The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-16
Tl.gAUsSSofiTfeach G4ses,

GOL. F. N. MAUDE, C.B., British military
~ writer frequently quoted as an authority on
things relating to the British army and the war,
is out openly in favor of the use Of asphyxiating
gases and anything else that will bring victory.
His views are probably those of very many, now,
and reflect the changed manner in which events
are viewed after eleven months of bloody war.
In the war publication Land and Water" Col
onel Maude publishes the following which is u-
minating Of an altered state of mind, even though
it may not be convincing to one far enough from
the trenches to preserve some sense of horror at
wholesale Slaughter, by any means 32f'P
There some reason to fear that the British
press is about TO indulge in an outburst Of hystcreal
mania, and is attempting TO rival its German
tenporares the expression Of hatred and dsparage
ment. '' ~ i47''-. .-aH..,'
The nerve. storm has been vsibly approaching for
some time, and the announcement that the Germans
have reverted to methods Of asphyxiation Zone of
the oldest forms Of offensive eyer employed In war;
Fssef real there IA little cause for either alarm Or
the whole we can produce ali the ere and smoke we
need together with killing fragments, by the
Of the shells all carry as part Of our field equip
Smoke shells or carcases, special ineendiary shells,
rseh IRE and 50 has tb DSSn
port they require can be more usefully employed in,
bringing up the regulation Projectiles shrapne and
II is childish to cry out against the enemy for using
these improysed methods. We should rather be glad
that he wastes his efforts means that have been
proved Of only local and subsidiary application and
IL might with advantage he remembered that IL the
Allies cannot advance in face of heavy fumes neither
the enemy do So and by the time they (the gases)
have cleared away, continue our forward move
nient quite as expeIitiously as our adyersares.
/ II is unfortunate, however, that these elementary
considerations taught in our textbooks as far back
as l remember, should have been forgotten by
those who first made the statement, and suggested
infringement of the Hague Convention for IT leaves us
open to the same charge Of hypocrisy that we so often
| have hurled against the Germans. +. - FL -tr-
All Shells all fires, all mining charges, give out
hyxiating gases and from some shells the fumes
The use Of these has been discussed for years, be-
the explosive that berates the deadly gas is said
to possess quite unusual powers but the reason why
many Of these types were not adopted was because
| they were considered too dangerous for our gun
ners and transport to handle, not that when they
| burst they would have poisoned the enemy.
on the ground of humanity the death 1t inflicted
would be absolutely certain and painless and hence
| there would br wounded.
In case, at the beginning Of this war it was
stated in all the French papers that the difficulty of
| handling these shells had been overcome, and that
| they had been employed certain sectors OF the
French front with admirable results
When the time comes to defend their use shall we
really the erontery to claim for shells that
they poison but do not asPhyxiatef Moreover, is not
| poisoning also covered by the Hague Convention .
Would it not be better and more in consonance with
national character to disavow, the Hague COnven
ton altogether, the grounds that no war could be
carried on if its several terms literally adhered
| to- and that, it was intended only to apply to
civilized warfare and our RdVersarles, the Germahs
have chosen to make war like savagcs Cultured
ages who infinitely savage than primitive
uncultured peoples entitled to use in future
any method that may be found expedent to bring
| them to submission
We can only defeat INSCRIPTIONS methods by supe-
ror force, and if the enemy choose to make use of
| violence in all its form to destroy men in the
| fighting line, they to be killed and MANNED un-
checked merely to crafty the Pecksnifan morality
of the hafpenny Press that day cries out for
the prosecution of the with all possible vgor and
the next attempts to tie the hands of soldiers in
| If tha
| this endH
Finally, amount of horror and Reproduction on our
| part win prevent the of asphyxating gases by
the Germans cannot be expected to allow them
to CONQUER us on this count must be prepared to
counter them fully and effectively and have not
| the slightest doubt that shall do So