The Dermott news., 1919-03-13

matter or the use or gas Tn bdlbP. A score of years ago high commissioners of supposedly humanely inclined ma tions met at The Hague, which for some reason er other it wa@ thought would be the permanent seat of hu- manitarianiSm. ultruislu and of peace among the peoples of the earth.
 The use of gas in War wus discussed in that Hague meeting Great Britain, France. Germany and some other ha- tions agreed not to use it in the pos sible wars of the future. France and Great Britain ahided by their pledged faith until Germany broke ifs word with the same lack of conscience ana compunction that 1t tore up the scrap of paper which WIS supposed to safe guard Belgium from invasion and spoi- iation.
 Must Be Prepared to Be Safe
 To get down to the nuh of things, military men here seemingly believe that no nation can afford to remain uu= prepared To meet sas with sas in caSa nn enemy proves faithle~s tn it's word. The nation which has EaS. they say, and which uses il against a nation which has no gas will win tts war.
 The question that k being asked te= day k this "If nation finds itself an the verge of defeat in war and knows that il eun be saved hy gas, will 1t refrain from its Use because oAee upon Il time if signed Il plrdse%'
 t,,.,.,.. I-r.I,pI n.I#I fpnffHtIe their gas service for purely defensive purposes; in other words, they intend to he prepared in case some enemy el either on the day of some future Npres shall violate it~ word and uSe Sas of fensively for the overcoming of hs foe.
 The United States. through its chem ical warfare service developed ant perfected in the UHited States hy Maj Gen. William l.. SHhert, and in th# American expelitfenary forces by Brig. Gen Amos A Fries. has 2aS equip meat and Il gas Knowledge second ta these of no HatteH on earth. The choice of ahe future Hes between the placing of dependence upoa the wort of nations. already ia one instance xlz plated. or continuing for purely de- fcn>i>e purposes q service which has shown itself to he so essential in the case of faitfrhreakinE on the part of anather
 | k said by army men that fl is us foolish tn assume that the next war Will he fought without rifles machine ctgs and artillery as to thtuk if will be fought without Eas. lt k urged that the absolute guaranty against gaS attack by my hcllfgerent power will he through defensive preparation against such an attaek
 There has been feeling In the United States. army men sat. that gas k more harharous and inhunan than other weapons ot warfare. Gas service men say that thiS k not the case.
 Cost Of Floating Liberty Loans.
 Before long the people of the coun- try will he given an epportunlty-per- haps privilege Is Il better word=to subscribe h q fifth Liberty loan. As vet nothing definite aS to the rate of interest which the loan Will bear Is known Neither have some other ques- tious relating to the convertibility of the bonds ef other loans to bonds of neW interest bearing rate. and some other vital matters been decided.
 There seems tu be q misuHderstand. ing throughout the country concerning the cost of the hoating of the fourth Liberty loan A statement wns print ed no long ago that it cost l5 per cent to place that loan If II had cost this amount the loan hardly would have been worth the floating.
 The truth in lhe case is that the treasury department Is allowed by law only maximum on,-hfth af one per cent for selling the lean~ That is all expenses must he kept under one-flfth of one Der cent Take the sourth Lib. erty louu uf nearly 5000 po, ,oO0. for it lacked only eleven millions of being that sum The cost of floating il was ouN SN,727.65N.l2
 one fifth of one per cent of S10oo.- Ooo.o0o would hc Slio'.Uo0. therefore it k to be observed that the cost of tleatne the fourth Iiherty loan was only llttle= mere than half ,he maxi mum allowed hy l8a
 All Expenses Included
 II should be remembered that this total expense Includes even the cost ef manufacturing the bonds. which in it- self includes the safrcuurded paper aua all The engraving required In the various proces>cS T. includes also all tho costs ot maintaining the Lih- erty loau organization In the l2 federal reserve districts and the necessary eX= pease of subordinate committees.
 More than million volunteer work CTS engaged in selling bond k during the fourth Liberty loan campaign The total cost to tho government per cap itu of these workers for thee weeks lime was less than SN
 Here Is fahle which shows the cost Of floating thr fourth Liberty loan B.5IFTf. and fIt NNHr N4NinvS gprttn