HOME OF POISON GAS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1921, Page 5

HOME OF POISON GAS.

REPORT ON GERMAN CHEMISTRY. ADVANTAGES OVER BRITAIN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. Received April 15, 11.10 p.m. London, April 14. The British mission appointed to visit enemy chemical factories in the occupied zone reports it found that the bulk of the poison gases were made in this area, and investigations showed that a new gas could be manufactured tn a shorter time on a large scale owing to Germany’s well organised dye and fine fchemical industry. Many of the substances used in the fcew gag were difficult to prepare and rapid production was only possible by the dye factories, emphasising their military value. The key to Germany’s ■war plod notion of explosives was the Haber process of extracting ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen. While the technical practice in the factories is not markedly superior to England’s, Germany is left with a chemical industry possessing greater productive capacity than before the war. Considerable assistance is necessary to protect the British organic chemical industry before it Is strong enough to withstand German competition.—Aus.MX. Cable Assn.