Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-13
"MANY INVENTIONS"

Lok the good of their narrow VisiOned
l. and irreconciabe souls, all the leading
Jingoes, all the hard ShPlcd old Codgers who
view plans for world peace as the work of
dangerous idcalis,s. and all the folk who
saw in American efforts toward new inter
nntioual understandings only the work Of
light headed viSiOnaricS, ought now to be
loaded on n barge. The barge should be
towcd TO the open sea of the Delaware
Capes in order that its passengers might
view experiments with the newer methods
of warfare which will be conducted early in
June by combined military and naval forces.
The War and Navy Departments are not
going TO have show. Til" business they
have in hand is no mere prurtir" mancuvcr.
Ihcy aren't going 10 reveal half that they
know. even 10 officially designated observers.
Yet what they have made public is enough
to Stagger any ordinary Imagination.
The most important trials will be made
in this instance with asNhyXatioD gas shells
of sort that. according TO experts, will in
the future kill instantly every one aboard a
ship on which they fall
The mind of man has created many in
ventiOns but nothing so far achieved equals
in awful significance the work done in recent
years in the name of milito" = preparedness.
The United States Army has gas which,
II insists. will kill any living thing it
touches. With that gas the army hcrs feel
abb" to make themselves actual masters of
the sea. "Wc'll stop any ship YOU send.
say the lNndsmen to the Navy Department.
An arplanc cannot bc gasSed 1t is too
nimhIc on its wings. But it can drop n
shell that will charge. the air for miles
around with deadly gas. Warshps are
fitted with rcntilating machinery that draws
air to all their interior rcccs>cs Without
air the crews would perish. IF you don't
IA SnD1 ybips t, a 6nig igl, -
say tho chemical warfare men to all the
navy departments of the world. you will
hav" 10 make them alright in tn" near
fUtur". One of our shells will do for a
ship if the gas bombcrs aim is half good.
We'll simply create an island Of gas around
every vessel and all the mon on that vessel
will be dead before the ship can find way
"Ut. and if it finds way out we'll try
again. You vc got anti aircraft guns, but
we'll rid" out of range"
The trials on tn" Atlantic waters in June
viii b" in the nature of ducls between war
ships and airplancS. between artillery and
poison The army. which i to do its fight
jng from tn" air, is insisting thar it will
have the navy in the hollow Of its hand. Yet
It relies on relatively simple equipment.
Every great Power now has in its pos
session perfected plans for nirplancs which,
loaded with gas. can bo projected over long
distances 70 a given target and guided over
every foot Of tho way by wireless Such a
marhin" would be- nothing moro or loss than
hring bomb Of enormous Dimensions.
I.oodnd with the newer gas, such Il machine
,,.,H destroy city.
Civilization will hav" 10 accept dSarma-
mrut or annihation.
The nations cannot disarm until thoir
Governments find n way to meet in concert
and arraug" their affairs upon basis gen
erallv satisfactory to every ono concerned.
Those who in this country lnbored hardest
t. max" such n concert Of nations pcrma
mont were accused of being false to Amori
rNn IdcnIS.