Paris, Nov. 17.
The Quai d'Orsay "has issued a Inote confirming press despatches sent from Moscow reporting the Geneva, Nov. 19.
In the course of to-day's debate Jot the preparatory disarmament! feonference on poison gas, it was action of the French Ambac: \dor pointed out that though poison gas to Russia as a result of the publica-was forbidden the use of tear gas tion of an official document calling' was allowed. {nto question the acts of French An amendment proposing to forbid politicians ind members of the! the use of tear gas too met with! headquarters stof. stout opposition on the part of many The Ambassador has filed "an states, the argument of their delefenergetie protest with the acting gates being that in the United States Commissar for Foreign Affairs par-Jand in numerous other countries ticularly in view of the fact that tear gas was being extensively and former leaders or members of the effectively used by the police in fight-present Government were attacked ug mobs and criminals. fu the document, and that" French The German delegate strongly] officers were on the ovher hand resupported the move for the suppress presented as preparing for war against the USSR. of tear gas, pointing out that if the manufacture and use of tear The Ambassador made the obgas is permitted the control over servation that similar publica'sons (poison gas might become a farce in the newspapers were—also since the factories turning out tear extremely regrettable in view of the! gas could easily be abused for pro-fact that the Russian Press ducing other kinds of noxious gases. completely controlled by Soviet "The only way to make the ban on poisonous gas effective is utterly to prohibit the use and manufacture of any kind of noxious gas", he stated
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