DYERS ON STRIKE
PECULIAR SITUATION AT BASLE. BERNE, Juno 16. "Owing to the peculiar geographical situation of Basle, the dyers on strike there belong to three nationalities. Troops from the three States, totalling five regiments, are engaged in maintaining order. _ . The chief anxiety of the authorities ■is to prevent the Swiss troops entering Germany and the German troops entering Switzerland. Crowds of twelve thousand stoned the police at Watter, and the latter were compelled to use their sabres. [Basle is on the frontiers of France and the Grand Duchy of Baden,]
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8458, 18 June 1913, Page 8
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91DYERS ON STRIKE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8458, 18 June 1913, Page 8
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