Great Britain Awaiting Othe Powers' Ratification London, Feb, Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day, the Pre~ mier, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, stated that the Government thought it in= expedient to ratify the convention prohibiting the use of poison-gas in. war-time until all the important: Powers had ratified or signified their-Intention of ratifying it.
Commander Kenworthy (Labour: Hull, Central div.) suggested that Great. Britain should follow example of France by ratifying the convention without being bound until other States had ratified it.
"If we await ratification," the Premier declared "that will be the beat way of achieving our ends' He added that, so far as he was aware, no Power had signified its intention to ratif™ the convention.
—Reuter.
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