The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03

ties. The fact is emphasized that nation has
renowned the of poison gas as a result of the
Peace Conference, and further that "There are ma
lions whose words could not respect if they did
renounce it."
According to this White paper, Great Britain had
to prepare to use chemical warfare because other
nations had not renowned it. and if other nations
did renounce it, Great Britain would still prepare
to chemical warfare because she could not respect
their word. Could other nations respect Great Bri-
talns word when despite the prohibition by the
Hague Convention and the Peace Treaty she had
already used poison gas in the war of Intervention
In Russia country upon which she had never de-
clared war!
RACE IN CHEMICAL WARFARE.
With Germany defeated and disarmed the ex-
Allies entered upon of ornaments not only
IN the pre-War sese, Int also in race in chemical
warfare preparednc. ar they then proceeded to
solemnly sign the Wsshne On treaty and later the
League. OF Nations P1ra.o,; in both of which they
rlghteously denounce anG r~ohLit the use of chem
zeal warfare The Washington Conference set I'D
subcommittee on poicon gas which delivered
unanimous report to the conference but this report
was instantly suppressed, and it was only after four
years OF efforts than American journal succeeded
IN obtaining copy from a foreign source This
suppressed report states that, sowing to the enor
nous use OF potential warfare gases in peace it is
impossible to take effective steps to restrict produc
ton OF such gases by universal international repu
laton of chemical industry and commerce: giving to
each and all nations the means tc provide for it's own
needs, but no more"
ms, however, was the last thing that the High
Contracting Parties wanted for they were all try
ing to build up large chemical industries as poten
tia poison gas arsenals so they suppressed the no
port and signed the treaty. The League of Nations
subcommittee chemical warfare later came to the
same conclusion, and in 1926 reported complete
agreement on chemical warfare "Strict control
by the league the worlds chemical industry
and an entente of manufacturers in order +o elm,
mate the possibility of poison gas or bacteroIogca
warfare IN the future, unanimously recommend
ed"
Now, before the treaties drawn at the Limitation
OF Armaments Conference in Washington were to
become binding, they were to be ratified bv the
various slgnatory powers, and certified COPIES of
the ratification deposited in Washington Fonr
years after the signing of the treaties it was re
ported that none of the notifications had been de-
poslted IN washington, and the treaties respecting
submarines and chemical warfare have not boan
ratlfied by one of the powers participating in the
conference" The same farce was repeated AZ tbo
League of Nations, here again ''the present proto
col Will come into force for each sgnatory power as
from the date of deposit of its ratification No
nation has ratified the protocol
"FARMED-OUT" INDUSTRY
Today IN Great Britain the chemical warfare ma
chlne mas grown to enormous dimensions. Not only
Is sclentlac research being conducted in the uni
versities, etc. for the Chemical Warfare Committee
but the whole output of scientific research i ca
July watched for possible applications TO cbe;oo1
warfare "The policy of the war department is to
farm out to civil scientific institutions, such as
the universities the National Physical Laboratory
Imperial College of Science and Technology. etc
all spare research than profitably be farmed
out and generally speaking to restrict military in
sututlons to applied research and the preliminary
design of apparatus"
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Re-
search IS also used and sends representatives to the
Chemical Warfare Committee After the ,uar sob1 Wv
SHIPS for research were awarded by the Department
OF scientific and Industrial Research and some Of
the successful candidates sent to work under
poison gas chemists. How far research is .ouetJv
carried out, with money obtained from civil Govern,
ment departments, is~illustrated by the following
example. chemist obtained grant from the
Board OF Scientific and Industrial Research and
went to work at Oxford University In due course he
published a paper entitled "Synthetical Experiments
wlh Do Dichloroethylsulphide." Most people even.
II they read the paper would not see ANYTHING
sinister IN it, until they told that the common
name Tor bb Observation-Disclosures is Mustard Gas
"a single post war volume of one chemical journal