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FEW years ago 4. book appeared by Professor Banse deal-
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By a α
Special Correspondent
favourable conditions? What influence will air currents exert? How large must the "charge" of microbes be so that breathing them in the open air causes in- fection if. for example, the plague, bacillus is used?"
Microbe Clouds.-Even if it is. possible to produce these clouds of germs, the possiblity of their fection is still doubtful.
Nevertheless, that is no' rea- son why the idea should be given up; the very possibility of auth'
in-
"You can't wear out a Studebaker." ing with the possibilities of a "Microbe War." Portions reprinted in
purposes it would be within the enemy country-if foreign Press, the effect practical
necessary to breed huge quanti- for no other reason than that a "I can drive it hundreds of miles of which was to cause Pro- ties of les or lice, infect thein successful attempt at infection really causing widespread
fessor Banse to be removed with the bacillus of yellow or at the front might recoil on spotted fever, and keep a huge one's own troops, it being im- from his post.
permanent supply of freshly in- possible to restrict the Infection The latest issu of the fected flics in stock.
to one definite aren. Daytsche Wehr. the official The same difficulties arise in The dissemination of the an infection would be enough organ of the German. General producing sufficient quantities germs can only be undertaken to cause grave anxiety in the Staff, publishes a lengthy article of the virus of smallpox, apart by agents or aeroplanës. For enemy country, even if the on the results of laboratory re- from the fact that most civilised agents, an intimate co-operation actual danger was vastly exag- search into this very "Microbe people have in vaccination a suc- with individuals in the enemy gérated, War." The article is entitled, cessful antidote.
country and careful preparations "Some thoughts on War waged For a long time great hopes a long time ahead are necessary by means of Microbes."
were centred on the cholera in order to prepare for the suc
the on the assumption that cessful infection of water sup-
THREE. This i The article is nscribed to an germ.
most important, but necessary was to plics, food supplies or animals.. "Italia" Medical Staff Officer, all that was
also the most difficul, point. Experiments must be repeated The problem is how to produce but as neither the name of the put sufficient germs in wells,
reservoirs or food sup- persistently under varying cir- epidemics and how to mike the where the article was published plies to ensure a good cholera cumstances, for, even if they ordinary epidemics more leadly. Italian officer nor the place water
succeeded once through the and that is quite a different pro- is given, it is perfectly obvious epidemic.
But we must repeat that these negligence or lack of sufficient position from the usual-bora- that this is only a thin camou- germs, when artificially pro- attention on the part of the tory experiments on animils or Ange.
duced, have no power of pro- authorities, this might not hap- individuals offering themselves The experiments have really diving disease:
pen on a second occasion.
for experimentation. The been carried out by German
the true carriers of
Furthermore, since every It is not enough to have the chemists.
disease are the sick themselves,
becomes harm- such agent could only work with disease germs and the mean of and the germ The chemical and microbiolo- ful only when spread through small quantities of culture, so distributing them at one's lis gical laboratories of the German their excreta, and soon loses its that even under the most favour posal (which is in itself no day War Ministry are, in charge of virulence.
able conditions only isolated task), but a number of other Licatenant-General von Tempel- The
germ of dysentery also cases would occur which would circumstances have to be talen hoil. General Becker (in his loses its poison rapidly in arti- have no epidemic character, the into consideration.
We must know, for example The first purpose, of govern the Technical High School
civilian capacity a professor at feint cultures, and experiments danger of discovery of a hostile
in to bring this virulence back to ngent at work is not very great, the influence of varying seasols ment is to secure "the greatest Berlin). as
Microbe attacks by acroplane, on the incidence of certan happiness for the greatest num- Stale Research Department, is successful.
the bacillus have rarely been
-The acroplane would be more epidemics (hol weather A her," it has been sold. The aim also partly responsible for these The bacillus of typhoid or suitable for attacks by microbes, favourable to dysentery, cholera of democracy, it might be added, researches.
paratyphoid is more suitable and many ways of scattering etc., cold weather to respiratory is to provide government giving
can be thought of: discuses), the influence of damp the greatest
The text 31 Jul 05 follows: for this purpose, but this dis- the germs opportunity for
is present in any case in bombs, glass tubes, bowls full of air, etc. happiness to every individual. Attention must first be focussed eac
Furthermore, the composition of the soil, social conditions, To make a success of democracy, on three main points, which many countries, and an artificial cultures, spraying by particular
foundation of all increase of cases would not cause contrivances, etc. it is essential that the individual form the
undue anxiety. remember his duty to the state, further work:
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1937.
