Switzerland

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 89, 16 August 1915, Page 5

Switzerland

11 ; 1 ■ —” ■>■ ?’i 011 i ’ t ‘‘ v -, , . ... THE GERMAN OGTOPUS. 1 ,l I <■'■> •<?/: : !I r Vftf I 1 i... . : I U *i- ' ou)<?r' !>7V i DEADLOCK IN NEGOTIATIONS. . 1 f•) I ' j .1 1! ,1, ...( , .n - { ‘ f ,Ui4iT*»'<'PitKsaf Association. . ;■» m IReheiVed B'ami.)' p' ■ y -> I 1 'Of London, August 15. ‘Kedtfel* at Jltli'iclr states the ImportTrust libgotiatioris, at Berne have reached a deadlock. The Government and Trust found. it practically impossible to agree, I because the State, owing to the operating of the Federal railways, is coal: a'hilj'wds almost ’forced' r< to,' 'yield trt'i Gi‘iaffa|i\y , ft . denutild '*tO eifihahge 1 commoditjes'^fof l * Cod!;' ‘‘Oh 'th'e ' otlWr hand/' Swjiss industrial and commercial etideerns which are using electricity -1 frbhi neutral wateavpoWei- 1 , ahcl' arb«vli4tia;lly“ independent’ 'of' the ‘German All are ' ’*to ’acbdpt 1 thd li'hes' 1 By ‘ the AlTibs', 5 'h ljiicll are private' ; arid' 'tuioffh cial and tb‘ the!‘’butch* TrVist, are' the dHihi of a private Trust, hut' thipWßpcult. and may possibly bb cohstruefTinto an affront to the Federal Government after diplomatic efforts had been made to reach an understanding With the State.

LENDING AID TO GERMANY.

London, August 14

The Daily Telegraph’s special correspondent, Dr. Dillon, states that negotiation# by the Allies to prevent Switzerland**! imports being re-ex-ported, to Germany are proceeding slowly. Germany has established a board ,at Zurich, controlling the importation of German goods, and it has inquisitorial powers, yet when the Allies ask for a guarantee against the re-exportation of their goods, Switzerland} indignantly regards the request as an unwprtby attempt to violate her neutrality and wound her national dignity. i '