THE GERMAN POLECAT. Contrary to the Hague Convention, tp which the Germans subscribed, they have been using asphyxiating gases as preludes to their attacks. The quantity used indicates that long and deliberate preparation had been made for its employment. Its victims, when dead, turn black. Those who escape from the poisonous fumes spit blood, their symptoms being the same as in acute bronchitis. —Auckland Wi.kk.ly News.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15912, 8 May 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)
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66THE GERMAN POLECAT. Contrary to the Hague Convention, tp which the Germans subscribed, they have been using asphyxiating gases as preludes to their attacks. The quantity used indicates that long and deliberate preparation had been made for its employment. Its victims, when dead, turn black. Those who escape from the poisonous fumes spit blood, their symptoms being the same as in acute bronchitis. —Auckland Wi.kk.ly News. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15912, 8 May 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)
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