Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-12-11 | Page 1 | Pershing Asks for Ban upon Poison Gases

PERSHING ASKS FOR BAN UPON POISON GASES Legion and Chen Chemists However Favor Chemi Chemi- Chemical Chemical Chemical cal Weapons WASHINGTON Dec By H-By 11 ByTh The Associated The Press Press The Gen Gen- Geneva Genova ova Gen ova eva protocol tor for suppression ot of poison polson gas cas In warfare now before the senate enate s nate for tor ratification Is arousing such uch a controversy that some of ot its sponsors are consid- consid considering considering ering the th adI advisability of ot having It returned to the th foreign relations relation committee It was brought brou ht to the floor by Chairman th that t committee and h he is S l th the tight fight for ratification Chairman worth Wads Wads Wads- worth orth of th the military committee Is marshalling the opposition POSITIVE E POSITiONS Outside ie the senate senat a number of organizations and Individuals have taken positive positions for tor or the protocol with the American legion leeon the th American Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers association most vIgorously recent recent- recently recently recently ly In denouncing It Its provisions At th the same time General per Per slung honorary president of ot the legion Is In favor of ot ratification In a ft letter addressed to Senator Borah Borab he aid lie he h could not think It possible that our coun coun- country coun- coun country country try should tall fall to ratify the th prot prot- protocol prot- prot protocol protocol ocol and that scientific research may discover a gas cas so deadly that It will product produce Instant death and make possible the tl wiping out ot of great masses of ot non combatant non men and women and children nUA E K WEAlON Opponents of ot th the protocol on the other oIlier hand Insist that gas Is the most humane human weapon of ot war war- war far tare faro and Secretary rec- rec recommendation rec recommendation that it be b ratified has come corn In for tor several leveral rounds ot of attack during the th meeting at New ew York this thi w week elt of ot the th chem Chem- ChemIcal chemical ical teal Manufacturers organization