The sun., 1902-07-13
THE LOST CONTINENT STORY.
D0 Rgfr>r EtE>TS Inn 70 EfGHr
TRtDITIONs az tTItNTfS!
riates Nrcean, OF the submersins ef ."
Island Of Continental rrepsr"""s
what HAS i~en ae, ralei n, s"u"'''
ing. Made in u, cent Ncar>'

IN. t.rttbl. disaster In the Nest INDIES
ha. naturally revived frmtuisc.u,"> Of pre-
Viou, ocCuftenc-- OF the -ains k'hd u o'h',
parts OF the world. and all ih' I"'to,r "
'imildr 'tafaUt"t Which have u.'Nft'" Nv,
axe. ta~t have been r,told aud ,oWI1tr'
With th- latest tud I"thal- N,f-' "' az
IL j. singular fact. however, t"i u '"'','
h- tught ot truth IA the early tTaditiol- %
mankind there once occurred ~ the N'''
Indian fesion. or IA Ia" NIaritc To W" 'a''
OF the Meet Indies "a. most t-aTiHi us
J~tCT IN the history Of the human ta''
catastrophe 80 terrible ~ nS nHtur" ~ '"
impress Ind'hhly IT. story into ih' NINA
Of tie human race and render lork"tiuhee'
oi II al tmpo~sibilty
IL has b"eH customary for ages 10 frsaru
he story OF Atlantis. tie lost I,!shd' ~
merely trhditiouHfy tAlic StuGeiis are
nov more cautious and ir~itntc ere pro-
uouuclns Judgment Ion d tradition "hl'h
com.- down through th" rse- With the stamp
of undoub'cd Antiquity uIou u. lhe isct
that the Atlantis legend has for over l'""
year berL regarded as an idle tale has no
influence on tue minds OF scholars who re-
m.mber that for III. same length OF time
the stori-~ % H"fodotu, we're equally dis
credited IT, l. nov knowu to have been
Considerations narrator Of what he saw
or knew 10 he true MANY legends. once
. d-cf"dit-d uk" that Of Atlantis. are now
I known to he founded upon fact. ~ students
D OF Antiquity are slowly coming to the con
clu-ion that the AtlUutIs legend has sohd
historical TIA l.
lu- tradition wa Ia ancient times mos'
, clearly st forth by Plato. Who in -liWsus
/ gives a fun account Of IN" ~tori"d Island
! the narrative being impaired to Soion. nn-
c-stor OF Plato. by the priests of igyr'. Whp
' In their DOCUMENTS had preserved IA" history
/ OF Atlantis as n had bs"n handed down troh'
a still NOR" remote antiquity. Briefly sum
| married. IN" account given by Plato ana
! Others l. this
To the Ws>, OF IN" Pillars Of Hercules or
strait Of Gibraltar and ~ the distanc" OF
several hundred mile there once lay great
/ island it, Dimensions wore larger than
! tho>. of Asia Minor. and either by short
! voyage by land or chain OF islands. com
| inundated With tn. great continent To IN"
| west Of the ocean. or america. This Island
Wa ~ itself Hn empire It, people attained
q high degree ~ civilization They had
! popuious oitie- carrying ON a vast trade
/ both 10y sea aud land ih"y cultivated the
/ earth. had orchards and Nineyard,. and their
4 -ou produced tropioal fruit- and foW"rs.
/ d.Iip,,i.- uf many siud- aud ncdi icinal plants
| sud herb They dag great CHn,Is for pufpos' :
! ~ irri cation aud Transportation. they con
/ -,rtIc'sd excellent hig twHy- theN had q
system uf law, and a hishly orsHnised Govern.
I men, The palace aud roNtl CITY "ho-"d"d
IN -pieLdut anythiug known IA EurOge ~ that
/ time. tu" dctaIl- b"ius '-rtousIy suggest l"
I Of th. description Of the royal pa!Ao" oi the
! Peruvian lic.-. lh.y had eNt-n>i'. colonies
/ .vp, arutI"r 'he .hpro- of ~" "l.t.rr
Mediterranean. finally founding great states
I 10 ~" valley ~ th~ huphfair- ami lisri.
3 ~ western turnp" oui ISrhnI- also portions
of western AFRICA Wrr" under thef '"n'foi
] and lluf. arr given. 10th DN Plato aud others,
4 nf colonies else NNnft hFT country Ma
I IN. original seat Of th" worlt- civilization,
| and from % TIA" kno~lris" oi ~" arts and
/ sricu. - and p.thaT- OF letters and writing
al.o was carried IA every direction Ia tue
I ends Of The earth
nv . tremendous oouvulsinn of nature a..
! continent disappeared beneath the waters NJ
4 tho ocean. - Inhabitants prri-h'i, 10 cities
/ were oN-r'hroVn. The nature OF IA" cai a.
/ 'ropht y not cNlr'ly stated either 10y Plato
I or IN the other legends though vaguely 'hs
des'ru'ttv" agent j. DECLARED io he water ~
] = I,t Iumcu-, uiH'ritt..s ~ To- Donrtitut" a
lie! I.-,. which rcH, ~ to ~" toy. OF the highest
! mountains IN" fountains "i III" great de" !,
v'r" hfpA"u up. rams ~ unpr"c"i' ni"l
covered all ~" "Arth lew frightened
. inhabitants escaped In ships and bore IT."
