The Dolores star., 1923-10-19
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lesson. and that, in my opinion wars are inev.
liable, the old Idea Of warfare based on destruc-
tlon will he replaced by new military ideal, the
imposition OF will at the least possible general
loss. If this be So then the means of warfare
must he changed, for the present means means
Of killing. means OF blood they must be replaced
by terrifying means, means Of mind. The present
implements of war must be scrapped and these
bloody tools must be replaced by weapons the
moral effect OF which is 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 "petrlfy the
human mind with fear" and Will send great fleets
Of afrpianes to make gas attacks % the nerve
centers of the enemy nation. Colonel Fuller says:
"a few years ago armies alone went forth to
battle; today entire nations go t. war not only
as soldiers but as the moral and material supplers
Of 5odiers. This being so, find that, while
short time back it clearly possible TO dTeren-
tlate between the military and ethical objective OF
nations at war. today this differentiation is becom-
ing more and more complex much so that both
these objectives likely to coincide. and when
this takes place, to attack the civilian workers of
a nation will then be as justifabe an act Of war
as to attack It's soldiers"
Colonel Fuller then points out that the first gas
used in the World was of a lethal nature
But at the third battle of Ypres the Germans used
mustard gas and disclosed to the world the posi-
bnties Of gas warfare. He says.
'RespIratOrs TO great extent were now use
less for the persistent and vesicant nature OF this
chemical rendered whole areas, for days on end
uninhabitable and dangerous TO cross. Men car.
rled the oily liquid their clothes on the mud
Of their boots, and infected dugouts. bets and
rest camps far back the lines of communication
Few died. but many were inCapaCitated for months
on end Here, curious &c relate is the true bower
Of gas as a weapon-it incapacitate without
killing. 4 dead man says nothing. and. when once
ippr r,rrt- tho
wounded man will spread the widest of rurnors
will exaCcerate dangers. foster panic and ~euuires
the attention Of others to heal him-until he dies
or is cured he is military incumbrance and
demoraIizng agent. Gas is, par excellence the
weapon Of Generalization and. as it can terroriza
without necessarily killing it, than any other
known weapon. can enforce economically the policy
of one nation another.
Il believe that in future warfare great cities
such as London. will be attacked from the air
and that feet Of 800 alrplanes each carrying 500
ten-pound bombs Of. let suppose, mustard gas
might cause 100000 minor casualties and throw
the whole city into panic within half an hou- Of
their arrival. Picture, If you can what the resuI,
will be London for several days will be on. vast
ravIng bedam, the hospitals will be stormed
traffic will cease the homeless will Shrek for baIr
the city will be in pandemOnium What of tho
government at Westminster? 1t will b. s,pent
away by an avalanche of terror Then will tho
enemy dictate his terms which will he rra nod
nj like straw by drowning man. Thus NAV
war be won in forty-eght hours and the Losses
of the winning side may be actually Mill"
Colonel Fuller's conclusion is this "That side -
he says, (which gains supremacy in invention and
design Is the side which is going to win th. paxt
war" And again: IF mechanically both sides ora
equal. then on valor. obedience and self-sacrsco
of the soldier will victory depend But II ono
side relies on these virtues alone. and neglects
10 safeguard them by the most powerful yeononS
obtainable. then will they be of little yoIue ~
little as all the valor of the Sudanese at Om.
durham
History shows. of course. that warfare has hoo,
"revolutionized" score of times by various inyon'
tions in the ascent from clubs to 75.miIe r,n,.
cannon. But invariably the offense has been Iater
matched by the defense. Perhaps the alrn,ona
has already temporarily been rendered useless
a story from London says that the explanation =,
the forced landing and confiscat,on OF ,bir,n
French airplanes m Germany is that the Germans
are using secret method Of putting t5en or, =.
action VIII every gas have Its antldote7