THE POISON FIENDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 5

THE POISON FIENDS

VITRIOL AND FORMALIN PROJECTORS, j Petrograd, June 0. . The Germans earlier in the war used vitriol, which was squirted into the . trenches. Later they used bombs con- , t,lining concentrated formalin, causing J much eye trouble over large areas. Then . the methods apparently proved unsatisj factory, and the enemy adopted gas, but 1 applied in a manner different from that . adopted in the western area. Oil one Galician front they ignited large quanti- - tics of straw before their trenches, into • which objccts resembling short lengths of rope were thrown, changing tlio character of the smoko and flames. Tho enemy was next observed trying to extinguish the firo with ;hoses, but their purpose failed. The enemy then climbed out of the trenches and ran for thoir lives, the Russian rifle fire meantime decimating the refugees. At other points the Germans threw tins like biscuit boxes, -yvhich burst on impact, emitting dense poisonous fumes. A DREADFUL PICTURE, WHAT IT IS TO.' BE POISONED. : '(Rec. Juno 7, 11.25 p.m.) London, June 7. Major-Gen oral St.uart-AVortley, - cominonding a British corps in France, describes tho horrors resulting from the use of gas at Ypres. "The public," he says, _ "cannot have the' slightest idea of this last damnable effort oii the part of the Gormans to disregard all the laws of humanity and civilisation. ' I have seen our men in tho hospitals aftor they were brought in from the trenches. No need to inquire the'number' of thoir ward—the groaning was sufficient direction. In ono ward there wero IS cases. The men were sitting bolt upright, the most hopeless, helpless, and sickening sight imaginable." MAKING THE BATTLE POISON. (Rec. June 7, 11.30 p.m.) Amsterdam, June 7. The Gormans are using tlio chief factories at Vilvordo foe the manufacture of asphyxiating gases. Tlio factories are protected by anti-aircraft guns.