Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17

available to the world new sources
of energy.
AS this discovery viii make 1t possible to tap
= inexhaustible streams Of power at any point
on the globe, great changes will follow in social
life. Government will become sort of oficious
policeman, busybody and benevolent tyrant
which will convert the human race into
society like the bees
What this noted scientist has found is not
D form Of atomic energy, which he declares to
be q fantastic hope. but it is universal
truth" Of such nature that probably it cam
not even be patented. To quote his exact
words:
at positively expect that within the next dec
ade new sources Of energy will be opened up
which will put at the disposal Of mankind
everywhere power in unlimited amounts
I'm this connection have made a discovery
which expect to announce as soon as have
worked out the theory and design Of apparatus
~ for practical purposes
st want to be emphatic in my condemnation
Of the idea that atomic energy will ever be our
source of power. This is an IluSory idea
against which I have preached for years. In
my experiments with peculiar vacuum tubes
operated under tensions of 100000 volts
atoms are shattered, but there is liberation
of energy observable such would be expected
according to modern theories. But even If the
latter were true, it still would take much more
energy to disintegrate the atom than can be
recovered by Harvesting the liberated energy.
however great it might be.
What referring to is entirely new
principle which have already experimentaIly
demonstrated"
A SKED if his source of energy was electricity.
\ sun power or some other force already
known DR.. Tesla shook his head negatively
and refused to affirm any guess, indicating that
he would choose o scientific forum from which
ITO make the definite announcement when he
was ready.
'Will revolutionary changes follow?"
81 don't believe they viii. New ideas are
adopted gradually. 1t is inevitable that those
who are in the forefront Of the advance will
keep their places. Our life is now regulated
that no advance. whatever could completely
upset the existing order.'
Then he went to inveigh against the con-
dnued invasion Of personal privacy by the
authorities, the interference with personal
liberty, the tendency to extend the powers of
government to watch over our personal health
control birth and hamper the free action Of
individuals.
1t used to be possible, he said, for inventors
20 move with absolute freedom, but the world
lis growing complex that in experimenting
with wireless transmission Of power, television
or similar development one must ask the gov
eminent for permission before undertaking to
grapple with electrical forces.
but If you referring to sweeping changes
I'm the social system I believe they will take
place in very rapid succession and will be great
In so far the limit Of accomplishments of an
individual concerned.
''The technical advances are inevitably driv-
ing us toward the grosSeSt kind of materialisn1.
And 1t will net be very long before the social
system of bee life will become universal
1.-THE individual will not be permitted to
achieve great wealth and power; his privacy
will be invaded in thousand ways. He will be
restricted in his efforts in every direction-wtn
virtually disappear in the wave Of collectivism
which will sweep the world.
This matsrialistic tide can only be stemmed
by idealism, which is q force tending to free
what we call the soul Of man from physical
letters. But although there might be periods
Of alternating dominance Of these two prin-
cipies - materialism and idealism - ultimately
the materialistie tendencies viii become domi-
mating"
Isn't it possible that human wants and needs
will be so easily satisfied through cheap power
and increased production that we will turn the
increased leisure to developing the arts and the
soul?"
DIR. Tesla peSSimiStic els the human
race any less materialistic than it was a thou
sand years ago?"
What shall be done with this increased
leisure which will be available?"
"Too much leisure, and civilization will go to
pot" he said emphatically. Man was born to
work suffer and struggle, and If he doesn't he'll
60 under"
els life accident?"
mo life was inevitable"
"Only on this earth or do you believe there Is
life elsewhere en- the planetS?"
There must be life other planets The
e2n shines. The stars give out heat. Water col