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HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS

THIS MAN MADE POISON

GAS FOR GERMANY

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This amazing story of how poison gas was manufactured in Germany before the war began was smuggled out of that coun- try by the author and was published recently in the Sunday Chronicle.

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In doing so he writes: "I realise that this makes me perjurer and a raitor to the present rulers of my country.

But I am a father and I believe it is my duty as a human being to tell the world what is going on in the factory in which I work."

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I work in the Poison Gas Division We must try all types of musks in of the Crefeld-Uerdingen Plant of the experimental chamber to the German Dye Trust, states the determine what type is best suited author.

to protection against this gas,

Our plant used to be'a small one. bút when we started to prepare for the war it was transformed into a gigantic factory.

For a long time the head of our department was a Dr. Martin, who used to experiment with chrome gas in his laboratory:

All entrances to the works are

After a while the gases ate away guarded day and night by special the upper parts of his sinuses, so police. Every morning we must that the entire bone had to be re- pass the scrutiny of these guards moved, Now Dr. Martin has a silver. before we go to work.

There are a tremendous number of men working here now-more than 4.000.

The various divisions of the the plant are strictly separated from each other, and the crew of one department does not know anything about those working in any other one Besides this. when employed we had to take a special oath to keep secret everything that goes on. We are under constant surveillance.

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BONE CUT AWAY

Two other men in our depart- ment also had to have some of their bone cut away. The doctors say that working with these gases, despite the safety measures, causes some kind of bone erosion.

! We all dread the frequent visit to

the testing chamber, it is deep up-. we were derground. After passing through a set of gas-tight double doors we arrive in the chamber itself.

only one man gres in at a time. while the others stand outside the The division in which I work control windows to observe the produces chrome gas.

momentary gutica pig's actions.

We are told that chrome gas is one of the deadliest, polson gases ever invented.

It seeps into the soll, where it stays for a long time. Everything it comes into contact with becomes polsonous

GO THROUGH HELL

I do not know the uses to whien,

It can be put, other than destroy-

This testing room is about 201t. long and 12ft, wide with a celling 20ft. above the floor.

It is my turn to be guinea pig. As the heavy doors closed behind me, the engineer gives me a sign. It is the signal for me to pull seven levers in a predetermined sequence.

But before I pull the last switch.

ing living things, but I do know I must pause to count three; and how it is manufactured, and the at the instant I pull the lever I hell we go through to 'produce it.

In the shed in which I work there is a huge double arum.

Every few weeks we put 30 tons of chromilum ore into the inside of this container. Then the drums are started and the current is switched on.

The heat used rartes between, 2.500 and 3,000 degrees centigrade. Soon the chrome inside the drama is at a white

heat.

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must make a quick about-face. For it, is this last lever which causes the explosion of the gas cartridge.

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SAT IN GAS MASK As I turn I hear the muffled detonation, I stay in the experi- mental chamber for about ten minutes longer.

When I get out I must take off the oversuit which I had been wearing. Then I remove the mask. Next I go into a bath. It is a special bath with chemicals added to the water.

kind of gas on me.

Recently they tried: a different

The gas is led oft through a gadget at one end of the drum.j Finally, it is packed in steel flasks

Not all of the gas, however, is,

It must have been a more potent stored in its neutral state, some variety. For that time all the of it is transformed into a powder clothing I had worn in the testing by a secret process.

This process belongs among the most carefully guarded secrets around here. I do know this much, that they add phosphorus prepara- tions, sulphur and lead to the gas to make it a powder.

SILVER FOREHEAD

The powder has a double effect

the moment it room was burned in a special oven Wax taken off

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me.

my gas mask, in a special room for Then I had to sit naked, wearing about twenty minutes while oxygen

or some other gas mixture was blown through it.

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After the oxygen.bath was over

It will set fire to all inflammable I was permitted to remove my mask. materials and at the same time and was harried into another water will liberate the gas. It must be bath. a hellish mixture,

Besides attending to the drums all of us who work here have to serve as human guines pigs. 1.

Before going into this water. however, I was warned not to let any of it get into my eyes or mouth because it contained some very strong chemicals, which could We are constantly in danger of do permanent damage to soft losing our lives in the testing' room tissues.

THE WAR AT SEA

GERMAN CLAIM

DENIED

LONDON Jan. 2 (Reuter)-The

Allied Help For Finland

FRENCH & BRITISH

FINANCE

The German battleship Deutschland, which sank the Rawalpindi

and still studes our warships.

BRITISH ARMY

STRENGTH

LONDON Jan. 2 (Rentex)=== According to military corTES- pondents if 縣 proclamation {shortly calls up for registration

further

age groups up |twenty-eight Britain's - Army would reach a strength of at least 2,500,000.

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This does not take into ac- [count the other armed forces or contributions by the Dominions, India and the Colonies.

Another I.R.A. Outrage

SECOND CONTINGENT OF LONDON,

CANADIANS

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1940. -PAGE,

America Urged To Seek A "Reasonable Solution" Of Sino-Japanese Problem

NEW YORK, DEC. 12 (HAVAS BY AIRMAIL) — THE IN- FLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER. THE "JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.". STRONGLY ADVISED THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGAINST TAKING ANY MEASURES THAT MIGHT CURTAIL EXTENSIVE TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN AMERICA AND JA- PAN.

The paper said that drastło actión by Washington would only serve to strengthen the "extremist_element" in Japan, Rather than this, the Government should seek a "reasonable solution" of Sino-Japanese relations, the paper urged.

