There have been fifty deaths during the past 24 hours in the Meuse Valley, between Liege and Namur. These are attributed to a mysterious asphyxiating "fog". Many cattle are also dying.
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Sixteen move people have died in the villages of the Meuse valley ringing the total to 60,—Reuter, A Dreadful Mystery next war will be less terrible than the last one and it was no part of their task to seek making warfare more humane. lether debate ensued from the! British motion to extend the ban on Poison gas so as to cover all noxious gases whether fatal or not in their effect. The Japanese, French and Italian spokesmen sup-Ported the British view, which Was opposed by the representative of the United States who wanted to keep tear gas and suchlike as they are habitually being used by the American police. The British proposal was thereupon remitted for further study.
'The debate took quite an exciting turn when the British dele kate, Lord Robert Cecil, violently objected to Count Bernstorf talking "in the name of public opinion' whereto the German delegate quietly replied that unless public opinion were in favour of disarmament the governments would not have made any move towards it, adding that public opinion had enough of the conference's everlasting "as soon as possible" and wanted practical
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