Show editor spikes idea of germ warfare likens current gabble to propaganda rumor had it during the world war that the widespread epidemic of the fatal so called spanish mulu enza was of german origin the story was that the germans had promoted this disastrous epidemic and to prevent the world from knowing of their deed had drawn a red herring across the trail by dub bing the disease spanish it was neither german nor spanish the rumor was simply propaganda ac cording to the editor of scientific american today he says there are many people who talk of bacterial war fare with as much credulity as those who were duped by wartime rumor mongers recently there was a dis cassion of germ warfare in the ger man military publication buetsche Due wehr based on a report of an ital ian medical officer apparently some germans and italians are studying the possibilities of the method as a of the enemy s morale talk of germ warfare became so insistent during the world war that the league of nations later set up a commission to study wholesale con dagion and infection the commis sion reported that a man made epi demic would be limited by our pres ent knowledge of hygiene and mi cro biology and further that such epidemics would not have decisive effect upon the issue 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 of ghastliness will have to do before success awful death to their en amies rewards their efforts will be to discipline their germs other wise the scourge inevitably would backfire no matter how far inland the germs were distributed ex plosives still will do a better job against the enemy |