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Page 15 - The use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices...
Page 15 - ARTICLE 172 Within a period of three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, the German Government will disclose to the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers the nature and mode of manufacture of all explosives, toxic substances or other like chemical preparations used by them in the war or prepared by them for the purpose of being so used.
Page 68 - It is agreed on all sides that it is absolutely necessary for the prosperity and safety of the country after the war that the development of the resources of the Empire and the production of our industries must be on a scale greatly in excess of anything we have hitherto achieved. Schemes of reconstruction and development are being prepared and discussed ; each one of them requires a supply of trained workers, and the proposals will be futile unless a large army of these is forthcoming.
Page 70 - The report recommends the creation of a permanent board " charged with the duty of watching the course of industrial development, and of framing from time to time, when necessary, either on its...
Page 68 - If science is to come by its own the nation as a whole must be brought to recognize the fundamental importance of the facts and principles of science to the right ordering of our national life. The more closely the work of our legislators touches the life of the people the more intimately It is concerned •with questions of food supply, housing, transport, the utilization of natural resources, and the conditions which make for bodily health, the more dependent it becomes on the skilled advice and...
Page 69 - ... be of importance at the end of the war. It will in any case be impossible to oust the use of German in commerce, even for our own purposes at home, apart from any question of competition in neutral countries. The mere settlement of pre-war accounts with Germany will be a long and difficult matter. If we are not ourselves able to supply men who have sufficient knowledge of German to conduct the necessary correspondence, strong incentive will be offered to the old practice of employing qualified...
Page 67 - SUPPLY OF -TRAINED SCIENTIFIC WORKERS. 83. That concerted efforts should be made by employers, teachers, local education authorities, and the State to Increase the flow of capable students to the universities and higher technical Institutions with a view to securing the larger supply of trained scientific workers required for Industrial and other purposes. 81 108-177 APPENDIX. A. QUESTIONNAIRE ADDRESSED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The schools represented on the Headmasters...
Page 69 - After the war the importance of German must correspond with the importance of Germany. If Germany after the war is still enterprising, industrious, highly organised, formidable no less in trade than in arms, we cannot afford to neglect her or ignore her for a moment ; we cannot leave any of her activities unstudied.
Page 21 - On the motion of the PRESIDENT a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the author for his interesting paper.
Page 24 - ... (d) to raise the profession of the chemist to its proper position among the other learned professions, so that it may attract the attention of a larger proportion of the best intellects, and thereby secure a supply of highly trained chemists adequate to the industrial needs of the country.