MAY USE GAS AGAINST BRITAIN

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 259, 29 July 1941, Page 10

MAY USE GAS AGAINST BRITAIN

German Intention Hinted By Von Papen LONDON, July 27. The Ankara correspondent of the British United Press says that authoritative diplomatic sources stale that the German Ambassador lo Turkey. Herr vou Papen, implied that the Germans may use poison gas against Britain. In attempting to persuade Britain to join Germany against Russia at the commencement of the eastern conflict, Herr von Papen is reported to have declared that Russia was certain to use poison gas, and that it would therefore be advantageous to Britain to dissociate herself from Russia in order to prevent the spread of gas warfare to the Western Front. British diplomats reveal that the Germans concentrated large supplies of poison gas ou the Channel coast last. August when they were planning to invade Britain. It is officially admitted in Berlin that plans for gas warfare have been issued to German commanders and are being studied “merely as a matter of routine, but if Russia is seeking to find excuse for launching gas warfare Germany will give the right answer.”