The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-06-28

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There were maps of the world illustrated
by pictures, intended as test of the pupils
knowledge of the scenery of the world for
instance, the northern portion of North
America was illustrated by fields of ice and
snow, with polar bear, reindeer, seals, whale,
Esquimaux, dogsleds, etc; Australia by
kangaroo marsupialia and birds of plum
age; the Philippines, by the banyan tree;
Africa by the Pyramids, the Sphinx, a
caravan in the Sahara desert, gold and
diamond fields, ostrich farms, etc.
The interest of the visitor was attracted
by maps showing the four races of the
world = the Ethiopian or black race, the
American Indian or red race, the Mongo-
liam or yellow race and the Caucasian or
white race. The following amazing figures
were given as showing the number of peo-
pie belonging to each in the world today:
Ethiopian ................8 5,OUO,OOU
American Indian ........ 100000
Monaghan .............. 63O,OOO,OOO
Caucasian .... 100000
Think of it! Only1OO,OOO, 900 Ethiopians
and Indians together in the world, and al
most as many Mongolians as Caucasians.
In other words, the two great rival races
in the world today are the yellow race
and the white race Is it, then, any wonder
that the people of our Pacific coast states
are alarmed at the yellow peril?
And that which makes the problem far
more menacing is the fact that the Mongo-
lians increase at a tremendous rate far
more rapidly than the Caucasians = thus
threatening to overspread the earth in a
few more decades unless checked by war,
famine, pestilence or other agencies; and
here again one is confronted with the pro-
blem for the yellow man can endure almost
any hardship or deprivation without COM
plant, and he will subsist where a white
man would starve.
Nothing in the entire exhibit attracted
more constant attention than the fiat earth
map. In the main hallway, large tray,
lined with galvanized iron and partially
filled with water, had been arranged. On
this, the pupils had worked out the map.
In order that one may understand it bet
ter, we will use an illustration. Suppose we
take round table In the center is small
field of snow and ice, representing the So
called north pole, from which radiate all
points to the south The outer rim consists
of snow and ice, beyond which no man can
pass. In other words, this constitutes the
outer boundary of the fiat earth.
Between this outer boundary of snow and
ice and the north pole, in the center, is
circle called the equator. Running parallel
with it, on either side, are two other cir
ces, called the Tropic of Capricorn and the
Tropic of Cancer, respectively The equa-
tor marks the path over which the SUN
travels in making circuit of the earth on
March 20 and September p. On those
days. the sun, small orb in comparison to
the size of the earth, is directly overhead
at the equator. During the remainder Of
the year. it deviates in its daily circuit,
either toward the circle between the equator
and the north pole, or toward the circle be-
tween the equator and the outer boundary
of ice, thus producing the seasons.
According to a fiat earth, there is no
south pole, but that which is enormously
called such, is the outer boundary of snow
and ice
A man may start from New York, keep
travelling due east and come back to New
York where he started, having travelled a
round the earth? Yes, certainly. Just as
YOU would place lamp in the center of
round table and pass your hand, on the ia
BILE, around it.
If the so-called south pole is in reality
an outer boundary of ice (and the Bible
saws the earth is bounded by ice) then the
distance between Australia and South At
RIGA or the Cape of Good Hope and Cape
Horn are vastly greater than distances be-
tween corresponding points of longitude IN
the so-called northern hemisphere. Every
one knows that the distance around the earth
in the North is far less than at the equator;
but is that equally true in the South?
An argument in favor of the fiat earth
is that distances in the southern seas are
astoundinely great for instance, from Aus
tralia to New Zealand is approximately 1900
miles.
And if a navigator were to start from
New Zealand to Cape Horn, he never would
think of sailing directly across according
to latitude. but would first curve strongly
to the northeast and finally to the southeast,
thus cutting off vast distance, although
according to the round earth map he would
travel much farther.
1t is claimed that sea captains IN the So
called southern hemisphere are very skepti-
cal about the Copernican round earth theory,
saying that there is something radically
wrong about the whole system of calcula-
ton.
Whether one believes that the earth is
round or fat these and an array Of other
arguments which can be produced are at
least deserving of thoughtful investigation
and consideration.
A unique form of map introduced into
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