Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-02

TORCED to a high plane of perfection
through four years of intensive
naval experiment and construction,
me submarine now looms UP in the eyes
OF scientists an ideal vehicle for ex-
plorations and sub.sea observations hither.
10 Impossible to carry out
The super-suhma rines which Germany
employed 10 sinh vessels of the American
coast in the Summer Of 1913 had a non.
STOP cruising radius or 10000 miles and
We're built 10 withstand pressure at a
oep!n OF 500 feei below the sea level
The ability 10 fanricate similar craft
scientists claim, foreshadows all era Of
polar investigation ocean nura and fauna
observation and maritime archaeological
research with possibilities OF results which
may aslonnd the world. Plans for a scien.
tifc supersnbmarino are in fact already
being drawn ana few OF It's features are
by permission. reproduced in the pictorial
diagram on his page
No engine Of destruction comes out OF
the war with greater potential value for
service Ia humanity AMI no greater rec
ord pr in"xcusabin murder Through this
medium the veil may be lifted which has
almost completely slroudeG whatever Sc
cretS The ends of the earth may hold and
IN time perhaps conclusive proof may he
established hat ages ago the world WAS
one vast continent instead OF many as
now
AS pointed ont in tneSre pages last week
the developments in aerial navigation will,
within few months. rcvoluiionizc exist.
ing means oftransoccanic travel and inter
con, mental commerce The submarine OF
the present day. evolved through the same
forces Of war, has an equally fertile field
OF conquest as the craft OF the air.
Among the many spectacular undertake
ingS suggested are expeditions to both the
norl and south pole. with the end in view
hal IN
exist III the vast nncliarted Ice fields. Dur
ing such q voyage il would be possible
10 carry on painstaking Oceauographic
work besides collecting and studying on
the ground The fora and fauna OF the two
Colar oceans.
Another quest thar has general appeal
IL the Imagination is tina, 0f investiga ting
the remains Of The half-mythical continent
Of Atlantis now covered by the Atlantic
Ocean. and which is Il standing challenge
10 the students of antiquity. Some claim
that the islands OF the West Indies. the
Azores and the Canary Islands are but the
peaks Of the lofty mountains OF CONT
nent which once connected America Eu-
rope and Africa. II will be recalled tina
Plato who lived 400 -. G., described such
& continent and placed it west of the
Straits OF Gibraltar. and from which, Ger.
tain students today believe. the more i'm.
portant branches OF the human
sprang.
Inere are supposed 10 NO SGd-tOVPTth
cities In both the Atlantic and Pacific.
There are ruined cities in the Gulf of Cam
pechy from ninety 20 one hundred miles
off the coast OF Mexico and Central Amer
ica Fishermen to-day are still bringinf
I'D relics OF al ancient civilization there.
According to hydl ographic maps the
depths in this region do not exceed 600
feet.
Vlljalmur SIcfannson, whose polar ex-
plorations have added tremendous.
amount of information 10 sciences pages.
Is an advocate OF submarines for future
work i'm the ice.bound regions Of the
earth's ends. He recently pointed out the
advantages OF the undersea craft to rep
yesentative of this magazine. His opinions
are recorded below
III II be q fact that submarines OF
the type that visited America before the
war can cruise for 10000 miles without
replenishing fuel. they would serve spen.
didly for explorations in the polar basin.
In no place is the basin wider than 1900
miles. and with such an ample cruising
radius the submarine would he Infinitely
superior 10 the airplane; that is from the
standpoint OF gathering scientific informa'