The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-11
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lesson, and that, as In my opinion wars arc inev.
TABLE the old idea Of warfare based on destruc.
tion will he replaced by a new military ideal. the
imposition Of will at the least possible general
loss II this be So then the means OF warfare
must he changed. for the present means are means
Of killing. means Of blood; they must be replaced
by terrifying means. means Of mind. The present
Implements Of war must bs scrapped. and these
bloody tools must bs replaced BY weapons the
moral effect Of which Il 20 terrific that nation
attacked by them will lose its mental balance and
will compel Its government to accept the hostile
policy without further demur."
This strategy will endeavor to "petrify the
human mind with fear and will send great fleets
Of arplanes to make gas attacks On the nerve
centers Of the enemy nation. Colonel Fuller says:
"A few years ago armies alone went forth to
battle: today entire nations 60 t. war. not only
as soldiers the moral and material supplIers
Of soldiers. This being so. we ind that while
short time back II clearly possible to diferen-
tate between the military and ethical objective OF
nations At war; today this differentiation Is becom.
Ing more and more complex; 30 much 10 that both
these detectives are likely to coincide. and. when
this takes place. to attack the clviun workers OF
q nation will then be a. justiaabls an act Of war
a. to attack its soldiers"
Colonel Fuller then points out that the drst Gas
used In the World war was Of lethal nature.
But nj the third battle Of Ypres the Germans used
mustard gas and disclosed to the world the posi-
bilities Of gus warfare. He says.
"RespirntOrs to great extent were now use
less for the persistent and vescant nature Of this
chemical rendered whole areas for days on end.
unlnhabitabe and dangerous to crosA Men car.
red the oily liquid on their clothes. on the mud
of their boots. and infected dugOuts billets and
rest camps far back on the lines OF communication
Few died. but many were incapacltated for months
on end Here curious tc relate. In the true power
NJ pns Ms n weapOn-t can incapacitate without
killing. A dead man says nothing. and. when once
buried. Is no incumbrance to the survivors.
wounded man will spread the widest Of rumors.
win exaggcrnte dangers. foster panic and -equires
the attention Of others to heal hm-untll he dies
or is cured he is a military Incumbrance and
demoralizng agent. Gas Ia, par excellence. the
wenpon Of decentralization. nnd rs II can terrorize
without necessarily killing, II. more than any other
known weapon. can enforce economically the policy
Of one nation on another.
"I believe that In future warfare great cities
such as London. will be attacked from the air
nnd that feet Of 500 aIrplnnes each carrying 200
en.pound bombs o. let US suppose, mustard gna
might cause 100000 minor casualties and throw
the whole city into panic within half IN hour Of
their arrival Picture II you can. what the result
vii, be, London for several days will he one vast
rnving betlnm. the hospitals will he stormed
trnfic will cease. the homeless will shrek for help
the city will he In pandemOnium. What Of the
government nj westmlnster1 Il will be swept
away by an avalanche Of terror. Then will the
enemy dictate his terms, which Will he Era-ped
nt like q straw by drowning man. Thus may
q war he won In forty.eIEht hours and the icrses
Of the winning side may he actually Mill"
Colonel Fulier's conclusion In this: "That side"
he snys "which gains supremacy In Invention and
design Ia the side which s going to win tn. next
war" And again: III mechanically hoth sides nre
equnl. then vnl"r, obedience and seif.sacrince
Of the soldier will victory depend. nut II one
side relies on these virtues alone. nnd neriects
to safeguard them by the most powerful weapons
obtalnnhle then will they be Of little value, as
, little us all the vaor Of the Sudnness At ON.
durnnn"
History shows. Of course. that warfare has been
"revolutionlzrd" acore ~ times by various inven.
tlons In the ascent from clubs to 75.mlle range
cannon. But invariably the ofens~ hns been Inter
matched by the defense. Perhaps the alrpiaue
has already temporarily been rendered useiess-
q story from London says that the explanation Of
the forced landing and cOnnscntion Of thirty
French airpanes In Germany 10 that the Germans
are using secret method II putting them out Of
action WIN every gas have its anttdots9