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HOW THE GERMANS MAKE WAR. I'OISOXfXG THE WATER, London. May •"». A Colonial Oll'ice eonimiinieue state* that when wa> occupied on January 14 it was discovered that >ix~ weU-i were poisoned with arsenical cattle dip. Hags full of poison were found at the Wells. Heneral j.otha addressed I'ranke. Hie Herman commander, pointing out the breach ot article 2'i of The Habile Convention, and said that if the practiee was persisted in ho (iiutha) Would hold the officers responsible ami would employ reprisals. Kranke replied that salt had proved ineffective, therefore he used more effective methods to compel the enemy to carry water. Heneral l»oCia replied repeating his intention to hold the officer commanding vo-pousiUlc. ! Mr. Hareoiirt adds that sinee then i lite CermaiN had -ysiematiealK- poi-oned I the wells. The pairol nt Hahilt was also instructed, to thoroughly infect the Ida Oiine with dis"ii-?e,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 282, 7 May 1915, Page 5
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144Africa. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 282, 7 May 1915, Page 5
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