The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-26

PARIS, July 24.-An astounding ru-
NOR is current in Paris.
If true, it is a prodigy more terrible
and beautiful than any of those events
which, from time to time, have
COMPOUNDED human reason and upset
the world-the invasion of the bar
barians, the inventions of gunpowder
and printing, the discovery of Ameri-
ca, wireless telegraphy, aeroplanes
and a hundred known marvels of sci
ence.
It would seem incredible on its face,
but for the exactness of the details,
the interest they excite in high circles,
and the significant fact that the as
tronomer Flammarion has permitted
his name to be currently mentioned in
I connection with it.
Men have attained the planet Mars.
They go back and forth.
The Paris Daily that has given the
most details continues to publish
them in the form of fiction. Is this
to save its face, should they prove in
exact? Or is it not rather laudable
device to prepare the public mind for
events so wonderful that the entire
future of humanity will be affected?
Should it be positively known that
there is a radon tor station in Cen
trail Africa, twenty degrees east or
west on the equator, the starting point
to- Mars, would be overwhelmed by
the adventurous and curious of all
the countries.
Men have been going back and forth
to Mars for three years past, accord
ing to the rumors. At the awful
speed of 10000 miles per hour their
crvstal-incased radioplanes das
through space like bolide. Inside
four men sleep, while one keeps the
steering needle and another watches
the spark. During seven days, seven
hours and seven minutes they take
turns, resting transforming the
breathing atmosphere, watching the
instruments themselves and keeping
the straight course of the crystal DO
Tide through the depths by means OF
sun compass.
On a dial trembles the hand OF
radio-automatic register. Back OF
earth. through 100000 miles O
seeming emptiness, another reglste
indicates the same maximum OF oXu
ravs continually flashing from vast ma
chimes that whirl ever. Should th'
waves fail the travellers would rail-
nm down or across to the earth witt
awful rapidly. Or if within the spher'
of attraction of Mars, some 7,40O,OOl
miles further on, the pull or pusl
would be in that direction. Fall, pusl
or pull, the inconceivable forces ar
there continuously in the ether swing
ing the suns as they swing these ia
diopIanes-on condition that there b
oxus rays to control them.
Here are the outlines of the lncreo
lille adventure. Five years before tn
Paris exposition of 1900 a sensano
,Awas caused in scientific circles by tn
inexplicable disappearance OF nun
Der of young or middle-aged exper
mentors in physical and chemical la
oratories in the different capitals a
all were considered men of genius an
promise, it was nine-day wonder
then. as their families seemed to pu
sue no inquiry, it was forgotten
Investigating back, it appears tina
almost simultaneously two we
known explorers, a dozen high-pal
engineers from electrical and indu
trial works and as many army ofhcei
from Germany, France, Belgium an
North Italy seemed to slip out OF the
usual circles, never to be heard iro'
again. -
Now. 1t seems, also, that at u
same period-the exact date OF toe
teens discovery, and two years pre-
ious to Curie's announcement OF IA
luna similar but Immensely niOi
astonishing radiation was discoVere
but not made public.
49,
Hertz, the father of the Hertzia
ray, supposed to have died at Bonn
1894, is claimed to have been its 1oil
originator with a party referred to
Oxus-and to be still very much ali'
today Curie, also, is alleged not
have died from an accident in u
streets of Paris; 1t was real acc
dent, but not serious, and was take
advantage of to make a disappea
ance.
The new ray was too powerful
dangerous-to be trusted to the Worl
who knows what might not happC