strained relations between the great mass of the American people and her own. No appeal to old comra 'eship, no plea that blood is thicker than water, can alter the present feeling in America. How desperate must be the need that resorts to such an agency. How futile must be the effort which would array itself against the instinctive, irrepressible, and burning love of the American people for right and liberty and their abhorrence of the tyrant power which would crush them under the iron heel of its armed hosts." Among the newspapers which took the opposition was a sensational Philadelphia daily, which, as an advertising feature, had sent representatives to all the schools of the city, opened headquarters near each, and secured the signatures of thousands of children to an address of sympathy to President Krüger, without the children, many of them of very tender years, having any idea of what they were signing, afterward sending the address by the hands of a messenger boy, in the convoy of an older and wiser head, to South Africa to deliver it in person. This daily denounced the application in the most unmeasured terms. The following is a copy of one of the sets of exceptions filed against the granting of the charter: 1. The purposes of the proposed society are un-American and against the spirit of our government. 2. The results and consequences of the object of the society will be a menace to the stability of our institutions. 3. The purposes of the proposed society tend toward the overthrow of the Republic and the establishment of a monarchy in its stead. 4. If a charter were granted, it would legalize acts which would otherwise be treasonable. 5. If the proposed acts of the incorporators are not now against the Constitution, they will be in time of war. 6. The British empire is large enough to accommodate the incorporators if they have fallen in love with her institutions and desire to become her subjects. The second set of exceptions alleged that there is no authority given by the Act of Assembly of April 29, 1874, and its supplements, for the granting of a charter for the purposes of the proposed corporation; that the formation of a society for the purposes set forth in the proposed charter, would be prejudicial and injurious to the community. It also claimed that the object is contrary to the Constitution and the principles of the foundation of the government of the United States. If the charter were granted, it would legalize acts which would otherwise be treasonable. It alleged that the object of the society is illegal and against all the customs, traditions, and history of the United States; the formation of such a society "is not wanted or desired by the people of the United States, and would be an insult to foreigners of all other countries." On account of these objections another prominent lawyer was retained by the society, who when consulted gave the following opinion: "I have very serious doubt in the face of the opposition as to whether the purpose of the proposed corporation is within those which may be accomplished by incorporation. The bringing into closer relation the people of the United States and the English-speaking people of the world, is not a charitable or missionary undertaking, nor is it a company for the encouragement and protection of trade and commerce. It is not proposed to maintain a club for social enjoyment. The only head under which the court may grant the charter, is for the purpose or support of a benevolent or educational undertaking. I have grave doubts as to the ability to convince the court that the purpose specified is the support of a benevolent or educational undertaking." This opinion by one of its own counsel was not encouraging. But it was thought that the opposition would be satisfied if permission was asked of the court to amend the application and omit the obnoxious word "political," which was done, but without disheartening the opposition. The master, having decided that the society must elect under which one of the different classes enumerated in the Act it should make its application, the application was withdrawn and a new one in different form replaced it, for which the court charges were again paid. Just previous to this new application one of the counsel of the society recommended that it withdraw altogether from the the Philadelphia courts and make application in New Jersey or Delaware, but the subter fuge was indignantly voted down by the society and it was determined that it should not be "downed' by the opposition, but continue the fight. Then hearing after hearing passed with nothing accomplished, until finally after many months of delay, on the advice of counsel, the society, its patience being exhausted, concluded that it was fighting without sufficient object, and that all its requirements could as well be met by an unincorporated society, at least for the present. It has not as yet renewed the application. The society has since felt continually the opposition then developed. While Irish societies can obtain any number of brilliant American speakers to address them without fear or favor on any occasion, this society has never been able to secure either for love or adequate compensation, the services as orator of any prominent American public man who has political ambition or a political future. These public men will not go on record or do anything which may bring upon them any consequences from the all powerful Irish vote in America. As to what this society has accomplished during the two years since it was organized, other than secure its own existence, that is little enough, judged by the anxiety of some of its members for aggressive work in the field whitening for the harvest, and begging for the workers. But it has done what little it could in its own unobtrusive way. It is watching its chance for effective strokes at every opportunity. It is in close touch with the British society, the Atlantic Union, which, as a social organization only, is certainly not interested in an entangling political alliance. In relation to another phase of the American society's work, the following unsolicited testimonial comes from London, England, under date of March 1, 1902, in a letter from the regular correspondent of an important Philadelphia daily not over friendly to the society or its objects: "Mr. Chamberlain is to be praised as a constructive statesman, and it is deplorable that Anglophobia on the continent and elsewhere still misrepresents the actual facts of the British occupation (South Africa). While writing on this subject I must allude to the