SWITZERLAND NERVOUS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19486, 16 November 1926, Page 13

SWITZERLAND NERVOUS.

. ITALIAN ARMY WORK. FORMING STRATEGIC ROAD. WAY TO LOST PROVINCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 8.35 p.m.) Times; LONDON. Nor. 15 The Geneva correspondent of the Times says military circles in Switzerland are nervous regarding iho construction by the ' I Italian Army of a strategic road leading '| to the San Giacomo Pas?.. This connects j Italy with the Swiss canton of Ticino. :! Colonel Weber, a former commandant of the Swiss Engineers, says this road would enable troops in swift motor-lorries, ' starting norn Domodossola, near, the Swiss frontier, to occupy Swiss fortifications in St. Gothard Pass before the Swiss Army could be mobilised. Many people In Switzerland believe that while the Fascists are not hostile to Switzerland they regard Ticino as a lost province, and hope to annex it some day. The canton of Ticino is situated on the Italian slopes of the Alps, which separate it on the north from the cantons of Valais, Uri and Gresons. On the south is Lombardy and Dn the west is Piedmont. Ticino originally belonged to Italy, but was taken by the Swiss in 1512. MUSSOLINI'S DEMANDS. HINT TO OTHER NATIONS. RIGHT TO MORE TERRITORY. A. and N.Z. BERLIN. Nov. 14. The Prime Minister of Italy, Signor Mussolini, in the course of an interview with the Rome correspondent of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, said Italy demands that her indisputable need of a place in the suii and more land shall be recognised by all the nations. Otherwise Italy will be forced to take matters into her own hands. Signor Mussolini hoped, however, that the other nations, who claimed to be liberal, would not bring matters to a climax, but would treat Italy liberally.