Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-29
IN THE TwENrIKrH CENTURY.
he Coming Casaclysm Of Amsraoa and
Europe.

beginning OF the twentieth century and end
in the destruction of monarchy. Nineteen
years hence war or quasi war will appear in
this country and the CONFUSION will not be
arrested until about 1916. The six years prior
to that date will be by far the most calamitous
that America has ever known.
might give a lurid description of the hor-
rlble scene that rises before me, but have
said enough. It will be a labor and capital
war lntermingled with a religious element of
aiscor =. and with mixture of the race question
from the presence of powerful negro element
confronting the Caucasian negrophobia. 1t
Will be dreary triumph of the destructive
elements, compelling new departure for the fu-
ture anoAa more thorough democracy.
Nature, too. is preparing many calamities for
us. AS the destruction of forests goes on our
hoods increase IN power, and large regions are
threatened with barrenness, as in the Old
World for the same reason desolation has come
upon Syria, once like vast garden Of Eden,
and upon the northern provinces of Africa. and
Is now invading Greece, Sicily, southern France
and Spain. The American statesman has not
yet learned that the woodlands AK is far
greater menace to our future than foreign cam
non.
Our huge Mississippi has already converted
lts shores into vast inland sea, and the levee
system of restraining it is proved a failure.
which may continually grow more and more
disastrous, as it has in China and in italy, for
the engineering talent to meet the crisis has not
yet appeared in action either there or here.
The Yang-tse-kiang has become the scourge Of
China, overwhelming in it's last food 35O, 900
square miles and near ,000. 900 lives
THE MISSISSIPPI Is BECOMING OUR sooURaE.
And formidable, too, will be the power in the
air, the terrible cyclones and the strange sea-
sons that are coming among our calamities.
when the warmth of summer shall fail and the
bountles OF agriculture be denied us. The
outer world is disordered. and if a huge
meteorite should fail in the Wabash valley this
summer, recollect that have said it is proba-
bic. The coming summer will be marked by
destructive cyclones. especially in the west,
and the neighborhOod of Kansas City will suffer.
Inc cold seasons coming twelve or fourteen
years hence and crushing agriculture will add
greatly to our social calamities aud the fierce
dlscontent that prepares men for war. VEN
turc to predict also q very sickly summer this
year and great increase of mortality fully
doubling the usual harvest of DEATH mainly by
prostrating abdominal diseases with some ten
dency to paralysis. Those who fail to take
good care of themselves will suffer. In the
midst OF all these horrors of war and foods a
terrible climax will DO reached in geological
CONFUSION compared to which the earthquakes
OF New Madrid. of Java of Lisbon and Caracas
VIII seem unlmportant.
The great mass of our continent and espe-
clally Its northern portions. are comparatively
safe, but out Atlantic seaboard is not 1t is safe
to say, but our Atlantic coast is doomed When
ever am on the Atlantic border a strong fore
thn, W ie IL. o''. men my
j., Ior;a' &c" ;ees 'oo|e tue ocean ie'el are
III peruous positioh. udal wave might
ae sIir GG Gnrfs pypuia1ion OF our coast and
more fatal. For ten years have been looking
to such possibilities, and their imminence has
compelled ME to study the question pro-
io nn.
,r;,at WI. ne now. si.nout giving my chlei Sand
pnd al.er snowtig tne possiolities
anu Z! opaoiii.les nave lentioned,t 10 announce
y urn EGn'lctlon snas IN .ne midst OF our
,s uL I NV va. .ae atllh,c coast VIII De
wrecked py suDmergence and tidal waves from
h tne Ioraer f pl SeW EngIana 10 the southern
no safeiv u honr th h M "eH;o here VIII De
49," "eiJM Tue ni.s ~ rs WIN great hesl-
,rrasat th;s b",d sliae nave eohsen9eo 20
ba our ,.arann,,m.p % puu u u'n enouiI
a.' aAni anu ~ theIe pe, as
f,,.'ra i.s "y , mn,en Gan i3oh ,n.o tle
80 1f az tfStu, s ~ ny INC s,a,e
49,, - 70 oons.it,,. lar ~ ADVANCE VI Tie
- N'' "o'''
hhhE' THEN, ID MY STATEMENT.
Every seaboard city south of New England,
that is not more than fifty feet above the sea
laval of tb. Atlont;c ooos. 20 ao..;,,aa a. -
..-,...:-. ,-.
MoIIa e. eons ulsLGn Saves.oh' New orleans,
. SS nuS uStIne; savannah anu Cnaries-
: .on aie 1 n1'I !icHnoho, baitlmore. WASH.
ngtoH, fhlaIddeipnla, newark, Jersey CITY and
view iorA VIII suher IN various degrees In pro-
Poruoh as they approximate the seal level.
HrooKiyn VIII sqner less, put the destruction at
New 10TH ana Jersey oity WILL be the grandest
ho Tm
n iue CONFUSION WIN propaply Degln on the
Iaclllc COAST ana perhaps extend In the Pacific
so"aiu the o.a!u l isianus. Inc shock VIII
De UeTrioie; WIN great loss OF lie. extending
rom Dfitsn CoiulhDia down along the coast OF
mexico, put the CONFORMATION OK the Pacific
coasI VIII MAKE lts srana udai wave lar less de-
stI =. iii. IN oi ny AaiuaG SHORE: never
will snffer severely aion" tho cost Sa Hi nn'
and Coronado will suffer severely. especially
the latter.
Inc aestructlon OF cities which / anticipate
seems 70 De twenty-four years ahead-it may
De twenty-three. 1t Will be sudden and brief
all within an houf and not far from noon.
Starting from the Pacific coast, as already de-
scrlbed, 1t will strike southwark mighty
tidal wave and earthquake shock will develop
In the Gulf OF Mexico and the Caribbean sea.
1t Will strike the western coast of Cuba and
severely in lure Havana. Our sister republic.
Venezuela bound to us in destiny by the law
OF periodicity, will be assailed by the encroach-
ing waves and terribly shaken by the earth
quake. The destruction of her chief city,
Caracas, will be greater than in 1912. when
Il, 900 were said to be destroyed. The coming
shock will be very near total destruction.
From South America back to the United
States all Central America and Mexico are
severely shaken; Vera Cruz suffers with great
severe shock. Tampico and Matamoras suffer
severely; Galveston is overwhelmed; New
Orleans Is In a dangerous condition-the ques-
ton arises between total and partial destruc-
ton. Will only say 1T will be an awful calam-
lty. II the tidal wave runs southwark New