HAPPY SWISS!
It is an interesting question which European nation can claim the longest record of peace. Investigation (says the ''Manchester Guardian") shows that Holland is out of it; she had a war in Europe in 1830 against the revolting Belgians and their French allies. Norway was involved in the Napoleonic Wars.as an appendage first of Denmark and afterwards of Sweden. Switzerland remained passive in Napoleon's time, and the last time the Swiss took up arms in earnest was in the resistance of some isolated communities to the French Republican armies of 170 S. Switzerland, therefore, seems fa> the palm for peace.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 11, 13 January 1940, Page 7
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