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Show OUTLINE USE OF POISON GAS American Proposal Accepted by Rep resentatlves at Wahington Washington. The five major naval powers, through the naval committee Saturday voiced to outlaw gas as a weapon of war, and. In adopting the Root resolution to that end, invited world adherence of all nations to the prohibition as a rule of international law. Tho committee then turned to tho third new agency of war with which tt has been called on to dealalrcrnfi. hut bad not completed discussion when adjournment was tnken. Indications were that there woidrt be no effort to restrict airplane development de-velopment through limitation of number, num-ber, size or military chnractrlstlcs. A subcommittee. In a report, recommended recommend-ed against such a course as both Impartial Im-partial and unwise. Even notion to -nrh Ilirhtor than nlr developments or loots seemed imprnlwiblo, ns the dele--ntes apparently do not regard Zep-nellns Zep-nellns as of serious menace. The discussion dis-cussion brought out the possibility, however, that a declaration against the bombing of open towns or eltlofl uli'lit later be laid before the conrer-ence conrer-ence for approval, coupled with n rive-power contract to refrain from such acts as among themselves. |