| Show Chemicals in War I IThe The next war if one should un- un unhappily nn happily involve the great reat nations will be fought four largely with chemi chemi- chemicals chemi- chemi chemicals chemicals cals according according- to many who have haver r- r given en study to the development c o of f deadly gases which would be avail avail- available available available able for military purposes A recent publication said to b be beof beof 8 of authoritative authorship de- de declares d dares dares clares that while 30 asphyxiating gases were known at the begin begin- beginning beginning ning of the World War th there re are arenow arenow ai now more than 1000 including many varieties of blistering gases coughing gases sneezing I gases choking gases vomiting s I gases tear gases and suffocating smoke Fumes heavier than air might be spread over wide areas where they would lin linger er for days das kill kill- killing killing 1 ing ing- everything thing within their deadly embrace By means of oC such gases ases dropped from airplanes whole cities might be wi wiped out in short sho A recent writer sees in the these possibilities a hope for peace on the theory that in future statesmen who consider resorting to war vat will be restrained from do- do doing doing di ing so by the certain knowledge that these awful means of destruction tion would be brought into play to destroy women and children as well as fighting men That these means would be used in spite of all the treaties that might be made can not be bebe bebe be bo doubted Necessity ity has no law and amI this is especially true tr of necessity in time o of war There The fore a great nation which goes t tt I war in future must be willing to tc toI 1 I II I subject its entire population to the thc i risk of wholesale slaughter if not nol n I extermination |
