Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1921-05-27
Is WORLDS MOST
TERRIBLE SECRET
EleOtrOnlc Energy So Potent Re
search Should HAT.
NAN NOT YET READY FOR II

man not YET READY FOR i
u Might Well Be Argued says scisn
tIst, That In the Future, When, tn,
Dogs Of War 10 the shape Of l+ar
messed EIectrona Are Let Loose, No
Single Human Being viii. survIv.
on Any sattlehsld-MeaIth undsI
Goodwin Sands.
"Eiectronic energy has been described
as the worlds greatest and most ter.
rible secret-so great and SO terrible
that 1t has been argued seriously that
scientific research in this direction
should be halted until III is felt that
the human race is sufficiently elevated
to be Entrusted with the keys of such
fearsome storehouses Of power.s
30 declared Lord Headiey reoentlx
in his address when elected president
OF the Society Of Engineers inaLondon.
He is distinguished as an engineer
particularly for hts work for the pro.
lection and Improvement of fore,
shores he has claimed even the usualk
~ destructive force Of the tides and
waves for this purpose; Practical and
scientific as he is, his presidential dis
course appealed strongly to, the imagi-
nation.
lie told what an electron is to the,
physiclst-the smallest known COM
ponent of matter; always associated
with an unvarying unit charge. of neg
atiye electricity. Some scientists sup
pose the chemical atoms consist Of
collections of electrons having orbital
motions In sphere Of positive electri-
fication. All atomic characteristics
are satisfactorily explained on this
basis.
Could Wine Out Armies
Lord .Headley said human science
has advanced with deadly effect for
the destruction of human life In time
Of war. 1t might we'll be argued that
In the future, when the dogs of war
in the shape Of harnessed electrons
are let loose, not single human be-
ing win survive on amy battlefield. A
general officer, sitting at his comfort
able desk in the war office, might
touch button and release destruc-
tive agency capable Of sweeping hun
dreds Of square miles and depriving
Of existence every living creature
thereon.
1t is said that Sir Oliver Lodge and
Lord Kelvin have calculated that there
IL enough energy in every ounce Of |
matter to lift the whole British feet |
from the surface Of the sea to the top |
Of Mount Everest, that there is enough |
latent force in yOuF little finger to |
run all the trains in the United King |
dom for several minutes, and sum.
Gent atomic energy in an ounce of
matter, II properly controlled, to keep
the largest liner in the world going al
full speed for a week.
Speaking Of the possibilities Of
communication with entities which
might have had their being on this
earth or elsewhere" Lord Headley
said that when one finds highly scien-
tiflc and thoughtful men like Sir Oliver
Lodge and Sir Conan Doyle convinced
OF the possibility Of communicating |
with dead friends or relatives, one |
can not help specializing on the pOssi-
bllity Of a linking up Of the spirit !
world by the refinement of scientific |
investigation and trial. 1t is conceiv. |
able to him that the spirits Of the dc.
parted might be composed of cleo.
irons Of type not altogether different
from those inhabiting our earthly bod
les, Is 1t altogether beyond the
bounds Of possibility that there may
be similarity between the spiritual
and the earthly electron sufficiently
pronounced to admit Of intercommuni-
cation?
Wealth Under Goodwin Sands.
Another suggestive idea put for
ward by Lord Headley was-that the
Goodwin Sands might be explored for
buried treasure. On this spot is the
accumulation of centuries of disasters,
and within a few square miles many
millions of pounds worth of treasure
are hidden. Various schemes to re-
cover these treasures have been turned
down, but he thought 1t possible to
sink a good floating concrete tower
in Trinity bay and to run tunnels from
this base Of operations In any direc.
ton. Boring with suitable augers
would probably reveal the presence Of
many an old craft, and the next ques-
ton would be to arrange for rapid
tunnelling.
The problems of the GOodwins ls
not exactly wild cat" scheme, but
It comes under thelheadlng of highly
speculative adventure" 1t is none the
less fascinating for that, and Is far
more sound than many mining prop
Osition because the treasure really ls
there.
And the treasure has been accumu-
lating there for centuries. The Good
win Sands form dangerous line Of
shoals of fhe Kent coast Of England
at the entrance to the Strait Of Dover
from the North sea. The GQodwlns