The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-31
barometer of Public Opinion
Chemical Warfare OF the Futurc

Nh''b'fl MhlNif OF inc iuturT.
ln which airpIanc pilots win find instant death
pockets OF hydrogen which viii burst into flame
as an airplauc enters them; attack defyng bar
RACES created by the Chcmist--a complete sys-
tenn OF chemical oftcnso Hnd defensc--is the
picture painted by Gen. Eugene Dcbency, com
mandrr ot tho French First army during the
war, in describing the tuctits that the general
stafts ot the leading nations Of the world are
now tudcavuriug TO perfect.
III homuitcs had been drawn out for few
months longer" Says General Doboney the
war of explosives would have become a struggle
boiworn the manufacturers Of gases"
TO create supplies VI chemicals and gas Is
that IL needed is a laboratory and a few dye
iaoloti'S. Ana thgn, the path OF scientific re
viii be discovered. that can be condensed into
infinitely small compass and soficd into tablets
and pills. Already We know something OF what
th' etI'ct9 or these things VIII be. scatter the
contents OF few small boxes on the ground.
and dense smoky mist viii spread steadily
under q favorable wind, over several square
miles of countryside A deadly fog fatal to
everything living within it's area, will b1 created
~ any desired point merely by q shot from a
cannon, or even from "a cunulngly placed ma
chino gun. Broad bcts OF territory and entire
villages viii be poisoned and rendered unap-
pronchable FOR weeks at time by other gases
poured out here ana there drop at time.
where Will one be able TO go? There. the
ground Is suspect; that uirplane overhead may
be dropping an imponetrable fog In another dt-
recion; at third point sudden shot from
gun has created an area of several acres COW
cred with an atmosphere OF strychnine; those
bushes down there may breathe out an invisi-
Bile wave OF death.
The poor iufantryman will staEger along
under an enormous mask covered with a shape
less and gas proof cloak, and protected, as to
the feet with insulated soles. Chemistry makes
no attempt to preserve manly beauty and wor-
rt"s itsclt still less In regard to the feelings OF
the woman who may have the desire to recog-
ni2a undcr the disguise OF this hidcous diver
like costume the beloved features Of the heroic
husband, son or sweetheart. Poor women'
Against attacks by airships barrages will be
launChcd-po longer the iutantile barraEc fire
Of explosives and shrapuei but barragcs Of
tenhous gas that will create in tho air vas.
poisoned pockets iu which the unhappy pilot
will meet with instant death; pockets OF hydro
gon, which will burst into flame as the air
from hundreds Of flexible cables contact with
which viii smash propellers and destroy both
pilot and machine. The air will be filled with
ambushcs and snarcs.
ION the terrestrial battlefield gas-tGht tanks
Will be used in front of the infantry, fitted with
apparatus whose reaction will reveal the pres
ence OF hidden gas and enable the pilot immc-
diatcy 90 launch counter gas. while self pro-
PEELED watering cars would, deluge the poisoned
ground with an antagoulstic liquid"
General Dchcuey believes that chemical at
tack and defense viii tend to offset each other
provided that the rival nations equally
skilled. The expert chemist will find a way
10 neutraltzo poison gases. However, the
French veteran concludes the nation that fails
TO develop chemical research and chemical in
dustrics viii be powerless against a highly
skilled invader oven though the attacking forces
might be inferior numerically-The Institute OF
American Business New York.