October 6, 1922] 



SCIENCE 



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ical similarities are attended with geological 

 ones. In the Malay Peninsula as well as in 

 the Sierra Nevada granitic rooks of about the 

 same Mesozoie age have a great extension. The 

 original cover of these rocks has disappeared 

 during the succeeding periods 'by long erosion 

 and the erosion products fill up the geosynelinal 

 basins of East-Sumatra and the valley of Cali- 

 fornia, which both are characterized by im- 

 pontant oil deposits of Tertiary age. And to 

 the west young mountain ranges, in which 

 strong earth movemeats still continue, have 

 separated the geosynelinal ibasins from the 

 ocean. 



In the Dutch East Indies importanit trans- 

 versal and diagonal fractures occur near the 

 bending points of the horizontal projection of 

 the geanticlinal axes. In the western moun- 

 tains of North America striking examples of 

 the same kind are found. Several depressions 

 of the geanticlinal axes along which trans- 

 continental railroads cross the mountain ranges, 

 can be compared with straits near ithe bending 

 points of the East Indian rows of islands. For 

 instance, the traveler, who approaches the 

 Sierra Nevada from the desert region on the 

 Santa Fe route, can reach the Pacific coast 

 along transversal and diagonal fractures, 

 which exist near the .bending points between 

 the Sierra Nevada and the San Bernardino 

 range. 



H. A. Beouwer 



Delft, Holland, 

 September, 1922 



RELIEF FOR RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC MEN 



The "Friends of Russian Scientists," an or- 

 ganization sponsored 'by a hundred professors 

 and social workers in and around Boston, for 

 the purpose of raising contributions to be 

 known as the Gorki Fund for the Relief of 

 Russian Scientists, has just received the fol- 

 lowing letter from Maxim Gorki : 



In reply to your letter let me make the follow- 

 ing statement : ' ' The House of Scientists ' ' in 

 Petrograd is a charitable organization for mutual 

 benefit, founded by Petrograd professors. I have 

 the honor to be its chairman. The full name of 

 the organization is ' ' Committee for the Better- 

 ment of the Condition of Scientists" (Kommis- 

 sia Ulutschenia Bita Utschenich — abbreviated : 

 KUBTJ). Address: C. Oldenburg, Member of the 



Academy, House of Scientists, 27 Millionaia, 

 Petrograd. 



The "House of Scientists" brings together all 

 the scientific workers of Petrograd — there are 

 about 3,000 of them, and together with their 

 families they comprise about 12,000 souls. They 

 are undergoing great privation, and are in par- 

 ticular need of sugar, flour and fats. 



Most of the scientists are men of middle or 

 advanced age, enfeebled by years of undernour- 

 ishment and the numerous worries of present day 

 life in Eussia. 



A ten dollar "A. R. A. " parcel is a great help. 

 The work of the American Belief Administration 

 with Hoover at the head is one -of the most bril- 

 liant pages in the history of the United States. 



It seems to me that there is no need to descrilbe 

 in great detail the extent of misery among the 

 scientists. 



Do make every possible effort to sustain at least 

 ten of these precious lives^preeious in the broad 

 sense of serving all mankind, the work of science 

 being truly international and universal. 



I wish you success in your good work! 



M. Gorki 



Steringsford, Sept. 1, 1922. 



A large section of the American public, 

 which has perhaps grown callous to the con- 

 tinued appeals for relief funds, has cherished 

 the notion that the emergency in Russia is over. 

 Gorki's letter shows that this is not true. More- 

 over, in a recent communication to the treas- 

 urer of the Gorki Fund, Mr. Herbert Hoover 

 says : 



There is no question of the need of the Russian 

 intellectuals — ^they as a class have suffered more 

 than any other class in the Russian debacle. Any 

 funds raised for the relief of these people will 

 contribute to a most worthy undertaking. 



If the scientists and educators . . . will con- 

 tribute to the support of their colleagues in 

 Russia, we know of no more worthy cause to 

 which they can lend their support. 



Contributions are being received by Pro- 

 fessor H. W. L. Dana, treasui-er of the Gorki 

 Fund, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Mass. 

 They are 'being transmitted to the Petrograd 

 "House of Scientists," the non-partisan body 

 of which H. G. Wells and others have written 

 with enthusiasm, and are in turn distributed to 

 the Russian seientifie workers most in need. It 

 may be added that the sums received here for 

 this purpose are forwarded in full to Russia, 



