The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-17
EARTHQUAKES ARE TIDAL7
Hugh Clements Says Sun and Moon
Cause Them.

LONDON, January 30.-''There VIII
be seismic and volcanic action OF
varying violence over Europe in Feb
ruary,'' said Hugh Clements, the me
teorologist, who successfully predicted
some of the recent terrestrial disturb
ances. His statement was in response
TO a question asked him today as to
the earthquake probabilities for the
coming month.
Earth trenlors,n he continued. are
likely to be felt about February Il IN
the eastern counties of England and
along the Ang1o-Scottish border. THESE
will spring from solar and lunar Ell
fects exactly like those which caused
the devastating volcanic eruptions and
EARTHQUAKES in the Island OF krakatoa
in August, 1888. The high gales now
sweeping over Great Britain are the
forerunners of coming disturbances OF
the earth's crust.
"The sun and moon, by means OF
their joint attraction from their CONF
mon center of gravity, are drawing up
the air in large areas toward the east,
and in consequence the winds are rush
ing in that direction to fill up the
vacuum. The earth, like the air, will
respond to this attraction in our coun-
try when the force reaches its maxi
mum power here, as it will toward the
last week in February. The tidal POI
sitions then will be found to be an
exact replica of those of krakatoa 10
1888.
do not understand me to hold that
the earth waves are increasing In Vio-
lence and imperiling the human fam
lily They are performing just as tney
have performed for countless ages. As
we have always had oceanic tides, SO
we have always had earth tides and air
tides. Such a thing as absolute sta
bility is unknown in nature. That tne
room in which we stand is vibrating.
instruments of sufficient deEcacy
would show. This fact proves the
shortcomings of our senses. The is-
norance of the accepted scientists OF
these matters is most astonishing.
Lord Kelvin is a great mathematician
and electrician, but he knows nothing
about what makes the earth trempie
and yomit fire, nor what produces
floods and hurricanes.
Prof. Milne and DR.. Lockyer are
equally uniformed. All attribute Wlnd
and rain to heat and cold. Heat and
cold cause gentle breezes from land
to water and vice versa, but never d
cyclone or a tremendous transform.
These are the results of air depres-
sions due to the pumping action of the
sun and moon
My studies and predictions relative
to the monsoons of India and CenlFai
Asia have established the HYPOTHESIS
to the satisfaction of any mind not
hypnotized by scientific orthodoxy. l
have repeatedly foretold the day and
hour when the sun and moon Wouio
empty India and Persia of air anu
bring the monsoon sweeping inland
from the Indian Ocean. I have fore
told with the same success when the
depressions in the Indian Ocean would
reverse these terrible atmospheric
movements.
What I need is to convince the
world of the correctness and incalcu-
able value to mankind of my method
of calculation. An office with an aue-
quate staff Of observers and maine
maticians could then forecast meteor
illogical atmospheric and seismic con-
ditions and events with detailed ex-
actness undreamed of by science TO-
day, thus mitigating disasters and Ia
talities on land and sea-
AT present / am closely occupied
with ordinary duties and have only
few hours in the evening for selent1nc
inquiries This accounts for my utter
ing generalities where I would fam be
specific