Show LACK OF TREES CAUSES STORMS PARIS By The Associated Press Trees are ar lightning rods and the in increasingly In- In Increasingly Increasingly bad weather w ther is due to the destruction of forests says saYI Edouard Branly Dranly Frances France's grand old oid man of ot wireless If U there are no longer seasons he says deforestation is the principal if II Indeed alas not the sole cause Trees on the heights with their pointed tips toward heaven and their roots deep in the damp ground are nothing less than so many lightning- lightning rods constantly discharging into the earth the atmospheric electricity and thereby preventing Its Us accumulation In Inthe Inthe Inthe the clouds an accumulation that would cause terrible temble storms In wooded districts there was calm but now that the woods arc are being cut down there arc are constant hard storms The need for protecting trees is well recognized and the government next year ear ur proposes to spend some money In that direction but meantime own own- owners owners ers era of forests say heavy taxes oblige them to cut wood to get income |