GERMAN INTRIGUE.
AGITATION IN SWITZERLAND. COUNTRY SWARMING WITH AGENTS. LONDON, September 1. The correspondent of "The Times" in Switzerland says the country is swarming with German agents, who are spreading lies witli* the object of persuading the Swiss that the Allies' cause is lost, and influencing the German Swiss to advise their fellowcountrymen to resist the formation of an import trust. The correspondent thinks that, supposing Germany intends to make a fresh attack on France, through Switzerland, it is conceivable that Switzerland might be influenced to withdraw the army to the first line of defence on the German side, which is some way south of the actual frontier, thus leaving a broad open corridor passage for German troops into France south of Belfort. At the present time Switzerland is honestly neutral, and does not want war, but if lying agents make persistent efforts to convince the Swiss that the Allies mean to starve them and their industries, there will be real danger. >.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 488, 2 September 1915, Page 8
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162GERMAN INTRIGUE. Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 488, 2 September 1915, Page 8
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