THE SWISS FRONTIER
VIOLATION BY GERMANY. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF ALLEGED SMUGGLER. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 12.5 p.m.) Berne, August 28. The Swiss people are intensely indignant at the violation of frontier rights. A Czecho-Slovakian named Weber, allegedly engaged in smuggling sugar into Germany, was suddenly seized by three Germans while walking in Swiss territory near Ramsen.
The man was treated with considerable brutality, being tied with ropes and dragged across the frontier, though bleeding badly. A Swiss Customs officer hastened to the rescue but was afraid to shoot at the German patrol. The Swiss Government has instructed its ambassador at Berlin to demand that the perpetrators of the outrage be severely punished.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4437, 29 August 1933, Page 5
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111THE SWISS FRONTIER King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4437, 29 August 1933, Page 5
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