New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-28
IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
THE COMING CATACLYSM OF AMERICA AND
EUROPE.
Ernm The Arena


From The Arena. 80 l.,
creasinc agitation aud discomfort, not because inc
reasons therefor increasing but because men a,1
ton Ino contrast princey wealth and abJcct pos,
erty poverty never wise to prevent evils, but !"
can vote and it nynt, and IL VIII DO both
How hIgn the agitation Will rise III the next eghteen
wears il would not safe predict, but during tht
Zine IL will be increased By the war In Europe "hc
will come on near the beginning vi the twentieth cen
tury ana end III the destruction OF monarchy. NnS
teen Years hence quasi war Will appear In lnS
cnuiry ana the CONFUSION VIII not DC arrested uh
about 1915 The six years prior TO that date Will 10
w Iar the most tadhlitous That America mas ever
might give a Iurid description Of the horrible scene
that rises before me, but have said enough IL VIII
be u labor ana capital war interminged with re-
Igious element of uiscord and with mixture Oh inc
race question from te presence oi poo II sil
be drcary triumph of the destructive ele1ehts COM
pelling new departure for the futlre ana q poro
NatIle-,oo Is preparing many calamitics for US
As the destruction OF forests goes on. our Hoods m
eaease m as in e Old World for the same
desolation has come upon syria, once like vaot 50
garden Eden, ana upon the northern provinces VI
africa, and Is now invading Greece sciIy southern
France and spain. The American statesman has not
vet learned tIaJ the WoOdman's axe Is far Geatcr
menace 10 our fulurc than foreign cannon. -,
our huge Mississippi has already converted ~, y,
shores into vast inland and the levee system OF
restraining il is proved a failure. which may con
tinually grow and more disastrous as IL mas ~
China ana i'll Italy, for the engineerng taiei 10 ic
fire crisis has not yet appeared III acdon etcf 'neIc
or here. The Yang Use kang has become inc sooua
OF China overwhelming in its last Hood 3oo0oo suiao
miles and near 1,OoOOoo DVes. liz 'ii'''''p'' - "
coming scouTge. l., .,o ain
And Formidable too will be the power IN gre ar ar
the terrible cyclones and the strange seasons taI arg
coming among our calamitics when the warmth VI, Va
summer shall fail. and the bOuntles OF asicuie oo
denied us The outer world Is dlsordeicd, ana IL,
huge meteorte should fall in tic WABASH NaeS III
summer Iecoect that have said II Is pIoDape. Inc
coming summer will be marked by Destructive cycVos
Especially i'm the west. and the neighboi hood OF ha
sas City will suffer. The cold seasons coinhK Nv %
add greatly to our social calamitlcs ana inc hei.o
discomfort that prepares men for war Ve ms ct
,nrrcase of mortality fully doubling the usual harvest
Of death mainly by prosraG abdominal di s,m %
t.e Good care OF themselves will suffer In the
midst OF all these horrors OF war ana nooas, n
climax n W VIII Witch III tl earthquakes OF New-Madrd Of
Java, OF Lisbon and Caracas VIII Soe'' "f
The erca, mass Of our continent and especially Us
Northern portion comparatively SAFE put our our a.,
Iar,c Coast is doomedl Whenever on the ~
anc strong CreSod dy x t. feet me above s
wave might destr the entire population OF our c0aS
and slight sinking of the sor %ou o 4e s't 70 sucH
Dossbilitics and their imminence has cohpeneu i"c
to study the question profoundly ,,o NV chief land
pryatel reasons, after showing tic posslDiiilles anu
probabilities have mentioned to announce my ilra
e AtantIc Coast viii be wrecked by submergence and
tidal from the borders Of New EslaMhu er 70 viii SI
be no safety below the hills. 1t Is with great l'sita'
ton and reluctance that have consented 70 pre-
sent this horTd panorama, but truth shouio pc
our paramount aim and If there be. as maintain any
science which look into the future fts proP per
presentation by the statement OF the future so ia
In advance of the event Is 10 constitute decisive
test. Here. then, is my statement: ,n,.,d th,t ,s
Every seaboad city south Of New-Engand, that -
not more than fifty feet above the seaievei Oh e,c
Atlantic coast is destined to destructive eonVGason
Osh anS Charleston are doomed Richmond. Ba
more Washington Philadelphia, Newark. jersey CITY
nne Is sy w sSsH 1 the
VIII suffer less. but the destruction at Newiorh anu
Jersey City will be the grandcst horror. -, n..,e.
