Evening star., 1923-11-05
SEES Japan SAFE
| FOR MANY YEARS
Scientist, After Study of
Quake Area, Compares
Other Disasters.

BY Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright 1928.
TOXIC, November 5.-Japan Is just
as safe as any country bordering the
Pacific. The inhabitants of Toxic
the people living in San Francisco,
Messina, Italy; Kingston, Jamaica. or
other cities that have had earth
quakes in the past These are the
declarations Of DR.. T. A. Jaggar, emil
nent American volcanologist and di-
rector of the Hawaiian volcano OBJ
servatory, made here after complet-
ing a months study of the recent
Japanese earthquakes.
DIR. Jaggar told the correspondent,
before his departure for Honolulu,
that his Investigations had dispelled
all fears Of an early repetition Of the
recent disaster.
The earthquake alone was a minor
part of the disaster" says DR.. Jaggar.
Its intensity was nothing compared
with the earthquake at Kingston,
Jamaica, in 1907, or the one at Yaku-
tat bay, Alaska, in 1899. The great
the recent disaster were due to the
fire that followed the shocks. The
greatness of the disaster was also
emphasized because of the density of
the population in the arected area.
Yakutat Shocks Greater.
1.-THE Alaskan earthquake of 1899 lift
ed the shore line of Yakutat bay forty
seven feet and the intensity OF the
shocks were twenty times greater than
the recent Japanese earthquakes, which
shifted the shore line along the Boshu
peninsula only seven feet. Everything
indicates that the earthquake origi-
mated in Sugami bay. The Yokohama
IL of rtv,ey-
ston, while in Toxic the results are
similar to those of the San Francisco
disaster Of 1906, the greatest damage
being done by fires. Definite land
changes l have found increase my con-
victions that similar disaster is i'm
probable during this generation"
DIR. Jaggar is opposed to the theory
held by DR.. o. j. See. famous American
naval seismologist, that the japanese
earthquakes are due to the seepage OF
water through the crust of the earth.
He advances the theory that the dis
turbances are caused by an accumula-
ton Of gases below the surface. He re-
CARDS the Japanese volcanoes as a
greater source of imminent danger
than earthquakes. pointing out the fact
that Mount Fujiama is still active.
with many assures along the sides
which are likely to break out.
He explains that there are numer-
Gus cones throughout the Hakone
range leading from the Sacred noun
tain. and likewise that craters on
Kyushu and other islands are a source
of danger
Eruption Of Fujiama Certain.
Mount Fujiama is certain to erupt
some time. but most likely in the dis
tant future" says DR.. Jaggar. Sci
entists take the continual disturb
ances in Japan as a matter of course,
records showing that the eastern
coast is gradually rising while the
western coast is sinking. The effects
of the recent earthquakes are the
carrying out of processes that have
been going on for thousands Of
years.
There is no cause for alarm be-
cause of the new earthquakes. They
are merely the settling shocks and
probably will continue for at least
six months.
1T is unlikely that earthquakes
equaling in intensity the recent ones
will occur again for several decades
History shows that such disasters are
usually two or three decades apart :