I u"Ns ~ This awfu! calamity tn IA" rect Of N"
F ,urrorre which nllcd al nations with horror
. m.u .itrlhut-d n to the vsusranC" OF their
gods ,nd found reason IN IA" real or sup-
Io-~d ut.k .kr,iurs- ot th. PEOPLE of Atlantis
. which provoked their d"i'ie- - DESTROY 'h-m
such l. ~" story, - derived from Plato
the rN.t"ftous island II f. nov practically
srrtain 'hu' lorg h"fore ~" dat" commonly
+ r,-d ~ thd oi the food 'h"r" W.cr" ov"riul
. civilized state both H. ~ ~, N-~opo'a mia
. and along IA. esstcrn Mediterranean 1h"v
po--s~."d In lIgh dssr"" a." lrt, OF 'iNili-
1li,on hey o9.." MI. 10y nag lhr"rl-;
,pnusrtitl hou~s~ u,tu.uts NrT" Kept and
hill. rendered lh"r" v'r" poet. and novel
i.fs sr,i itr,'s. painters md -"u.ptor~ Their
. CIVILIZATION rather than original. however.
seem. TO have tr"n derived rom an older
I source. and ~" -u~p'iun t'At this w1s IN"
D ,t~a has led students ~ 1utiuuiiV NOR" than
ever To- ~" beliaf that there mnv D." much oi
truth IA ,hc tvuoth"~i. which make Nlantt,
'hc urigira' ~"nt o' Az clNlhiston. but th'
destruction oi the sr"1' cont in"ut did not
hinder nr i.laV ih" progress OF man. fur the
. colonies -srt 'r-'h Ner" strong enough to
continue 'n. Vurh begun nv the mother
country Tradition of N. dclugc are not
. A. commonly -uppo-"d, 80 h" found in rV'rv
hrd Ih"r" i non" among III" African
,ritses ol the bars Continent there l. none
among tho Au-ir'lisr 7hori rtne- oT South
sea isluudrt~ The tr'ditton. ",t~' or'v
an thnsa ro'I' trie- Which urc ~ tradition 'l,
". .cr,s,el yI,h The 10, coutin-r, or Vhos..
trhahtarts Hr' descended from it, SUPPOSED
colort-,. Thrv ~" found IN lurop-. ~ all
snd south Imerica ard tradi'ion as.-rt>
,Nat sll t'"-" 'ouu'rls- vet" ".th-r -"t'l-d
irnn N,'r' % 10. tl ,.i'n con- ts,'d '' 'h'
The total is-trIofiop of tho mother country
would % NtNIdiN urur"s~ t'e lrlHgtt Hf'ur oi
all rl'. ors g..o'I0ifd With tie lot 'ortlr"r'
49, ,be d.Iugr M rhi easily b. urHsticri
,,.to tha .ruuistIou of tho whole earth. and
no traditions -" 10 hr found among no
African. ~ m 80 south ~es-. hs,au-. th--S
p.orlr- hrd io'ftrC 20 do with Atlantis
ND r-,sr hoard ~ ~. ior o' the cnia-tropl-
hv vll.N ~ N1ri-HTd
INe 'f.ior.c evidence IN favor ~ tho ~
Iz,.r,o 81 80" lot island B.. merely traditional
Lf,' 49,. ur.y.'.alfv ot 'le tradition sud If,
ter t.t t-f.' 1EN" 4 H NsiIlt witch ,Bti OF l"
ror,..' Ti" Z. rrntiVn 81 Plato is 30 fl'-
,trri tory ~ ro'. Nd t'ro"- % o. p Tlstr.
.i-at rltfoTv ard .'a'"n.'t OF loot. "our",'si
80 ael Ns - 3 a.. .fsafN
had nesr d-r' 81 directly from ~. d--c.rd-
ant 80 q. o-if'inal 'o'"tists. aud ~. rl.io
n.rrrti,r cnrrI's 'orvi'tiOr hv it. simple
cantor ard rupareut la'k Of Imagination
urlv IN the lat few N.rrs hsS isU,' COM.
10 ,r- ,o"nrWst on of TRADITION srd rendered
u al,-o,' certain that ~ ore 'fr. lar back
I'm tho o., ,.fv uFst there Wa aCturll' IN i-l-
nrd Of continental proportions IN the Nlan'ic
Ocean
I.pul 'f'N Nesr- aro ~" scientific invest
COTTON 81 thr Ssa hotinui hogan nth 80" fU-
v,..ti.sI - tnrHrt'Us Tor 'n7h.rg derp So
,ouD ',1g- GUV.runsnt s'tr,- ~ the iI'.l
S'utr. t,,TfutU' uut Great Rr''rIU have
tn,uI,., oH' ~" boit"fu of the Atlurtl.. afii
thus L1- ',sr' made known the eTist'rC' ~
. - vast sUNwtriue pls'-au r"arhirC from =
point ~ the -,l 90 ~" wrs' uf the Nritis'l
. islsrd- tu q south western direction to ~"
. ,ns-' ~ south America Nith = co1'"ctiug
g. . T., near the centre of tho AtlAft.g ou 80
tho south Auoth.r ridCr passes ~ IN ~"
. dirr,,inn of Iceland Thus the Atlantic ,ou.
/ .lsis 81 Two yrty deep Ntll.ys, with great