Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1919 — War With Microbes Is Next, Says Expert [ARTICLE]

War With Microbes Is Next, Says Expert

Philadelphia.—That _the next war may be one of microbes is the prediction of Dr. Isaac Sharpless, president of Haverford college. He says: “The next war Is likely to be a biologists’ war where the victory will be attained by that army or nation most successful in inoculating its adversaries with disease germs poured down upon them from above, “While this may be too horrible even to contemplate now, nevertheless it is a possibility and even a probability to be reckoned with, and certainly it should be most seriously considered before we begin to burden ourselves with the inevitable costliness of military training.”