The Washington herald. [volume], January 10, 1915, Feature Section, Image 48

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the Earth?
IT'S a pretty mess that the Martians
may see upon the face of old
Mother Earth If they are able to
see anything at all!
The bewildered creatures are
perhaps staying up nights to see it, or
else going down during the days into
Jeep dark wells to satisfy their curiosity.
A line stretching from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Swiss Alps which almost
continuously belches out red and yellow
flame and clouds of smoke; another
line stretching from the Austrian Alps
clear up to the northern seas which
likewise continually belches out red and
yellow flame and clouds of smoke; and
strange looking objects upon 'the blue
waters of the oceans which also spit out
flame and smoke are the things that
must meet their startled gaze.
Do the Martians realize .that a war Is
going on full swing on old planet Earth?
Or, being the occupants of an older
planet, have th,ey progressed' so far In
Intelligence and civilization that they
have actually forgotten that there can
be such a thing as war?
It may be that the Martians have gone
so far ahead of us In the upward climb
that they look down upon us merely as
poor earthly white trash. They prob
ably have been observing us for a great
many more years than we know about
with their powerful and highly perfected,
telescopes. It may be that they know
all that we do and, have been doing for '
many centuries past, and knowing this,
It may be that they have absolutely re
fused to give us any recognition until
we have reached a degree of civilization
equal to their own.
If Mar hat Inhabitant there Is no ques
tion but that these Inhabitant have
reached a higher degree of civilization
than earth being posies, and that, there
for, all their tribal, national and racial
war were fought out long ago. Their In
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geace because It Is an older planet than
the earth.
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consider as vegeutteau But what would
be nnke ot of the lrger regtoa of blue?
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water he would be answered by some one
showing him that these so called bodies
of water bordered vast tracts of sar-dy
deserts with no canals running Into :hera
for Irrigation or navigation purposes. Even
the polar cans would be doubted because
they seem to extend far down Into tem
perate latitudes and on their recedence in
summer there would be seen no dark bor
dering seas as the result of their melting.
The vegetation Instead of unfolding at
the north and gradually extending' south
wards would unfold in a contrary direc
tion, appearing first In south temperate
latitudes and developing northward. The
perennial character of the vegetation in
the tropics would puzzle him.
Even If he recognized oases In the des
erts of America and Africa, the results of
wells or springs, he could not believe them
to be vegetation for he would detect no
Irrigating canals running Into them.
He would come to the conclusion that
no creature could possibly exist on the
earth as the tremendous force of gravita
tion with great atmospheric pressure
would forbid the existence of any organic
forms. And If some other Martian were
to suggest that the confusion on earth
at the present time was the result of a
war and that different bodies of men were
hurling lead and steel missiles at one an
other the Martian scientists would laugh
In scorn and say that with the force of
gravitation on earth many times stronger
than that on Mars It would be Impossible
for earth beings to Invent engines pow
erful enough to overcome the great pull of
gravitation that would be exerted on these
missiles.
At the same time there would be others
with more imagination than the scientists
who would insist that the earth beings
would develop powers great enough to
conquer the forces of nature arrayed
against them just as imaginative beings on
earth protest to doubting scientists that
the Martians are entirely able to conquer
the different difficulties met with on their
own planet.
The immense clouds veiling the earth's
surface at times are unquestionably right
ly Interpreted by the Martians yet at the
same time they would fall to understand
how the earth beings would be able to
withstand the terrific impact of the falling
raindrops. If a Martian were brought to
earth and were struck by a raindrop it
would wound him as seriously as a bullet
wounds an earth being,- for the Martian's
body is built to stand only the slightest
resistance. There might be some Martians
who would come to the conclusion that if
the earth beings found it necessary to
fight wars that side would win which could
invent instruments to bring down rain on
the opposing fighters and to protect its
own forces by rain-proof armor. The
scientists would print statements to the
effect that there couldn't be any armies
on earth for while people could protect
themselves well enough from the crush
ing rain in cities covered over with rain
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