MANKIND'S ENEMY
GERMS OF DISEASE -- - ■ . i• ' COMBINED FIGHT URGED LONDON, Sept. 7 While diplomats are apprehenaiv ; about the possibility of a European war, Sir Oliver Lodge told the Daily Mail at the opening of the British Association Conference at Leicester, that the "nest tremendous war will be against enemies visible ohly through a microscope, and the enemy will be germs of deadly disease." / <" "I believe ultimately that nations will learn not to fight among themselves, and will be forced to combine against the common enemy..of mankind. ' • t "We> are not afraid of wild animals, but we have ddne little: to combat invisible organisms, infinitely more dangerous than the most ferocious beasts. € 'Unhappily -ih© scientist s disco veriss are frequently perverted to the destruction of human life. The blame lies on politicians and others, who must ensure that the inventions shall be. usea for the benefit of mankind."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21596, 14 September 1933, Page 9
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