Show another death de th ray only a abort time ago the world was startled tart led with the an that an english scientist had discovered a death ray so a called being an intense ray of light or motion rao tion which would destroy life detonate explosives and melt metal at long distances it was claimed the death could be inflicted at will by the manipulators of tho the ray so that bodies of troops could be wiped out magu maga lines of ol explosives destroyed and human operation of airplanes made impossible anywhere within reach of the ray this was hailed as a complete defense against airplane attack for any place equip equipped p ed with the necessary machinery irr disseminating the ray however reports of tests teats of this ray have been unfavorable scientists havo declared it t an all impossibility saying that au all is already known about the character of all ultra violet ras that exist however Ilo wever so wonderful have been the new scientific discoveries the past score of ul years that we have acquired a disbelief in the dictums of scie science nee or rather individual scientists that there is to be nothing new under the sun in any direction whatever now comes announcement of still another death irom berlin in ray ach says that 0 german scientist has heliot developed a aroy called aubell which is capable of paralyzing life for six hours over a distance of 40 miles and to an altitude of feet which is higher than oan any airplane has yet reached if true this would seem to make armies ineffective within such a range and absolutely prevent operation of airplanes over a territory defended automatic by sue such it a ray a airplanes directed by radio are perhaps the answer t to this of sort of defense against born bombing bing jom the sky but what hat sort automatic army can we ve look fop to be immune from the land and if the propulsion of this ray docs does not require sn ray elaborate on plant such as could be erected only at large cost and time but can bo lie rendered mobile is it not a weapon of offense as is ical as de defence fenre including attack from the air dining the war mar the dige discovery overy of such a ray by an italian was announced and it was agaid then that he could explode the ammunition in the magazine of 0 a battleship far out at sea while concealed behind an intervening hill it sounded like the knall of war but it did not materialize bunbar button predicted such death L il ir his tho the coining raco which ho lie a 44 equipped with capable of pf propelling beath while held in the hand of an andt individual bidual to a long distance this stick put an cud end to war because the people possessing it acre were capable of compelling among all other nations and were mere too highly civilized civili sed to war among peace themselves it sounds mond wonderful erful but are wo ive sufficiently civilized for any nation to possess such terribly destructive igent i and how would o 0 a nation act towards tho the rest of the world do we me liot ot know that peace is a condition ai rj of highly itu alved social spir condition and nut liot a matter of superior power in the hands of any persa person or nation |