Military Needs; Poisons Illegal Rome, Sept, 21.
Cities, villages, buildings and homes which can reasonably be considered as important military objectives should be bombed even at the risk of causing havoc among the civil populations, Italy's new publication on the laws of war and neutrality states.
The new laws made their appearance in a 38-page volume of the "Official Gazette," issued today.
The regulations state that bombing must be justified and in any case must be done in such a fashion as to cause the least harm to the civilian populace, "Bombing the only scope of which is to strike civil populations or to damage property having no military importance is strictly prohibit the publication points out, Chemicals, gasses and bacteria are ruled out but the publication infers that they can be employed against an enemy which refuses to denounce their use. It also outlaws the use of poisons, poisoned weapons, extreme violence or attempts to kill prisoners, Firing upon ship-wrecked or air-wrecked persons is prohibited but firing upon groups landing by parachutes is sanctioned. It reiterates the unlawfulness of using dumdum bullets, sacking enemy positions taking by assault or the destruction of enemy property unless it can be used for military purposes.—United Press.
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