SERVICE TO DEMOCRACY
as much as for the state to remember its duty to the individual. Service is the thing. Democrney will reach the highest point of efficiency when the people who enjoy it have obtained
clear [realisation of the part required
of each, the responsibility of each. in dernocrnile evolution.
X
President of the
(1) Which germs are of greatest virulence.
(2) Ways and
the
means
of
to-
spreading them. (3)-Conditions 'uccessary
produce infection and let loose an epidemic.
catine 18
Of these various devices, let state of immunity of a people
A examine making can all retard or favour
the The bacillus of plaque is the us first most suitable. Special atten- "mierobe fog," since this method spread of different diseases. already been carefully Some diseases are restricted to tion must be paid to the pingue has
The best certain areas; for example, yel- bacillus, because it is compara- studied by experts.
Others are dependent tively easy to produce in large time would be during cold, damp low fever. quantities; it has great powers weather, as this gives the best on external and social conditions; for example, plague and cholern. of resistance in cold or chance of life to the microbes.
Above all, the moral and Such gerins would have to be damp surroundings; it infects
infection psychological effects must be under all conditions; and, final- chosen
Continual fear of ONE. The production of ly, because the plague is always through the respiratory ergans, considered.
treachery, artificially sufficient quantity a terrifying illness, particularly as, for example, plague germs. hostile
germ is the in places where it is otherwise So far, it is true, experiments aroused and fed by alarmist re- have only been made in closed ports, will in certain circum- rooms and we have little in- stances and during a protracted formation about the spread of war-wealcon and redice the will TWO. It must be under
whole immediately a
But again you must not stood that attempts
questions present over-estimate the result. at infection will, in all proba- series of
How'do germs pecially if you are dealing with a bility, have to be made not on themselves: the soldiers in the field of battle, artificially disseminated spread? population neither ignorant nor but on the non-combatants well How long do they retain their easily impressed.
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In the choice of the actual give for the privilege of enjoy- ing it. All too few are ready to germs to be used, we must not
be over-ambitious, render the service it requires;; It is very tempting to think; not paid service, but willing of yellow fever, spotted fever or help for the good of the state smallpox-all pestilences which and the people. It entails no make shudder-but great sacrifice, this work.
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little quiet thought on issues outlines some of them. It has to facing the country. A man must distinguish the genuine from the live up to the faith the builders counterfeit of democracy had in him.
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PROFITS
Best Sellers" Paid Better a Century Ago
in the wares sub-THE fortune left by Sir James mitted for its approval. It has junction with the £250,000 left by Caine and the £165,000 by One of Canada's best known to supply a corrective to the Ha politien! Commentators,
Mr. weakness of politicians. It has Rudyard Kipling, gives the impres- alon that the rewards of literary Charles Swayne, says!
to resist the temptation to take genius to-day are fabulous compared "There will be some who take too much of its thinking ready-with those of the last century and pains to examine the trend of made from others, The Press before.
strides Actually, considering the
In spite of selling the copyrights, latter-day government who will and the radio have a heavy
mention £2,000 from "Lady of the Lake," not be disposed to agree alto- responsibility in emphasising to made in printing and publishing in Scott drew £1,000 from "Marmion.""
the last fitty years, not to
and
£5,000 from "Rokeby," and £3,000 rights, gether with Lord Halifax, who the general body of citizens their alm
stage
popular
Isles." These says that though in many diree-duty to search out for themselves authors; financially speaking, are not from "Lord of the
sums, large as they are, were totally tions we have travelled far on the matters on which it is the much better off than their predeces- the road of extending State function of citizenship to form who racked their brains in the eclipsed by those he obtained from
days of Grub Street.
his novels and other prose works.
"Guy Mannering" brought him activities, we have simultaneous-opinions and record verdicts. For an author to make money-
£24,000, "Rob Roy" £21,000, and his twenty-one novels altogether made him well over 400,000, For hin "Life of Napoleon" Scott received" over £18,000; for his contributions to two encyclopaedias lo received
£1,800.
Ho
es-
them have been indifferent to cash
2 shrewd Dickens was rewards. business man, and hated the idea of anyone making money by him un- duly,
A great many of his private letters still preserved deal with his carn- ings and other money matters, and the creator of "Little Nell" could drive a hard bargain with publishers and editors.