"If the United States Gover. check or penalise our trade with ment is intent upon playing a Japan waxt gear, following the constructive role in the Far East." expiration of the 1911 treaty, ex- the paper said, "as well as avold, tremist Japanese factions may Ing unnecessary injury to its own merely be 'strengthened so that trade interesta, it could do this the outcome would be the opposite best by refraining from measures of the reasonable Sino-Japanese to curtail forcibly our extensive settlement that is desired ATrade relations with Japan, at Washington"

least so long as there is a like "hood that

counsel policies of moderation may NATIONAL STATUS

the statesmen who WANG ON NEED FOR prevall and a reasonable solution of Sino-Japanese relations may be worked out.

BOMB THROWN

FIRE STATION LONDON, Jan. 2 (Reuter bomb thrown into the Londonderry "Every arrangement was made

Central Fire station last night shat in complete secrecy and car

IN CHINA tered the windows, wrecked the ried out with equal'success.

celling of the fire-engine shed and

SHANGHAI, Jạn 2 (Reuter)- FRENCH NAVY THANKED

slightly damaged one engine, but

CHINA'S INDEPENDENCE What China argently needs is an You would wish me, I know, to nobody was burt

"Such a solution must recognize "assured national status for in- It is believed that the outrage is China's political independence, but dependence, liberty and equality. express on your behalf, as well as our own, thanks, to the French a reprisal for the men from this should also refect the desirability Until she secures these she will not Navy for this great and signal ser-fire station having under Police of close economic collaboration be be able to share with Japan the Instructions. turned the hoses on tween the two great Far Eastern responsibility for the stability and "In this close unity of our Republican prisoners to quell the nations.

pease in East Asia." declared Wang "It drastic and til-considered Ching-wel in a New Year message peoples lies the certainty of better{disturbance in Londonderry Gaol Canada's second contingent of things to come."

on Christmas Day,

steps are taken by this country to issued yesterday.

IN ENGLAND

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CONVOYED ACROSS BY FRENCH NAVY

LONDON, Jan. 2

(Reuter)—

troops landed on Sunday at a west

Uut, Barrel" and "Tipperary," as coast port, lustily singing "Roll

they marched ashore.

Mr. Anthony Eden officially wel- comed the force, which is almost an army in Itself and included artillery from Winnipeg and Mon- treal, engineers from Toronto and Halifax, Signallers, Army Service Corps, Ambulance, Infantry Bri- gades. including a kilted Scottish with pine and band.

MR. EDEN'S WELCOME Mr. Anthony Eden, in a speech of welcome, said: "A nation of the new world is offering help to chal- lenge tyranny in the old. Your example is a guarantee of dinal victory and an inspiration to free- dum loving peoples everywhere. Once again we are indebted to the men of the Merchant Marine, but this time your voyage and its ac- complishment has a special signi- ncance.

"You were convoyed вегод the Atlantic by the warships of the French Navy, acting in close co-operation Majesty's ships.

with His

WESTERN FRONT

PATROL ACTIVITY IN BITTER COLD

PARIS, Jan. 2 (Reuter)-Despite the bitter cold, there has been great activity at night on Western Front.

the

were

Reconnaissance parties.. particularly energetic west of the Vosges foothills, where several German patrols crept up to French posts, attacking them with hand- grenades.

FRENCH REPLY

The French replied with bombs and the fighting attracted artillery fire, which `lt up the snowcover- ed countryside with brilliant flash- S

CO-OPERATION French patrols are active near the Luxembourg frontier attacking LONDON, Jan. 2 (Reuter)-Bri-German posts with bombs and German News Agency claims that tain has formally notified the rifle fire at one point a French the British patrol ship Agathe was League of Nations that she IsGroupe Franc" sunk on Dec. 29 by a German sub-taking steps to

(picked raiding help Finland. party) marine

penetrated the German Though there is no indication of lines and brought back a wounded On enquiry at the British Ad- the form the help will take, it is prisoner." miralty, it was learnt that no Bri- learned that no troops will be sent tish naval ship was sunk on Dec. to Finland, but only war material. 29 and that there is no ship nameşl France is taking a similar step Agathe in the British Navy. and the Allies are working in close

cooperation.

Air activity on both sides has been silent.

during

* MANY ENCOUNTERS TANKER BEACHED

PARIS, Jan. 2 (Reuter)-Patrols LONDON, Jan. 2 (Reuter)-The

PRESIDENT'S GRATITUDE on both sides were active London tanker Sandelino was President Kallio of Finland issued the night on the Western Front. damaged by, a mine and was beach- a message in which he expressed Yesterday morning's French com-

Her crew, numbering forty- his gratitude for Allied help.

munique says there were encount one, were landed without a casual- He said: "During the next fewers at many points and artil- days the Reds will make the lery on both sides repeatedly in- ONE LIFE LOST

acquaintance of volunteers from

tervened. Survivors of the trawler Barbara abroad, who have the same love of Robertson, sunk by a U-Boat off iberty as ourselves."

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"the north of"Scotland, arrived at Fleetwood.

One life was lost and the rest of

HEAVY SNOWFALLS PARIS, Jan. 2 (Reuter)-Heavy snow on the Western Front 'caused even patrols to cease activity dur

Aeroplanes on

the crew were picked up by a war-adds that-thirty-five members of ing the night, ship after being twelve hours in a the crew, out of thirty-seven" were both sides remained grounded. lifeboat which was sighted by a rescued.

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