Show cause of earthquake the california a investigation in committee bus C made ft a report in n which they state that there p is is i serles series of dislo dislocations batio its of nf the earthy crust from mendocino Mea docino county to riverside in that th tit state tile the remarkable cleavage cle avae ta exits exists from froin Mon docino to riverside marks th the 1 1 1 line at which fr fractures lle tures occur when vii en the int internal e r pressure reaches it a certain p point 01 tit and this th is line lin 0 I 1 lias I as exist existed ed for forages ages and is deepened dee pe tied or 0 r intensified i 11 t fied d by each recurring reou arit ig shock every sphere that i is i ex x pose posed I 1 to io a breaking t strain inuss somewhere coln e w fl cre anve its line ille of I 1 loutit resistance talice and tile llie dislocation I 1 will vill occur at these points poi tits the we s presumably due to it a difference difFer difre enco rence in ill stratification at and i a 11 dislocation diz ifert iol leaving h eving once oc L cured in ages past it will ally be reigned rei ened at th same point wh i ow sue lie u u in ilk it i I 1 tin tilt 1 rit 1 ilmi C 1111 n 0 of he t rf it till tw so such ch it adhesion d I 1 its i 0 11 as they may havi guinell 15 between the chu different dido imil I 1 movements the ilie UK ion says hays 1 tl ibis ais is of course in no way an exploit explanation nation of alio the earthquake u t ake and it does not profess to io be s such u c 11 jt is statement of the effects of the earthquake up upon oil the external crust brust of the earth I 1 and it is valuable because its scope is is so limited and because it doe snot intrude dogmatically into the unknown the cause caie 11 of the i internal ii tern at p pressure dessure and its relation to others occurrences otides of like nature in other parts part s of the world are matters for legitimate speculation and a nd for research hut but they certainly tare are not fit subjects for definite and positive pronouncements for ta the 10 S simple I 1 lo 10 r reason bason that there are not enough facts to warr warrant atit them the commission has p promised a further report at a later late date that will go more deeply into those these phenomena this furt lier report will be it awaited with interest and when alien i it comes it will wi 11 ll be received with confidence conn dence because of tile the a accuracy curacy and re restraint t thatcher I 1 i at c h a r acte the present presen t wor work k |