Anybody who has ever had a whiff of poison gas will welcome the conference under the League of Nations to consider its use in warfare, more especially if the conference can secure its elimination. Gas introduced into warfare a particular kind of torture which ran counter to all the sporting instincts of the game. A soldier with decent nerves could sleep through a tolerably severe bombardment, but the moment the gas was turned on he lost his rest and might have to sit for hours chewing the mouthpiece of his respirator, It might suit the headquarter staffs of the armies, situated as they were at a distance from the battle, to have the opposing men absolutely worn out by lengthy vigils in a gas mask, but it was more inhuman than all the orthodox devices of warfare. The average soldier did not mind taking his chance with a shell or bullet, but even \hen it came in comparatively mild doses, gas made him 2 Kind of prisoner and filled his soul with bitterness. The League must make every effort humanly possible to eliminate it once and for all, though it may be doubted whether anything more than pious aspirations can really result from the forthing meeting of the nations.
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