NEUTRALITY OF SWITZERLAND.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 3

NEUTRALITY OF SWITZERLAND.

i. '. Sir, As a native of Switzerland, ; hav- ( mg resided in both French and Gorman . parts, also being' a student at the Unir versity at Basle, I claim to kndw ,some- [ thing of tho land, and therefore I wish i through the wide circulation i of- your . paper to acquaint your. readers of'the , position of that country in this great , war. After fighting herself .free from ' Al j str . lan tyranny (for such, must yoii , call it. as ono of tho nisiny despotic exercises of their, power tho Governor was in tho; habit of placing a - liat- , topped pole on, the,roadway's and comi ;P e M ed , t??: peasants to bow. and raise , their headgear. This to show the Teutonic arrogauco of . centuries), Switzer- , land became a component of' 22 caneach .its own 'government,', and each sending .its representatives to the Federal capital (Bern). We all know'of Ltorman influence in America,' Africa', turkey, .Brazil, oven .in Indiawhat them must it he in . Switzerland, aontiguous country. - Before and since Ja . st Franco-Prussian War the Swics S,'f re " 1 ,. coni P lete Empathy with France.. p mG !, correspondent in SwitzerW H s W s '«>at ,the country is', swarming «ith German agents, who are spreading lying with the ob-~ ject of, persuading ,tlio .German, Swiss CFrnn | UenC °i ifr countrymenfJrm +' 1 an f ,f tal ; a 'o :to resist- the formation of tho. import trusts. Now, why do .tho, y not send'their'.agents to the powerful French and Italian cantons i 1 Because the.v would not be toleiated. , The French Swiss,... Jikd the : Xrcncliman, is the natural enemy of the louton.. • Ihe recently-elected President ot the Swiss Confederation is an Italian (Guiseppo Molla), The "Times" cor- . lespondent then says: "At tho present tune Switzerland is honestly neutral, and does- not want war," etc. Quite so, and_ unless; Germany attacks them tho Swiss will remain neutral. Tho I'renoh and Italian, cantons Would never bo a. party to any. unfriendly ■ act to : Franco and Italy- they would Vise against their brother- cantons. and set the country ablaze; with a rebellion, there is not the slightest fear of tho bwss patriots 'parting' with, neutrality 1 have o, brother on officer: in; the. Swiss army, and one point he is emphasisingin all lus correspondence is: "Wo aro going to keep , neutral at any :cos/-,." —I am, etc., : ' E. MULLER.