Geneva, Sept. 7.
The Secretariat of the League of Nations has published a new Note from the Chinese Government setting out recent cases of the alleged use of poison gas by Japanese troops, notably in the neighbourhood of Kiukiang, The Note has been communicated to all states members of the League.
Among 11 cases during the past four months set forth are the alleged wiping out of an entire Chinese division at Singtze, on the south bank of the Yangtze, on September 1 and the gassing of 1,000 Chinese soldiers at Juichang on August 23.
Reports by five Red Cross doctors to the effect that they had treated Chinese soldiers for gas poisoning at Hsuchow as early as May 11 are cited, and the Note states that documents found on the bodies of Japanese killed in action near Anking in June contained instructions to use gas and proved that the Japanese had a special chemical warfare corps.
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