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Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1933, Page 4

Some of flip difficulties involved in pro. hihitmg chemical, incendiary and bacterial warfare, and in supervising tlie enforcement of such prohibition, are brought out in a report by a request made by the Bureau of the League of Nations Disarmament' Conference. The report says such warfare, does not necessarily require any special implements and little, if any, fioeeial training. The committee gives two examples, namely, that apparatus intended for producing therapeutic clouds when combating diseases of trees can also be used for creating clouds of poisonous substances; and that certain fire ertingui hers can easily he converted into flame-projectors which can be used either in a military sense or in destroying locusts. The committee insists that “in a country possessing an important chemical industry it will always be possible to use chemical weapons; and chemical warfare can always be rapidly organised, even

i.hough no bpcmaf ‘preparation has been made in poauci time.” Therefore, it is argued, it will bo especially important to define the proclaim e anti penalties to bo applied in eases of infringement ol r the undertaking not .to report to the use of the prohibited weapons against an adversary, in this connection, the committee makes certain suggestions for the rapid establishment of the facts by a “commission for urgent initial investigation,” for procedure arid for concerted aid to be given to the attacked State.