Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-09

could not be m8ds on living men, No
dead bodies have been used, and the
Germans have made some extensive
tests Ia this Fhastly work. Tho report
Of the surgeon general Of the Go man
army gives the results Of these expert.
monts. The Germans not only sue
oeudei In placlng an entire company
o cJfpsps To- line, but in order TO give
the Tissues all the natural feslslaucr
uto give the forms tn5 appearance
% real soldiers, oYlorcd nuids we're
Injected, the bodies armed and
,qmploI, and exposed 10 hfc
accompanied by living horses. There
were employed 10 the experiments lsU
Iead bodies, 10 living horses ani 10
| dead horses. These wef, fred on hi
distances vasyiug from 100 yard, 10
about two milts, there being an e1-
ppnJitufc %. 900 ride balls. Tho rt-
I port Of the results ehUFs that wOuudt
made by modern weapons and ptJ,c-
Tiles are inoJmparAUly moro serious
than those male by the weapons ioi-
meIly Umployed.Atm0dsrato distances
/ up to half mile the clothing Is not
forced into the wouni, but the effects
are irlghtiul All the drops OF liquid
| contained In this part OF tuo bJuy, taxi
INK the force aud bwlitlrss OF tue
pr.icciiir, and trying TO cscapo Ia
every objection, strike the aiucs Of tho
civiiy with terrible force. The boncs,
Instead oi being pierced, arc crushed
in mas, as by nu explosion u uynu-
mite, aud lho fragments are sent Oh iu
every objection through tbO body. Inc
liver and heart are pulvcri1ui, the
inicstluCs toru Into email pieces anu
laccntcd iu the most singular manner
The hole made by tho bail Ia entering
h scarcely perocp.ibic, that which u
makes Ia leaving tue body Is some
umes siA or eight inches IA diameter
/ IL b. % be- borne la niud that tue ball
always passes entirely through the
body, aud through a second and third
II they are placed one behind another
only stopping In the fourth. A ball
striking tue arm Or log destroys tho
member entirely. II 1t strikes the
head, neck Or abdomen, u kills inial'
IDLY. The envelope VI the car
fridge, which is composed Of sheet
steel, loses iIu shape when II enters the
body, aud often divides into minute
fragments each Of which takus dii'
icrvat direction, laeeratius all II comos
Ia contact with.
withsuch a showing ns this II would
be- no wonder that conservative leaders
VI nations would think carefully be.
fore taking any risks on the outcome
by such terribly destructive means. But
history shows concluslyely thAtthc most
terrific Of all wars have not
been those UPON which nations
have entered deliberately. They
have been the result either
VI the IT, Il imed passions Of the peopl,
or of Unforeseen circumstances which
have forced the leaders into the cou-
iiiCt Aud that IL thu situation whio IA
iacos the world today. There Il
little 0r no prospect u any na-
ton entering deliberately upon a
conflict at arms But through
out all the nations the passions Of the
Io3plo are being intlamed by ont
cause and another, anu ne the masao,
arc not affected by the fear u being
destroyed but when angry are bent
only upon exercising their ability u
destroy, the possession Of improved
weapons IL rather an Incentive thar
otherwise to their use Ia conflicts oian
extensive nature.
Asto the financial war the statements
made are true 10 certain extent
hut when a man IL sorcly pressed
financially and is being robbed RnJ
feels that by a resort 10 force he car
regain what he regards 40 bic own, d,
is very likely TO take that course. s1
with nations; aud while money II
necessary TO carry on war successfully
II government has ability to tecur,
by force, and tho emergency arises
the ability will bO called into action
A financial conflict between nations II
an invitation for the one most sorely
pressed to resort to violence to main
tain no rights,
Instead, therefore, Of tho fear o
destructive weapons and fnanoia
manirulallous being a barrier to red
hauduI war tho possession Of sucl
weapons amt tho pressure OF sucl
maulpulaIloua arc more likely to pro
uuce 10. hepa.sious ani ambitions o
. men arc not restrained, neither hav
. the uousafriye lat point where tho
/ will chang the trumpet IA tho hail
6 anu study war no more"
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