IN SWITZERLAND
GUARD AGAINST TREACHERY;.!. (United Press Association—By Electric. Telegraph—Copy right;. - LONDON, May i 9. In an effort to frustrate treachery from within; the Swiss Government has closed all telephone kiosks. It has also ; forbidden foreigners to possess arms. The. Government has created an industry guard to prevent sabotage. Foreigners in the country have voluntarily surrendered two thousand £{ro arms in the area of Geneva. BERNE, May 18. Lieutenant-Colonel Hans Treuh, connected with the Federal Ministry Department, aiid also several civilians were arrested on* a charge of espionage A Germany. \• -” ' ’ " Treub has been sentenced to eight, ; years, and his wife to four yea,rs oil a . similar charge. ■ ' ‘ r ■ ’ •. ——•—' BRIDGES BLOWN UP. LONDON, May 19. There has been. - aLdemolition of all canal bridges and railway bridges, by the French, between France and Switzerland. ■ * . This has Interrupted railway communication between the two countries by j way of Basle.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1940, Page 5
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