FRONTIER INCIDENT
SWISS INDIGNANT SEIZURE BY GERMANS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Asia.) (Received Aug. 29, noon.) BERNE, Aug.. 2S; The Swiss are intensely indignant at the violation of frontier rights. A Ozecho-Slovakian, Weber, allegedly engaged in smuggling sugar into Germany, was suddenly seized (by three Germans while walking ,in Swiss territory near Ramson and treated with considerable brutality. He was tied with ropes and dragged across the frontier, though bleeding badly. , A Swiss customs officer hastened J.o -the rescue,-but was -afraid to shoot the 'German patrol. The Swiss Government has instffleted its Ambassador at Berlin to "demand that the perpetrators of the outrage be severely punished.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18179, 29 August 1933, Page 5
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