accustomed to associate with the Idea of the Society of Friends today, the Quakers of the Seventeenth century were firebrands and disturbers of the peace wherever 1904-- 5 they went Group of Many Islands. more use Williams himself had little n discoverer Its for them than did the Puritans. Land Josef "Franz land the named Protestants Jews and Turks, Amongst and Pagans (with all of which I have under the impression that it was a conconversed), he wrote, I never met large land mass, perhaps even of dissize. Later tinental exploration revilwith such a Judging, censuring, closed that it Is a group of many ising spirit as is the spirit of the Quakers." But, though he disliked them, lands. Thirty of these are ten miles he would not deny them the rjght to or more in length and the remainder worship as they pleased any more scores of them are small. Several than he would deny that right to any of the islands ere as much as 50 miles long. The group lies slightly farihei others who were driven out of Massachusetts because of their beliefs. north than Spitsbergen, and Its center Rhode Island had very little trouble Is ns far east of Kings bay as New York is east of Kelroit. It Is as fai with the Quakers, for the simple reason that they were allowed to talk all north of the Murman coast of Russia they wanted to, hence they had little and the northern const of Norway as desire to cause a disturbance. Just Chicago is mirth of New Orleans. It Is about the same distance from the the c.pposite was the case In MassaNorth pule. chusetts. The more they were perThe lands name was recently secuted there and their right of free to Fiilhjnf Nansen Land by determore the changed speech suppressed, mined they were to exploit their a vote of the Russian Association ol Science. The Island group's new views. There Is food for thought In name is appropriate because the is those facts In considering some presenlands were the scene of one ol the t-day problems In America ! in the fife of Not only did Williams stand firm most dramatic episodes Nansen. The land late the Frithjof for religious liberty In his colony but for him literal for civil liberty us well. lie had re- which lias been named him volted against the theocracy which ly saved his life und preserved career ruled New England, and in revolting for the valuable humanitarian climax when he, in cohe rebelled against the magistrates ns thnt reached h with Herbert Hoover, saved well as against the clergy. Eighteen operation of millions of famine-strlelives the had he his founded Islet after years of defiant freedom he could boast. In en Russians. Nansen took a small party on board a letter to Sir Henry Vane: We have the new chains specially const rmled vessel Fratn of the Presbynot felt the terian tyrants, nor in this colony have and entered the Ice does off northern Liberia In 1893 with the hope of driftwe been consumed with the fire of the ing with the Ice across the North pole. godly Christian magistrates. Sir, we have not They drifted for 35 months, locked in the Ice. without sighting land and known what an excise means; we have almost forgotten what tithes are, yea, without a single contact with the world. Nansen and Ids crew were or taxes either, to church or commonbelieved to he lost. wealth." When Nansen found that the Fram A new charter was granted Rhode 1003. This charter estabIsland in lished such liberal republican governJersey Is Coming Back, ment that the Revolution in 1770 made no chnnge in It, and It was not super-cedeParis Writer Declares until 1842. For the next 14 Jerseys are coming hack strong. years he was actively engaged In pub They are plain with thick velvety lie life. urface. tinily decked or doited with The death of this remarkable Ameri mind mid square woven spots, says can pioneer was announced In this a Paris fashion correspondent in the quaint fashion In a letter written Slay Now York Times. 10, 1083, by John Thorndyke of ProvidisapTweeds have practically dence to Rev. Samuel Hubbard: "The peared. They are being replaced by laird hnth arrested by death our an men's suiting of a smooth and lively clent and approved friend, Mr. Roger texture, In pepper-and-salmixed Williams, with divers others here. fashion, self striped or with pin Austro-Hungaria- over-zealou- s ) d -- I by Western Newri.per Cnloo.) was not drifting toward the pole, he determined to dash, with a single companion, over the Ice to the top ol the world. Johansen was picked to go with him. They took three sledges, 22 dogs and two kayaks (Eskimo canoes). They did not attain their objective, hut they made a new farthest SO degrees and .12 minutes. u nth, Just 228 miles south of the pole. From their northernmost point the two men turned south and began one of the longest marches ever made over Are-M- c Ice. Finally they were reduced to two dogs. After many days they reached Eva Island, one of the outlying Islands of what Is now Frilhjot Nansen Lund. Building a stone hue they lived on the isolated Isle through the winter, Next subsisting cliielly on hear meat spring they started south for the main islands of the group. Nansen s kayak was attacked h.v a huge walrus that drove Its tusks through the fragile craft, hut Nansen scrambled out oil a cake ot ice as the tiny boat filled with water, and they made their way to the southern islands. There they met to their great joy. Frederick Jackson, leader of an English expedition. Although Jackson had met Nansen years before, lie failed, for the moment, to recognize In the , I red sooty-tibearded, wanderer the famous blond Norwegian explorer. Nansen and Johansen came home on flip English party's whaler; the Fram arrived a few days later. Nansen, who had been given up for dead, received n tremendous welcome. The sea between northern Spitsbergen and northern Frithjof Nansen Land is usually packed with an almost unbroken expanse of ice so that navigation northward Is seldom possible. Even tlip narrower channels between the Frithjof Nansen islands are eternally frozen, hut the larger channels heroine Ice free in summer. Because of its far northern position and the greater distance the Arctic arm of the Gulf stream must flow to reach It, Frithjof Nansen Land Is marked by Arctic conditions to a greater extent than Spitsbergen. It has been called the world's most Most of characteristic polar land. the islands are plateaus less than 1,00(1 feet high, covered with domes of Ice. At. some points the black Imsult crags that form the edges of the plateaus protrude from the white ice and snow. Vegetation and Animal Life. The vegetation of the few snow-frespots is scant, consisting only of llch- ens, mosses, and several grasses. The animal life. too. is meager for the most part, a few polar hears and fewer foxes on land; walruses and seals In the water. The tdrd life is the richest. Great Hocks of little auks, dove-kie- s and other birds frequent the islands from March to September. There are no reindeer or hares. One Important Item for castaways is the existence of considerable quantities of driftwood along the shores channels. This Is of the evidently wood cast out into the Arctic ocean by the great northward flowing rivers of Siberia such as the Obi and the Yenisei. 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