This weapon was given its name as a disinformation strategy designed to fool observers from the League of Nations into thinking that it was merely a device for creating a smoke screen .
Nations were observing any possible infraction of the Treaty of Versailles .
This weapon was given its name as a disinformation strategy designed to fool observers from the League of Nations , who were observing any possible infraction of the Treaty of Versailles , into thinking that it was merely a device for creating a smoke screen .