THE AMERICANS AND THE NORTH POLE

It was said, almost a month ago, that if the penguins of the North Pole were waiting with curiosity on their ice floes for the passage of the Shenandoah, they were likely to be disappointed, because without doubt the great German-American airship would not cross never the polar sky.

Now, a dispatch from Washington tells us that, for economic reasons, President Coolidge is of the opinion that the United States must abandon its plan to send the Shenandoah to the North Pole. And preparations for the expedition were suspended.