ONE-DAY GENERAL STRIKE IN SWITZERLAND
PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S FOOD POLICY. Berne, August 31. A one-day general strike was proclaimed throughout Switzerland a 6 a protest r against the Government's food policy. A general scarcity of foodstuffs is feared.—AusvN.Z. Cable Assn. THE HEEL OF THE INVADER STARVING FRENCH IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. Paris, August 31. P The "Petit Journal" states that the Germans are starving the French popu- E 1 lation in ocoupied territory. The French ■» people have had no moat or vino for three years. Thoro have been many deaths,' especially of the aged. Tt is estimated that a quarter of the population jj had perished by tho ond of 1916.—Aus.- 6) N.Z, Cable Assn. - o:
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3180, 3 September 1917, Page 5
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115ONE-DAY GENERAL STRIKE IN SWITZERLAND Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3180, 3 September 1917, Page 5
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