The War.

Bruce Herald, Volume LI, Issue 68, 2 September 1915, Page 5

The War.

GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN SWITZERLAND. PASSAGE FOR GERMAN TROOPS. London, August 31. The Times correspondent says cliat Switzerland is swarming with German .agents, spreading lying calumnies object ox persuading the Swiss that the Allies' cause is lost L and influencing , German- Swiss to advise their fellow-countrymen to resist the formation of the import trust. The correspondent thinks that, supposing Germany intends to make a fresh attack upon France through Switzerland, it is conceivable that Switzerland might be influenced |jto withdraw her army from the first line of defence on the German side, wiuch is some distance south of „the actual frontier, h thus leaving a broad open corridor for til© passage of German troops to Fruioe south of iieliort. At the present time Switzerland is honestly neutral, L und does |not want war; but if the lying agents' persistent efforts convince tne Swiss that the Allies mean to starve them and their industries there is a real danger.

GERMAN COOKSURENESS. THE NEXT OFFENSIVE. .London, owpiumuer h A Berlin wireless message says: "The victorious armies are now cutting the lleeing Russians iutu tnree sections, hoping tnuivuy to surround tlie smaller units and if possiule capture hundreds of thousands instead of mere thousands. The Russians are abandoning except the men. There ij no sign of a Russian stand. A German wedge north has been driven towards Dvmsk to cut oii' the Petrograd line, ami another east of brestLitovsk to cut off Moscow. "it is too eany to say whether the next chief offensive will oe i J etrograd or Odessa. Our first important point is to surround a and capture a large section of the fleeing armies, who are approaching the swamps, Eight Russian fortresses, including three of the strongest, have fallen in three weeks, and the early fail of Riga, Lutz, Grodno, and vilna would not cause surprise.'' GERMAN THREAT AGAINST R UAL A,LSI A. TROOPS MASSED ON THE FRONTIER. London, August <3l. The Times Balkans correspondent reports that information torn ar trustworthy source states that 000, German troops have arrived at Brasso, near tne Rumanian frontier. Detachments have taken up positions in the mountains, also in the district of Fogaras AGENTS IN HOLLAND. THE SAME LIE. Amsterdam, September 1, German newspapers are increasingly trying to create the impression that Britain wants peace, as tne issue of the war is regarded as hopeless, JAPANESE HELP, ESPECIALLY FOR RUSSIA, Amsterdam, August <3l, The Daily Telegraph's i J etrograd correspondent states that the Japanese Government has promised the mobilisation of Japanese industry in order to assist the Allies, and ' 'especially Russia.''