Ancient Chinese records, which forma connected history of great. er antiquity than most other Couns tries, have' now Been investigated to show that the Chinese were the inventors of poison gus. According {oan interesting' article in: "The China Critic" the curliest records of olson gas belong to the Chinese Who used "stink pots" to smoke out their enemies." Not only. were they fan army auxiliary but up to recent years they were used by pirates In gyercoming "resistance" While the Chinese. claim priority in the Use of thin: weapon which all ational war. conventions. have Attempting to abolish," the" same article reveals that the Japanese Were the first to use tear gas, em Dloying finely powdered po parently in the form of screen or perhaps flung in thin paper page, offensive weapon." Which all goes to show that it meeds only a Careful reading of history to. that the horrors of modern eiviligae tion are merely developments of the primitive mind.
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