London, Feb. 23.
In the House of Commons to-day' Six Granville Wheeler (Conservative) drew attention to a report that German chemists were employ. ed by Chinese militarists to manu facture poison-gas.
The Secretary of State for War replied that as a result of further inquiries he did not think that the previous information in this con-region could be relied upon.
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans added that the German Government] had denied that German chemists were employed by Chinese militarists "and T accept that denial unreservedly" (checrs)—Reuter.
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