GERM WARFARE'S TERRORS

Chronicle (Levin), 4 October 1947, Page 5

GERM WARFARE'S TERRORS

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Poland Starting Negotations For Prohibition

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Received Friday, 7.0 p.m. KEW Y ORK, Oct. 2. Poland intends to ask United Kations soon to begin negotiations for the prohibition of germ warfare, says the United Press. Mr. ignaxy Zlotowski, Polish nuelear scientist, who represents his country on the Atomie Energy Uommission, disclosed that he would propose a prompt start on negotiations at the Connuission's next meeting probably in mi,dOctober. The eorrespondent says: "It is not a secret. that United States, Britain and France had developed devastating ways of killing people, animals and growing things witli bacteria, by the time the war ended. It is considered certain that the Soviet has not lagged behind in that field. One scientist stationed at United Kations re marked: ' Everyone has bacteriological weapons. L've seen somc of them myself. One was a bottle containing enough stuff to kill half the people in the world'." The eorrespondent adds that the American Association of Scientific Workers sent a confidential memorandum .this week to United Kations delegates and high ofhcials, pleading for the immediate consideration of bacteriologieai wartare. The inemorandum said: " Bacteria I production could proceed in any civilised country irrcspeetive of its size or relative wealth. Since it could eni])loy the facilities of modern medicine and hiological research and development, bacterial warfare could hardly bc controlled by an international polieing authority witli out interference of the most intimate sort with activities whereupon the health and welfare of nations depend." The meinorandum said that during the war ways were found of spreading terror and death in severn 1 diseases and plant poisons.