"Misconstrued"
Rome, Sept. 15.
Italian officials said last night that Germany and Italy would refrain from chemical warfare, the use of any kind of gas, they are "forced to adopt such methods of warfare by Britain."
The statement was ued following publication of an article by Premier Benito Mussolini's mouthpiece, Sig. Virginia Gayda, who accused Britain of preparing to wage chemical warfare.
The official statement ued last night said that Sig. Gayda's article had been misconstrued in some circles and was being cited as an attempt to prepare the Italian people for the use of poison gas by German and Italian troops—United Press,
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