THE HUN SENSE OF HONOUR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 252, 19 July 1915, Page 7

THE HUN SENSE OF HONOUR.

The use by the Germans of poisonous gases as a means or warfare was recently referred to by the British Minister for War, Lord Kitchener, as being contrary to the solemn pledge sign.-,-ed by the German representatives at the Hague Convention. Speaking in th e House of Lords on April 28, Lord Kitchener said: "The Germans have introduced a method of placing their opponents hors d e combat by the use of asphyxiating and deleterious gases, and they e mploy these poisonous methods to prevail when their attack, according to the rules of Avar, might have otherwise failed. In this subject I would remind your lordships that Germany was a signatory to the following article in the Hague Convention: 'The lontracting Powers agree to abstain from the use of projectiles, th e object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious; gases'." Th 6 above was signed by the representatives of Great Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, United States of Mexico, France, Greece, Montenegro, Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Rocmania,Russia, Siam, Sweden and Norway, Turkey, Bulgaria (all on July 29th, 1899), Germany, Austria-Hungary, tlaly (all on September 4th, 1900), Japan (October 6th, 1900), Switzerland (December 29th, 1900), Servia (May 11th, 1901), Luxemburg (July 12th, 1901), China (November 21st, 1904).