The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-12-04
CORSICA OFF BASE,
SARDINIA SHIFTS
Both Islands Have Moved,
Says CartOgrapher.

Paris.-FOllowing stories that a new
island was about to appear at any mo
meat In the Gulf Of Biscay. Il Is row
reported in the French press that the
islands Of Sardinia and Corsica have
apparently shifted some ten meters
toward the east. Scientific inveshga-
don Of this strange fact has been go
ing on for some time, with Paul Hell
b~rOnner, photographer, who started his
career as an Alpine climber, playing
the role Of island locator. Writing In
lie Quotidien, Jean Cabrerets gives
this account Of the w~anderlngs Of the
two islands:
"HelbrOnner first started by scaling
the mountain peaks Of France, Italy
and Switzerland, and was not long in
discovering that the official map of the
French Alps was far from being exact
as compared with foreign maps, which
we're more precise. In July last he
embarked for Corsica, in order to see
f the isle Of CyrnOs vas still In the
same place that had been assigned it
by the scientific %geOgraphers Of the
last century. There r even some
doubts about the immObility Of Cor
slcai
Accurate Tests Mads.
"some time ago. following inveStGa-
tions by the Italian government, 1t was
announced that the two lslands-Sg-
DINA and Corsica-aPpeaEed to hGPo
m0ved the ~appreclable distance Of ten
meters toward the sast. n. Helbr0A-
ner b now about to veEify @iA TIE
@aicu1ty has been the uniting Of Tea
Ton, or the island e. P~OgqHsr0lG b.
q direct imaGssREy line 70 the hAaNd
Of Corsica. THIS Inc q view - 70
longer impossible today. GO n w0uAd
have been Ia the pest EEom Cape
Corsica n. H~elbronner guceoedsd r.
ceRtly, when the night Was GECQpteA-
ally clear, In distinguishing tAa P0Ww-
ful protector which tie admiralty h@6
Installed on the hilltop q Le PuPen h
France.
zone may count On the ingenuity a
this man, who. during many OonsSca-
tive months kept watch ca the maGn-
tain peaks for the favoEab1e moment
when the light permitted him 70 OK q
a direct line Of view the two hGhes.
SUBMITS Of the Alpine range. Els
observations were carried out on "a
different peaks and were verified seV-
eral times by Photographic and sclen
tlhc appliances. Monsieur HelbrOnnel
has all the necessary equipment witt
him in Corsica, and it Is now q MATES
Of awaiting the results Of the tests
ne is about to carry out. His caicu
latiOns may prove Of invaluable inter
est to science. A triangulatiOn Of ex
treme precision may be able TO de
termine If certain biologists are right
in their assertion that Corsica, like
other lands, moves across the surfaC'
Of the globe somewhat like islets O.
foam on a cup Of cORee.
Similar Claims Made.
'eThe German professor Wagne
brought forth a similar hypOthesi
within recent years. He affirmed tina
the superficial crust constituting tn
c~oBtinents float above the centra
magma Of our globe. Continents an,
oceans would therefore appear to b
but a floating drapery thrown upOl
the body Of the earth. And this ClOth
ing seemingly becomes torn ct 6Eael
Thus, still according to Professor Yves
ener. the edges Of the continents Amer
lea, Africa and Europe should ht tO
gether, if it were possible TO job
them.
1T is obvious that 1t win be les
difficult to observe the drifting OF q
island like COrsica-if there is a drii
when its actual position has bee
recorded in relation to the c~On&ineRi
However, it is hardly probable that Cd
: verifcation viii be fulfilled I'm OU
time. Today it is difficult to say
Corsica has moved within the last hal
century or whether it has been wrOngl
recorded on the map By the early d
ournnbanc