The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20
Did the War Cause the Italian Earthquake?
The Explosion of Mines Topeba Mmana and Guns Develops RnmNeF m~ on the Ground Which Are
Measured in Thousands fTm and Make Thnk@F eta Over thee Globe Hhe Conclusions Happen
Be Properly Timed Their Combined Actor Gould Start Tehmmc Adjustments in Any Part the Eah
and the Italian Calamity Ma TmH Have Been the Result of Explosions rance Mr. Tesla Declares

nuctuates violently and incessantly. The whole
earth is alive vith electrical vibrations In
which ne takes part The atmosphere erushes
him with q pressure of from sixteen 10 twenty
tons. according 70 barometric conditions He
receives the energy OF the suns rays in vary
ing intervals at a mean rate OF about forty
periodic bombardment OF the suns particles.
which pass through his body as N Il were tissue
paper. The air Is rent with sounds which beat
on bis eardrums and he is shaken By the IN
ceasing tremors OF the earth's crust. He is
exposed TO great temperature changes. 10 rain
and wind.
What wonder then tina, IN such a terrible tur-
MOL, in which cast iron existence would seem
impossible. this delicate human engine should
act In an exceptional manner II all automatic
were In every respect alike they would react
In exactly the same way. but this Is not
the case. There is concordance IN response
10 those disturbances only which are most
frequently repeated. not TO all. II Is quite easy
10 provide two electrical systems which. when
subjected 10 the same influence. viii behave
In just the opposite way.
SO also two human beings. and rwhat Is
true Of individuals also holds good for their
large aggregatiOns. We all sleep periodically.
This Is not an indispensable physiological
necessity any more than stoppage az inter
walls Is a requirement for an engine. II is
merely a condition gradually imposed upon us
by the diurnal revolution OF the globe. and
this Is one OF the many evidences Of the
truth Of the mechanistic theory. We note 4
rhythm. or ebb and tide. in ideas and opln
Aahat az AAAN anu R1AAANlaA movements .NA
every department of our Intellectual activity.
How Wars Are Started.
II only shows that in all this a physical sys-
ten OF mass inertia is involved which affords
a further striking proof. II we accept the
theory as a fundamental truth and. further
more. extend the limits OF our sense per
~ceptions beyond those within which We be.
come conscious Of the external Impressions.
then all the states in human life, however
unusual, can be plaUsibly explained. A few
examples may be given II Illustration.
The eye responds only 70 light vibrations
through a certain rather narrow range. but
the limits are not sharply defined. Il Is
also Affected by vibrations beyond. only In a
lesser degree. A person may thus become
aware OF the presence OF another in darkness.
OF through intervening obstacles, and people
laboring under illusions ascribe this 10 tele-
PATTY. Such transmission OF thought is alb
surdly impossible.
The trained observer notes without DIM.
Guilty that these phenomena are due 10 sug-
gestiOn or coincidence. The same may be
said Of oral Impressions, to which musical
and initiative people are especially susceptible.
A person possessing these qualities will often
respond to mechanical shocks or vibrations
which are inaudible.
To mention another Instance OF momentary
interest reference may be made TO dancing,
which comprises certain harmonious muscu.
lar contractions and cOntOrtions OF the body IN
response to a rhythm. How they come TO be
in vogue just now can be satisfactorily cx-
planned by supposing the existence OF some
new periodic Disturbances In the environ
ment, which are transmitted through the air
or the ground and may be OF mechanical. cleo
trical or other character.
Exactly so 10 Is with wars, revolutions and
similar exceptional states Of society.
Though II may seem so. a war can never
be caused by arbitrary acts OF man.
u Is Invariably the more or less direct re-
suit Of cosmic disturbance In which the sun
is chiefly concerned.
In many International conflicts Of historical
record which were precipitated by famine.
pesulence OF terrestrial catastrOphies the
direct dependence OF the sun Is uumistakabIp.
But IN most cases the underlying primary
causes are numerous and hard to trace.
In the present war Il would be particularly
difficult 20 show that the apparently wHfuI
acts OF a few individuals were not causatiye.
be it so. The uechanistic theory. being
founded on truth demonstrated I'm eyeryday
experience. absolutely preclude5 the POSSIBLE