Evening star., 1943-12-22
Samples Of Gas Used
BY laps Exhibited in
Human by Chinese

By the Associated Press.
HEADQUARTERS OF A CHI
NESE ARMY SOMEWHERE IN
NORTHERN HUMAN PROVINCE,
Dec. 10 Delayed Green and red
marked cylinders of tear and sneez-
ing gas which the Japanese are &C
cused of using on this front were ex-
hibited today to visiting Allied Off
GERS and correspondents and SAM
Piles given to an American major to
take to 1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell
AS interested as any correspond
ent was 1t. Col. P. P. Voronin, as
sistant military attache of the Soviet
Embassy at Chungking, who jotted
down the complete details as 1t.
Gen. Liang Han-ming, commanding
this army, talked about the cylin-
ders.
Among the samples was a yellow
marked, two-foot long cylinder, re-
sembling a fire extinguisher, which
Gen. Liang's chemical warfare ex-
pert said once contained mustard
gas. There was no claim, however,
that the contents of this particular
cylinder ever were used against the
Chinese.
Suffocating Gas Used.
The tear and sneezing gas was
used recently on the Human front,
the chemical expert said. The most
violent form of gas used by the
Japanese in this theater, according
to Gen. Hsueh Yeuh, Governor of
Human and commander of the 9Th
War Area, and his subordinate, Gen.
Liang, was suffocating gas, from
which no fatalities were reported.
The effect of this gas is to incapaci-
tate for an hour or more
The mustard gas cylinder, which
also will be taken to Gen. Stilwell
was seen to drop from japanese
plane last May along the Yuma
River, Maj. Flu Heg-yu, the chemical
expert, said. 1t was empty when
found, he added, but he asserted
that mustard gas had been used by
the japanese on other fronts. The
exhibits will be taken to Gen. Still
well by Maj. Rankin G. Roberts,
public relations officer at Gen. Still
wells Chungking headquarters.
Gen. Liang disclosed yesterday
that this army had taken only 10
japanese prisoners since fighting
started October 20, but estimated
that his forces had inflicted $500
casualties on the enemy.
Asked about disparity between the
casualty claim and his report on the
number of prisoners, the general re-
piled simply its not easy to take
japanese prisoners" On the other
hand, he said there was no evidence
that the japanese committed hara-
kiri in any great number.
Retreat Well Organized.
Accepting these statistics, this
seems to suggest that in at least one
sector OF the northern Human front,
the japanese retreat was we'll organ
ized, although the casualty figure
would represent more than a 10 per
cent loss by the japanese force,
estimated at 10000.
This dispatch did not indicate
whether casualties" referred to
killed or wounded or BOTH
Gen. Liang's figures have been
included in the overall statistics
given December IS by Gen. Hsueh
at headquarters Of the 9th war area,
which includes approximately 100,
square miles of the sector of their
army Gen. Hsueh'ss figures were
IL 900 casualties for the Japanese
and $4,000 for troops Of the 9Th
war area, He had given no figures
for prisoners, saying they%were still
in the forward area.
Gen. Liang said his army had not
taken much booty in their pursuit
of the Japanese when the Changteh
keystone gave way to a Chinese
counterattack,