The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-07
WIZARD
URGES AMERICA
READYFOR WAR
inventor of "Lewisite" Ayers
Preparedness ls Best Means
To Insure Peace.
BY JAMES L. KIIGALLEN,

otENtCc.l
CHICAGO. Jan. THE United
States should make no impossible
agreements defining Christian methods
tifically, for the next war. II there
must be a next war. Prof. w. Lee
Lewis, inventor Of "Lewisite." the
deadliest poison ever known, declared
N an exclusive interview today.
Poison gas, or any Other form Of
chemical warfare. should not be
abolished ION paper" by the nations
In conference on armament in Wash
ington, he said.
Some nation, conceivsbiy an outlaw,
might In the event Of sudden conflict.
seize world supremacy by virtue OF Its
secret scientific experiments.
mo weapon once adopted and found
effective has ever been abandoned in
the history of human warfare" said
Prof. Lewis.
IAN the deadly devices Of the last
war, accumulated by future discoveries
Of science, will be used In the next war.
Nations will fight to q finish with
those weapons which have demon
strated their deadliness and military
efficiency.
Invents Mob Gun.
"Reasearch in chemical warfare
should be a part Of Americas irreduci-
BILE military equipment"
The internationally famous war
professor" declined to discuss Lewis
ite,' the deadly poison that Germany
escaped by signing the armistico.
When the peace pact was promul.
gated. this gas. which could wipe en-
tire cities off the map. was being
secretly manufactured in the United
states at the rate of ten tons q day.
Prof. Lewis Ia now back at North.
western University as chairman Of the
Departmental chemistry.
The professor rather carelessly
handed his visitor one Of his three new
civilian" Inventions bronze color.
ed bomb, slightly bigger than q base
ball.
TITS . police hand grenade" he ex'
planned. "Brings out barricaded GRIM
inals. Fourteen cities are using 1t.
Don't drop it--you have story to
write"
He has also invented mob gun"
and q protective device for bank
vaults. The mob gun" sprays an
Irritating gus and smoke that closes
the eyes and makes the victim other
wise ineffective. 1t In not deadly,
however.
But Prof. Lewis has not turned his
entire attention to civilian expert
nents. He IL q major. United States
reserve, chemical warfare service, and
a. such 10 greatly interested in az.
periments the United States IN now
conducting in poison gas as means
Of national defense.
Chemical defense Is the best kind
of Defense" said Prof. Lewis. THE
needs Of peace demand that defense
should be as efficient and al eco
nomical as possible so as to relieve
the burdens of military taxation.
Chemical Defense Economical.
Chemical defense 10 economical
because Il IL inherent In the scien.
tific minds Of a nation and in its in
GENERALIZATION. Its efficiency 10 not
Questioned and, strangely enough. its
humanity can be established.
The great plants Of the country.
the source Of prosperity in times OF
peace, are the source Of strength in
times Of war. They were quickly con-
vertible into munition and gas
plants"
Prof. Lewis predicted that some rs-
tional form Of international fedora
evolution OF government. Perpetual
world peace 10 a necessity to hu-
manity. he asserted. in view Of the
grossly Illogical implements Of de-
struction science has evolved-super.
gases dropped from airplanes over
armies and cities. super.tanks carry.
ing moving arsenals to the enemy's
heart. and masked fighting ships
fighting behind smoke clouds and
belching forth pitiless high explosive
shells and germ-scatterins devices.
civilization" he declared with con-
viction, "can hardly survive the shock
of another world war"