Show Chemical War Is Feared 2 Civilians as Its Victims 1 I I 4 I 1 4 1 i ri bombs bomb winging ocr o cities diles It with It per per- perhAps hAps only smoke screens to def defend n I time the I ii the tho picture clIent clIent- 1 Its ls see 6 of tile the n nest t Its It's for Nat by Sir J James mes Irvine In ho II lit In inset I Ily ISRAEL EL KLEIN nee Editor l 1 AKA NEA EA Slie Great factor for peace that chemistry I Is striving to b be It may brine bring about the most deadly dead warfare that mankind ha has mx- mx x A chemical war against the th et- et vilian Ilian This Is the Insistent fear of ot the U- U chemist a as expressed by 0 e f Iris his greatest disciples disciple Sir Janes Colquhoun Colquhoun IrvIne Irvin of Scotland Sir James I Is president of the b Uni University of Sl St Andrews II a n m of tire he advisory council of th the thO department of scientific and nd I it- it In Industrial research and one of tire most minded broad scientists scientist in intire li the tire world Sir James Jame sees this chemIcal war ahead ohead of us and nd fears thi- thi th thiis e is no way of avol avoiding It except through the operation co-operation of na nations lIa- lIa lions livery chemical fad factory or ire hI li points out is a potential arsenal yet yet it i Is essential for tor the tire PIO ress rca and welfare of ot countries in 11 peace time In the th course of a f few w Iou bouts ire be declares the chemical factor factor- factorIes factories factories ies of every nation can bo ho trans transformed formed Into plants plant for tor the Iho th prod U of hIgh explosives and gases I IN CHEMICALS JS Forts Torts may be demolished War War- Warships War ships may be bo sunk Armies may maybe maybe maybe be disbanded But the chemical factory must always remain emilin a source of ot potential destruction Gise Ghe Gl a a country a IL good food air air- airplane airplane air airplane plane and airship service and a good chemical outfit and outfit and you ou have the most disastrous war lag lag- chin ina-chin chine china that has haa ever been put to 10 tous use Every government regards this thu very seriously for It suggests gel a war against which there thero maybe may maybe maybe be little means mean of defense The trained gas soldier I Is well protected against the poisons of such uch warfare But nut how about the tho civilian at home Armies In fact tact may be bo of no use In II a future war Sir James believes except to pilot airplanes and ond ships or provide mean means of defense for tor the civilians For the thelast thelast last war has hils evolved gases so eo o fa- fa fatai fa fatal tat tai that no soldier would dare tread the ground where these were scattered DEADLY JlE NO XU MAXS MAX'S U L Is one chemical ll chemical-a a late product of the tho war that war that could incapacitate a soldier If It a drop of It happened to be picked up b by bythe bythe the tho heel of his shoe shoel I Imagine Ini this thi liquid scattered over a No NoMan's NoMan's NoMans NoMan's I Mans Man's Land In place of tho the ed wire entanglements of the last tast wal I led Unaware of this poison polson on th h ground the th soldier stepping on It may still be ignorant of It Its pret pres- pres- pres presence pretence nc ence tor for It Is fatal fatai many hours hour even days das after exposure to It it So if It ground were captured bythe by bythe bythe the batteries ot of an n enemy It could not be bo traversed tra and no na Infantry could ad advance ance toward the retreating army At present these chemicals of warfare are Important develop develop- developments merits ments In the peacetime of the thc world IndIgo Indico manufacture for Instance in In- In stance Is an essential part of the country's dye dy Industry But nut the theman theman man who today I Is thinking of making IndIgo o can very easily use his knowledge toward the tire production production tto tion of let I the highly sensitive tIc live chemical used as a booster charge to set ort oft tho large shells of gunpowder Tear rear gar gal car today is used for Cor pro pro- protective pro protective purposes against t crimin crimIn- crimInals criminals als Mustard gas cas Is an excellent poison against marine marin borers and barnacles on 01 ships Fumigation I las has been advanced nd considerably by the use of war gases eases The boll weevil in the southern cotton fields Is finding its equal In the th form of the war gases sprayed from airplanes Nitrocellulose I the deadly smokeleSs powder of warfare Is a 0 apart apart part of the th process in the production production tion of artificial silk and in other materials Even In defense the peach pits we used to save av to be bo ground up for the soldiers gas as masks are arenow are arenow now no finding their equivalent In Inthe inthe Inthe the manufacture of highly absorb absorb- absorbent absorbent ent eat charcoal In sugar aucar refInIng All Al these chemicals no so to peaceful Industry Sir James and other chemists see ace as os poten poten- potential potential potential mean for the tho future war It 11 Itis ItIs Is not so much the chemical fac factory tory either but the he brains brain behInd It it that's important MUST BU flu hEADY ADY W Vo Yo must be prepared for or any ny emergency ho he says nays no matter malter what the outcome might be The Hague Court limited the countrIes to the tho use us of pois non nonpoisonous non onous onous bombs In warfare But Bul this was as broken by the tho Germans Wo o cant can't tell what might hap hap- happen happen hap happen pen next To To me as a chemist It is amont IL a most repulsive Idea that chemis chemis- chemistry chemistry try should be b abused for tor Or war pur pur- pur- pur purposes purpose poses pose Still that Is I what we w must b be ready rendy for in Its worst phase phase-II phase chemical war no iso the tho th civilian |