A FEARFUL POSSIBILITY
LONDON WIPED OUT BY GAS. FORTY-TWO TONS SUFFICIENT. (United Press Association,? (By Electric Telegrapli—Copyright.) LONDON, December 7. (Received Dec. 8, •>+ 0.15 a.m.j Making mathematical calculations, Lord Halsbury, when addressing a peace mee£ ing in London, estimated that the theoretical quantity of - mustard gas-—the deadliest of all poison gases—required to wipe out London would be 42 tons. He said that was a mere flea bite to what could be brought over London in 12 hours. In other words, every man, woman, and child in London might fail to live in half a day.- The only safeguard consisted of reprisals. " Let the world know we are prepared to make them," concluded Lord Halsbury.—United Service.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 13
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