STRIKE IN SWITZERLAND.
A PECULIAR, SITUATION.
[F'kess Association.] ■; (Received -June 17, 9.5 a.m.) : BERNE, June 16. (Owing to the peculiar geographical situation at Basle the dyers on strike belong to three nationalities, and troops from" ■ fchree States, totalling ;five regiments, are engaged in maintaining :order.-
The chief anxiety of the authorities iis to prevent the Swiss troops from entering Germany and the German troops from entering Switzerland. , A crowd of 12,000 stoned the police, •and the latter were compelled' to use .liieir sabres.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 141, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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83STRIKE IN SWITZERLAND. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 141, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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