Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-13
WARS NEW TERRORs.
Devices for Slaughter That Are Almos
Beyond ImaginatiOn's Grasp.

DeTAccS x0f SA0u8AteR Eh0t Are ALMOST
Beyond Imagination's Grasp.
From the New York Sun.
Indications are that when two European
armies eventually meet on the field. II the
war talk ever resolves itself into actual con-
flict. a sood many men will faint away In
terror of their adversaries The "inven-
TONS which have been brought out lately
in France, Germany and Austria, and which
have been purchased by the governments
Of those countries, are innumerable, and
every one of them Is designed TO slaughter
human life at q rate that appalls the mag
ination. The most intense and theatric Sc
crecy Is maintained concerning all these in
venuons, and only a few general facts re-
garding them have been made public. The
German army, it is understood, Is armed
with rifles which will send a bullet through
four men. standing one behind the other, at
a distance OF two and a half miles from the
rifle. Austria has a machine gun which
shoots several thousand bullets q minute.
which Is operated by steam and controlled
by single gentleman with a waXed mus
tache and monocle in his left eye, who
lightly turns the crank. AT least this is
the condition of things according to the
latest illustrated journals at hand. The
man with The eyegiass can turn the crank
fast enough to sweep thirty or forty thou
sanu men lnto eternity curing the luncheon
hour
Incidentally, a German tailor has invent.
ed a coat that makes the wearer absolutely
Indifferent to bullets at any range, and the
Italians have machines for throwing very
small and almost invisible torpedoes a dis
lance OF nearly a quarter of a mile. The
torpedOeS describe parabola in the air
drop into the camp Of the enemy, and ex.
plode with force enough to kill q hundred
or more soldiers, il they happen to be in the
vicinity. Great numbers of them can be
thrown at a time, and a pleasing and cheer
full feature of 1t Is that there are no disa.
greeable Odors nor any smoke whatever
when the explosion occurs.
Nj. Turpin Of France Is the latest hero In
this direction. He has invented something
which Is so altogether awful that the tax.
payers have requested the government tC
give NJ. Turpn a great amount of money
so that he will not turn his machine over
to the Germans This machine Is operate led
by electricity. and. according to it's inven.
tor, 1t is of so terrible a nature that It will
d. away with all Notifications throughout
the civilized world. This Is merely a detail
of the execution which this machine Is ex.
pected to accomplish. Forts will be of nc
use because NJ. Turpin's machines would
rend them all into atoms, and al a distance
OF several miles man can NOW down the
enemy at the rate Of 10000 at an engaR e.
ment. The facts are inspiring. but there Il
lack OF detail about them which Is In &C.
cordance with much Of the literature which
has lately been put forth by the various
Munchausens among the war officers OF
Europe. The Turpin invention so far out.
strips everything else. according to the crit.
les of modern warfare. that it will insure
universal peace. One machine alone Ii
enough to devastate a country