The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Edwin O. Hill

solar activity al ~
ways have Co Edwin Q. HIN
incided with war epochs. On his
part M. BertheIot set forth that
the effects Of the solar disturb
ances were transmitted to human
beings by waves, like those Of
radio, at a speed Of 100000 miles
a second.
It may be disquieting and it
may be only coincidence, but it
is nevertheless the fact that we
are having war now as well as
threats of great wars at the very
time that the sun is having one
Of its Storniest periods in years.
Sun spots are solar storms, and
the Carnegie Institution reports
that during them the sun throws
off small particles of matter, elec-
irons, ions and molecules, which
enter the earth's atmosphere like
the meteors.
SUN SPOTS
This late finding coiniceds with
M. Berthelot's theory and sup
ports the ancientS who held to
the belief that the sun had its ef-
feet on their nervous system. DR..
Charles G. Abbot, Of the Smith
sonian Institution, has said that:
"Sun spots are whirlpOols.
Gases from within are rising
outward to the suns surface.
This upward motion toward .
region of diminished pressure
cOOIs the gases by expansion
and makes the darkening. Ar
rived at the suns surface, the
gases, spread abroad, making
the penumbra."
Observers in California on De-
cember 4, last, reported spots, visi-
BILE through smoked glass, which
were found to form cluster 160,.
900 miles long near the center Of
the suns disk. This was believed
to be the greatest display since
the beginning Of the present IL
year cycle, which started in 1888.
One of the specialists in the
study Of sun spots is the Russian
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/ Of the University Of Moscow.
| A short time ago he was the
subject of an attack by the Com
munist party for asserting that
almost al, important moments
in the history of humanity coin
eide with period Of maximum
intensity in sun activity"
Prof. Tchijevsky has been saying
the same thing for years, but the
Communists were particularly in
cenSed by that part Of this part1cu-
lar writing in which he set it down
that 'all mass movements are cpl
denies of pSychoSis."
Since this had to include BolShe-
visit revolution, Pravda held it to
be a "counter-revolutiona state
ment.
The American Association for
the Advancement Of Science, on
December 81, 1926, heard predic-
ton by Prof. Tchijevsky in which
he predicted that in 1929 the his.
tory of the world might be changed
by sun spots.
In a paper which he submitted
to the society, he asserted that
these solar disturbances exert an
electric power over man, causing
the rise of great leaders, the fall
Of empires, the change of systems.
This is perhaps much like the
paper which was printed in Paris
in 1884 and to which the Commu'
nistS are making objection now.
In it the scientist said:
During the first or the mini
mum period Of the spots there is
q lack Of unity in the masses and
an indifference to political and
military questions. People are
tolerant. In the second period,
when excitement has grown, the
people begin to unite.
'sNew leaders appear. Political
and military orators make their
stand. It all results in the masses
Of people becoming impatient
and nervous.
EFFECT ON HISTORY
"This is the period Of maxi.
mum excitability in such cycle,
which gives solutions Of the
greatest problems Of humanity.
This period inspires nations to
the greatest insanities as well as
the greatest achievements. The
most prominent events in hu.
man history occur in this pc
riod. This last period is of the
subsistence Of the excitability."
In the particular period, 1929,
which Professor TchijevSky men
toned, we did have the panic and
the depression and political con-
vulsionS.
His timing may have been a bit
off or the maximum solar activ.
ity which he counted on may
have been delayed. Certainly, his
prediction holds true for today,
when that activity is at its height.
Both the Russian scientist and
the French priest have carried
their investigations back through
the history Of all races Of which
they could obtain records. They
present strong argument.
And all we have, to qliet what
fears we may have from their
findings, is the prediction that
the present maximum of solar dis
turbance will pass in 1887.
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