Show CATERPILLARS THREATEN TEN FORESTS FORE TS OF GERMANY League of Nations Permit Sought to Combat the Pests With Poison Polson Gas Gaa Breslau Thousands of acres of ot pine forests along the border line b between bo- bo tween Germany and Poland are uro In danger of ot being destroyed by countless countless countless count count- less millions of caterpillars of the pine lIne pinetree tree moth lappet which have Infested the thc districts In greater grenter numbers than has litis ever been known according to German foresters who have havo appealed to the Berlin government for aid ald Tar Tur and various other so culled remedIes remedies rem rein edies have been tried but without success In efforts to exterminate the pest and officials have been considering consIderIng consider consIder- ing asking the League of Nations for permission to use airplanes und and poison polson pol poi son gas gns In the forests where fresh Cresh tar has hns been put about the tree trunks the caterpillars merel merely overran the tur to 1 s such ch an nn extent that a covering of the dead caterpillars thus entrapped was quickly formed over o which their fol fol- followers followers lowers reached the tree branches and leaves which were soon devoured bythe by bythe bythe the rapacious Insects Experts say the only hope of ot saving many of Germanys Germany's great grent pine forests foresta would be by b the uso use of poison polson gas gns hut but the they are not even certain that this would work successfully In putting an end to the thc plague The officials however however however how how- ever ore are eager enser to try this method as us asan asan an un exp experiment To 10 a n person walking through tho the In Infested infested In in- forests either cither during the day or 01 nl night ht the sound of the caterpillars eating the leaves roa may be heard on all nil sides Rilles to such un an extent that the trees appear to be alive the sound reminding remind lug ing one ono of If au an nn unseen crackling fire when wham old oltI leaves lenns and young oung branches are aro being l burned The plague has hus spread to some sonic of ot 4 the forests near Berlin according tc reports to the lie forestry department and ond millions of marks of I damage has already been done dono I |