TERRORS OF MODERN WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17889, 17 September 1921, Page 2 (Supplement)

TERRORS OF MODERN WAR.

GAS WHICH KILLS QUICKLY. A new warfare gas, three drops of which will kill within 30 seconds the person whose ■ skin it touches, was described by Captain L. D. Hutson, United States of America, speaking before students of the Pennsylvania Military College. Describing the gas as the latest discovery of the expert chemists engaged in the research laboratories of the First Gas Regiment, Chemical Warfare Service, at Edgewood, Captain Hutson flaid the United States had made tremendous progress in warfare gasses since the close of the world war, and now undoubtedly leads the world. ' Imagine what will happen to a city," he said, " when air squadrons begin spraying with that terrible substance. In the next war, machine-guns and artillery will be out of date— weapons will be gas and chemicals, and the humblest non-combatant -will be exposed to attack. Entire populations will take the chance of never awakening when they go to bed at night. It will truly be a war of extermination. " Another new invention is the toxic smoke candle, which, when burned, seta loose clouds of dust particles, temporarily incapacitating _ those that breathe the dust. The infantry will be equipped with these candles, and they will be used in the advance to smother the personnel of machine-gun nests, and the enemy huddled in trenches and dug-outs."