coast. and perhaps extend in the Pacific toward the
great loss Of life extending from British Columbia
down along the coast of Mexico, but the eonIormao
Of the Pacific coast will make its grand tidal wave
far less destructive than the Atlantic shore Never
theIess it will be calamitous. Lower California C T
suffer severely along the soa Sa the latter
Oa The T desracton Of Cities Which anticipate seems
William an hour and not far from noon
Starting from the Pacific Coast as already described
# will strike southward-a mighty tidal wave anu
earthquake shock will develop in the Gul o. MeN
leo and Caribbean sea VIII Sr.Ne uava o Our
sister republic Venezuela, bound to us IN desuhy
by the law of pcrodcy Will be asSaile "a. by , IN
Quake The destruction OF her chief city Caracas;
viii be greater than IN 1sl2 r we eoc XVII viii be- very
near total destruction. ,-,.o, o,,os
From South America back to the United states,
Vera cruz suffers with great severity but the Guy
of Mexico realizes only severe Shock lallPloO anu
Maamoas suffer severely sveson !, th nmcs
Newt Orleans is in dangerous condjtlonmth.e, ques
lion arises between total and partial destrc'i9n' A.,
WI only say it will , Se @ 9W raia NAV have
only its rebound The shock and Hood pass up u,a
Mississippi from 100 to l2C miles and Strike a'0
hoaso If m travels along the Gulf Shore Mobile will
probably suffer most severely and he more thah ma, nan
destroyed; Pensacola somewhat less. southern 'c,
ida is probably entirely submerged and lost; ~.
Augustine severely injured Charleston Will probably
be half submerged and NcwhcFne suffer more severely
port ROYAL will probably be wiped ont; Norfolk VIII
suffer about as much as Pensacola Petersburg ana
ton will suffer in lis low grounds Baltimore am
Annapolis much more severely Phiiadelpma VIII
t0pple and it, large buildings be injured but 90
not think it, Grand City Hall will be Destroyed frop
ably the injury will not affect more than onefourth
Knit Knit along The Yew-Icrsey coast the damage will be
great Atlantic city and Care MAY nyo,o @aS BY ,, g.
SlTSye from S"s any 0 severe calamity The rising waters
Will affect Newark and Jersey City Will be the most
Ssus srSf S. ss%o below the
Posiofice and Trinity Church: will be flooded, ana
all its water, margins VII sa t o., ,,o u,r,
The divers and wrcckers will be busy In saving some
OF the submerged wealth Politicians after the So war
Islied parties but the people, The common people
vii be democratic power Tat the world has never
,roduce by clubs will he Introduced by war. The
rebellion agains: the old Older OF society Will be I'D
conflict with government. and conservative govern
ment will seem to put il down, but as II crashes 1t
spreads and finally triumphs I'm demolishing every
form Of monopoly. The people BY their govern
ment will hold the railroads the mines, the trans
he great PRODUCTS grain. cotton, tobacco etc. and
supply consumers at cost. But Mt what a terrible
cost Of human life will these results be attained ana
how terrific the destruction in great cities
Europe, too has It's great calamity, but secondary
in importance 10 that Of America. The beginning
Of fine traccdy will approach with the beginning OF the
century and the develop in about fifteen years
Two years OF sancuinary revolution VIII be her
smonderng now in the human bosoms land IN thu fiery
sea that supplies vesuvius). for Europe has not The
statesmanshp that could meet its criss-ncther has
America The result will lie the utter destruction Of
monarchy an effee absurdity which the enlighted
have onfcrown Every throne will be DESTROYED eX-
cent that Of the sick man In Europe" The Sultan
will remain. and the German Emperor will yield