Nowadays nearly all famous authors leave the marketing of their work to agents, who charge com- mission for their services. The lead-
able business men with world-wide ing literary agents in London are organization, and in these complicated days they usually manage to secure better terms for authors than the Jotter could obtain themselves.
The wealthiest British authors to- day are probably Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Somerset Maugham, and Noel Coward. A new work by any of Ulene is always an event.
ly been according recognition to In British lands the example and lots of it--was not quite con- the claims of individual per- of other countries has not been sidered the thing to boast about in Victorian times, and poor Anthony sonality." Many are persuaded followed in making the State Trollope'n
suffered reputationi blow that the more tho Stato attempts, become an end in itself, such as grievous
when his auto- was published in which In blography through social legislation, to is intended by Socialism.
he stated to a penny.exnetly what he amellorate the lot of certain other words, loyalty to the State made from each of his works.
edited Dryden for a fee of
It is very improbable that any sections of the people, the does not involve dental of loyalty Trollope was no genius, yet he £706, and he complained that £400
author in the future will make from greater the loss of the indivi-to one's own conscience. Lord earned by kla pena toin) sum of for a single contribution to a certain
alone the enormous. sums duniity which hitherto had been Halifax says: "A State which 207,039 17s 5d, about which he re-periodical was "noor pay." Ali told.
marks, "comfortablo but not Scolt eumed well over £500,000 by which were made by Scott, Dickens, and Trollope. Publishing methods aprinciple of democratic stamps all its citizens into splendid.".
his magle pen, á sum which in pre-
have changed, competition is becom- government. Through inherited common mould and seeks to
He wrote in all forly-seven novels, sent-day values equals a million and
ing keener every year as the output characteristics and the
a half pounds). "mo-unify what nature has so wonder-several short stories, and sundry
of books Increnses, and the real gold Scott could write a novel in three for authors nowadays of other works during, o period bility" of age, government has fully made diverse may gain twenty years, and in most of that months if he was pushed, During alm, stage, and serial rights.
comes from come to be regarded as the whatever advantage there may me he worked as a surveyor In some years at the height of his fame
Recently in Hollywood thu bl instrument to secure conditions be in singleness of aim inthe Post Omee. The lowest sum he his annual income exceeded £50,000,
Arator £20,000 more than Lord Byron Alm companies have been paying favourable to the fullest develop-politics; but it assuredly would ever earned was £20 for his
throughout him brilliant suma varying from £6,000 to £10,000 or more for screen rights of "best" sellers."
such as Mr. H. G. Some authors, Wells, are of the opinion that at somes not very distant future rending will become an obsolete tabit, and that ms, television, and radio will be the chief means of communicating the ideas and creations of genlum to the public. Keen Competition
ment of the personality. Once be the poorer by the loss of that novel. The highest was the £3,525 earned
he made from "Can You Forgive literary career.
Ita
His famous "Dorchester Towers The Great Crash
£727 11s 3d to his bank balance, while "Orley Farm" and "He Knew IIe was Right,” each en- him to the extent of over
that conception prevailed, a variety of life which the State, Her?" in 1864. community could retain in jealous in guarding the indivi-
own hands the judg-duality of its citizens, has to added
Not content with the ordinary pro- ts of an author, Scott engaged In ment on questions of its own offer."
The "common mould" of the riched
partnership government. On the other hand, i
In the priating and publishing of his booke, and this led where people disembarrass them-totalitarian state is a reaction £3,000,
to the greatest and most poignant selves of the necessity of form-from democracy. The loss of in-Scott'a "Wizardry"
tragedy in the history of literature. ing opinions by entrusting pleni-{dividuality seems to be the price
-The finonetal crash of Sir Walter potentiary power to other hands, of failure of the democratic But it is questionable if any author Scott in 1820 not only robbed him In literary history ever made so of all his great wealth, but left him the human personality becomes system. It is never the ayatem much money na Sir Walter Scot, in debt to the tune of £310,000. 16 dwarfed and fails to find which is to blame, but the lack From his poetry alone he earned is a story well known to all Scott expression.
of perspective of those who have well over £13,000, and only recently lovers, but the passing of a century To-day there are dangers in not the wits to govern them that her poems in half-a-dozen years
a well-known woman poot confessed does litle to dim its ople features,
Authors have never been noted democracy, and Lord Halifax selves satisfactorily.
had brought her litle over £7. for their care of money, but few of
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Yet the fact remain that there are more authors and booka to-day. thon ever before, and it is also a signi- ficant fact that flm and stage "re-- presentations of published works (Continued on Page 5.)