| Show editor spikes idea of germ warfare likens current gabble to propaganda rumor had it it during the world i war that the widespread epidemic of the fatal so called spanish influenza was of german origin the story was that the germans had promoted this disastrous epidemic and to prevent the world from knowing ot of their deed had drawn a red herring across the trail by dubbing the disease spanish it was neither german nor spanish the rumor was simply propaganda according to the editor ot of scientific american today he says there are many people who talk ot of bacterial warfare with as much credulity as those who were duped by wartime rumor mongers bongers mon gers recently there was a discussion ol of germ warfare in the german military publication deutsche wehr based on a report of an italian medical officer apparently some germans and italians are studying the possibilities ot of the method as a ot of the morale talk ot of germ warfare became so insistent during the world war that the league ot of nations later set up a commission to study wholesale contagion and infection the commission reported that a man made epi api demic would be limited by our present knowledge of hygiene and microbiology cro biology and further that such epidemics would not have decisive sivo effect upon the issue ot of hostilities so far as experts know this holds true today and effectually answers the german article until much more is learned of the subject apparently study will continue the editor says what the breeders bleeders bre eders ot of ghastliness will have to do before success awful death to their enemies rewards their efforts will be to discipline their germs otherwise the scourge inevitably would backfire no matter how far inland the germs were distributed explosives plo still will do a better belter job against the enemy |
