I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. We have definitely adopted the position at the Peace Conference of arguing in favour of the retention of gas as a permanent method of warfare. It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas.
I fail to comprehend this excessive sensitivity towards the use of gas. We have unequivocally taken a stance at the Peace Conference in support of retaining gas as a permanent means of warfare. It is an affectation to inflict severe pain on someone by exposing them to the toxic residue of a bursting shell and to be appalled by the mere possibility of causing their eyes to water with tear gas.