very great pleasure with which I received a pamphlet entitled 'A Word of Truth,' published by the Transatlantic Society of America, and containing a well arranged statement of some of the facts that show the real state of the case in South Africa. This pamphlet is likely to attract a good deal of attention in England. The notice of the authorities has been drawn to it, and a grateful appreciation of the friendly act of the Transatlantic Society is expressed in every quarter. So many English families have lost friends in South Africa that the price of peace has been paid, not merely by the taxpayers, but by a large proportion of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom. Those of us who have lost friends know that the contribution toward the attainment of the end is paid entirely to gain equality between white men. When, therefore, the Transatlantic Society of America brings out the facts by showing the mercy and the manliness of the British soldier, the hearts of the people over here are touched. They have done much to bring the peoples of the United States and the British empire into closer relations and to advance the real friendship that should subsist between the two English-speaking nations." As to what the society will do, that depends. It depends on what public opinion will permit. For it has no ideals of hands against every one and every one's hands against itself. Without the support of public opinion, its membership will not so increase as to give it the facilities which it requires to be an effective force. The society has in mind the possible affiliation of all such kindred societies in the United States for the better advancement of the work in hand, and has a standing committee on that subject. The present state of opinion in this country on the Boer war is taken to be only a manifestation of something deeper, which must be reached and corrected before tangible results can be shown. This deeper cause is the result of many misunderstandings on many subjects, and those who have its interest most at heart, fondly hope that the society may be able to do something to reach the root of the matter in an effective way as opportunities may develop. TAUYUNGINA WITH BIRD NET AND LOAD OF DOVEKIES ON BACK ANGLO-GERMAN-AMERICAN AMENITIES IN THE ARCTIC I BY ROBERT STEIN N August, 1899, I was landed, with two companions, from Peary's supply steamer Diana, at Cape Sabine, the eastern extremity of Ellesmere Land, in 79° north latitude, our plan being to reach the west coast of Ellesmere Land and trace it southward as far as possible. The realization of this plan depended on three conditions, whose fulfillment, though not assured, seemed reasonably certain. Unfortunately, all three failed, and thus the expedition took a course quite different from that intended. That sort of thing is apt to happen when one man proposes and another disposes. Still, it was to this disappointment that I owed one of the pleasantest episodes of my life. In May, 1900, myself and one companion, Dr. Kann, after traveling some 300 miles southward from Cape Sabine, in an attempt to reach Upernivik, the nearest Danish colony, found our progress stopped at Cape York, at the north end of Baffin Bay, in latitude 76°. By that time the snow, the most delightful building material so long as the temperature is reasonably close to zero, was approaching dissolution, so that we had no shelter but the tents of the Eskimos, crowded as they usually were with steaming human beings whose sealskin garments had never known the virtue of soap and water. Return was impossible, as the ice had broken up behind us. Our provisions soon gave out, and we were thus reduced to walrus steak and seal cutlets. All this, however, in the exuberant health which the Arctic spring had bestowed upon us, would have been no great hardship, had we known when it would end; but that was quite. uncertain. We were not sure whether Peary's ship would call there; and we could not count with certainty on the Scotch whaling steamers, as the whaling industry of Baffin Bay was said to be moribund. For Dr. Kann it was essential to return that year. I had decided to remain another year, but the prospect of depending on the natives for something like four months was not pleasant to contemplate. They told us that the whalers always came at the time when the dovekies began to lay eggs, that being one of the landmarks in their calendar. Thus, when we saw the first of these eggs brought into camp, our fever of expectation became acute. But even if the whalers came, we were not sure what' treatment we would receive from them. Though the situation was by no means desperate, I could not help picturing to myself from time to time. what would happen "Gin I cam hame nae mair." Happily, all this suspense was terminated in the pleasantest manner possible. On June 9th, the boy Igiengwa, who, because of the extraordinary keenness of his eyes, had been placed on the lookout, came running down the hill, shouting, "Umiahsoa! Umiahsoa!" (a ship! a ship). I was then staying in the tent of Igiengwa's step father, Angutibluahsu, and I asked my host where the ship was. He pointed to a spot on the southeastern horizon where I could discover absolutely nothing. However, the natives seemed to be in doubt about it; in a few minutes their sledges were ready and dashing over the ice toward the open water. As I sat behind Angutibluahsu on his sledge, I strained my eyes to see the slightest sign of smoke at the spot he pointed out, but to no purpose. At last we reached the open water, a mile from shore, and found that the natives had not been deceived; a faint trail of smoke appeared far to the southeast. Had we been lovers of the mysterious, we should have declared Igiengwa a clairvoyant. Presently a second black cloud appeared, and then a third. Soon we made out the masts, and at the end of about an hour three stately steamers, their decks crowded with stalwart forms, touched the edge of the ice close to where we stood. On the bow of the foremost we made out the name Eclipse. Tall, bearded men sprang down on the floe and secured the ice anchors; English speech was heard once more in all directions, sounding delightfully intelligible after several months' laborious endeavors to understand the polysyllabic language of our Eskimo hosts. In a few minutes we stood on the deck of the Eclipse, trying to read in the faces of the people the prospect of our errand. The most pronounced facial expression was one of astonishment, and no wonder, for the combination of Eskimo clothing and bearded faces, with a pair of spec |