SWITZERLAND.
THE INVASION QUESTION. POSITION EXPLAINED. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. London, Jan. IC. Switzerland is mobilising throe divisions as a precaution. Berne, .lan. ](!. Tlie Federal Council announces that it considers it necessary to take more extensive precautionary measures, therefore it has ordered three divisions tn mobilise, on the 24th. It. declares that it remains fully confident of the intentions of the belligerents towards Swiss neutrality. Received Jan. 17, 5.5 p.m. Loudon, Jan. IG. Colonel Feyler, writing to the Paris Journal, stated that, it would not he to the advantage of Germany to invade Switzerland, lie points out that the junction of the Italians, English, and French could be effected through the Rhone Valley and Simplon Pass, and the Germans could be forced to operate on an immense new front. In saying this, the writer did not speak of the opposition of a quarter of a million of Swiss troops, whom it would be necessary to overwhelm in a few days. Even if this could be accomplished there would be fresh battles on the Alpine defiles leading to Lomhaidy Plain or on the eastern French plateau. «
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1917, Page 5
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