Show AMERICA MERICA WAS ONCE JOINED TO EUROPE French Scientist Says Deluge Parted Continents Paris The rhe Abbe Moreux loreuX eminent eminent eminent emi emi- nent French and scientist scientist scientist has lias aroused Intense hitense scientifIc scientific interest b by rC reviving discussion of the theory that the American continent once was urns joined to the theOld theOld theOld Old world void but after aCter the the- the deluge deluge lion floated t u away vay 11 to Its Hs present t position This theory was ah advanced aneed dur dur- lug Ing In the early part of ot this century b by the German meteorologist ner who wIll died recently Accepting the tl theory eor that the Interior of the earth Is nU II then the solidified continents may be giant expanses of ot floating earth carth attached to the Interior Interior- of or the earth earthm b by a supple stipple gm gradually diminishing link The Abbe points out ut that the German scientist held hell that the two continents when the they were wen close together fitted Ottell Into one another another an nn- other almost perfectly as ns though the they were parts of or a u ji Jigsaw aw puzzle Examination of or a world map mhp shows that this JI fm lUz lc l Idea ea Is not so fetched far us as It would seem at first When the deluge came arne Abbe Moreux sa says s 's the narrow gap gal between be he tween the continents widened America drifted away myny leaving the wide expanse of the tle Atlantic to separate the time newly created world from time the theold The French scientist t declares the theor theory Is not new In was wac first advanced advanced ad ad- h by Pierre In and again by Snider in 1850 Abbe Ahbe Moreux while unwilling to pass on the theory points to the curiosity of or the islands of oC the A Atlantic such as ns the Azor Azores and andIa Madeira Ia elra Have Havethe the they remained stationary or are the they floating more slowly toward the New ew world It is Indicated that the French academy of or sciences may muy discuss the theory in its entirety while organization organization organization or or- of ot a mission ton to stud study the composition of or the Azores and other Atlantic Islands Is is b being urged |