SWISS ALARMED
GERMAN TROOPS MASSING. SMALL NATION ACTS. RESERVES CALLED UP. (United Press Association-—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Independent Cable Service.) Received March 27, 12.20 p.m. PARIS, March 26. It is reported that the Swiss have learned that 700,000 German troops are massing on the Swiss border. This is the reason for the Swiss calling up several classes of reserves.
FRONTIER MINES LOADED
ZURICH, March 26. Dr. Rudolph Minger, head of the Military Department, explaining why frontier mines are loaded and bridges guarded, said that these measures were taken because of the general uncertainty of the international situation.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 99, 27 March 1939, Page 7
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