The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, May 07, 1916, Page 41, Image 41

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WAR ZONE OBSERVATIONS
AMERICA'S NEED IS FOR TRAINED MEN
BRITISH RELATIONS TO BE CLOSER
ENGLISH CENSORSHIP IS RELAXED
NORWAY PLEASED AT RUSSIAN ADVANCE
ENGLAND IS AT LAST
FINDING OPEN DOOR
- NOT STAND FOR THE
SYSTEM! OF SWISS
.Scheme Gave Non-MUitary
Republic Quarter Million
Finest Troops,
NEWS POLICY IS BEST
s V. I
Britishers Find Out That Their
Strict Censorship Was' Ex
ceedingly Serious Mistake.
s
WRITERS CAN BE TRUSTED
TRAINING IS COMPULSORY
THE OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1916.
AMERICANS
WOULD
Englishman Deplores. Lack of Similar
Condition; Bays Opponents ' Are
Greatest Felonists.
Ry William G. Khepherd.
Berne, May 6. (U. P.) The "men of
Switzerland aren't soldiers, In peace
times.
They are only citizens who know
how to be soldiers If thev have to.
The t'niied States doesn't need 4.000.-I
000 soldiers. Whut It does need Is j
4.000,000 men who know how to be ;
Oldlers, In cane the need anises.
"I had a boy In collece," wrote the 1
father of a young British soldier.
v. ..tt ...iiufa,t ... .
London foot regiment. After three
mouths' training his regiment was sent
to Flanders. lie wan killed nt Ypre.
I am telll ns: you this to help you
preach the gospel of compulsory train
ing, not conscription. j
"I am grieved and riroud about mv
boy. But 1 feel that his regiment
did not have a sporting chance. They
only knew how to go and die. I
feel that the men In Holland who of
pose compulsory military Uniting aru
guilty of a greater felony than those
who sank the Lusltanla."
This Is the sort of feeling I find,
this feeling expressed by this father,
that brought about compulsory mili
tary training in Switzerland.
Here in Switzerland where, under
the. marvelous system of military
tralnliiK, a fifth of a million or th-i
finest soldiers In Europe were placed
on the frontiers of their country to
guard them before the firm shots t
Liege had died down, you get It driven
Into your American mind that com
pulsory 'military training isn't ln
' tended to create soldiers. Its purpose
. id to create a nation of fine, strong
young men and hale, hearty old men
who will know how to he soldiers If
an enemy forces them to play that
role.
Every Swiss Is Trained.
The Swiss aren't fussy; they don't
love fighting. All these years of learn
ing: how to be Koldiers, If the need
cornea, has taught them that fighting
in no picnic and that it doesn't pay
to start a row Just for the sake of
rowing.
The Swiss are not a fighting na
tion like the Serbs, for Instance, and
yet, man for man. the Swiss army is
the equal of any army in the world.
Every citlzon In the ever fighting
Balkans is a soldier, a potential sol
dier. That's one of the troubles with
the Balkans. Bin every citizen of
Swltzerland.because of his scientific
training. Is a citizen who'll be a sol
dier only when some enemy drives
him to play that rolo.
That's the big reason Switzerland ia
' at peace today.
It would cause an upheaval in ,the
United Spates to put the Swiss mili
tary system Into effect there. In fact,
we couldn't transplant It in its en
tirety. There are some things about it that
Americans wouldn't like. One of them
la the little blue book.
Tells Personal History.
A little blue book, Mr. American,
With your name and your photograph
and a score of facts about your life
written In it, which you would carry
In your pocket all the time, would be
the token of the upheaval In Ameri
can life which would le caused by the
Introduction oi the Swiss military
system, in its entirety, in the United
States.
"Here's my book," said Luigi Cortl,
a storekeeper of Chiasso, who used to
live la Texas. "Every Swiss must
carry his book with him. When I
' go to the bank I take It. When I go
to a strange Swiss city I'm asked for
It I show it when I register at the
hotel, when I draw money, when I
.end a telegram. My book shows how
much military service I ve done.
I neglected my duty my book will
chow it."
"Do you think Americans would like
to have to carry books like that?"
"Not the kind of Americans I used
to know in Texas 20 years ago. Ameri
cans don't like their government to
Interfere with them," said Luigl.
Luigl was In the American army
during the Spanish-American war.
"This little book," he explained, "is
issued by. the federal government.
Down in Texas the folks got along all
right with the mayor and the police
men and the sheriff, but the minute
.you said 'United States marshal' they
pricked up their ears.
lmHium Vnnl HnV
"American folks don t like to be
governed by Washington."
Luigl Cortl had his Texas folks
right. He had a lot of other Ameri
cana right, too. This little blue book
would mean that you were tabbed and
listed by the federal government.
. Some years ago this would have
sounded more un-American than it
does today, because in. reality you are
now tabbed and listed on the federal
Income rolls. But this little book of
military service and citizenship would
keep you In your niche, right under
me eye oi wic icuvrm muiuiry au
thorities, all the time.
If you. left Chicago to live in Cleve
land you would be forecd to have your
military book vised by the military
commanderof the city you were leav
ing and signed by the commander in
the city to which you moved.
A centralized, government would
have its grip oi you.
Even the Swiss, after 18 months of
war, are becoming restless under the
Central military control of Berne. In
peace times the local commander is
an officer chosen by the soldiers In
the local troops; he is always a man
from the neighborhood.
Wast lo Centralization.
But during the war high officers
from Berne have gone to the various
corners of Switzerland to take control
and the Independent Swiss citizens
don't like it. Not any more than
Americans In Oregon would like to
have an army officer from Washing
ten come and rule their lives and ac
tions. There have been half a dozen
parliamentary quarrels in the Swiss
congress within the last four months
over this matter.
Tbs UtUt blue book. Issued b the
state government, wouldn't be an in
convenience. Americana in every dis
trict, to Judge by the experience of
tha Swiss, would, want to elect tualr
mmmm ifeir hm ur ojk wim- i
Htii fftM I- ''m WSl
Knowlton Is Bravest w 1ffi: VSSI'Xh' Aviator TeUs of
Village in England '. :; Ihrjr;.; i'rV i-l - A Remarkable Escape
Little Town Has Sent All Xts Ken to
War Except Those Too Aged to
rig-nt.
london. May 6. (U. P. The brav
est village In the British Isles is
Knowlton, a tiny hamlet In Kent, not
over B0 miles from London.
By reason of the fact that Knowlton
has sent more men to the colors. In re
lation to population, than any other
vlllaca, a memorial cross soon will be
erected in the village square. No one
remains In Knowlton today but women,
children and old men. Husbands and
fathers from every single household
have gone.
The next bravest village, according
to a London newspaper which Insti
tuted an investigation, is Mennock,
Iumf riesshire. Scotland. Mannock
cent all its eligible men to the war but
one and since compulsory military
service has been enacted by parliament
he also will have to go. Mennock will
receive a bronze tablet to commemor
ate its bravery.
Three hundred and eighty-six Brit
ish villages figured in the competition.
A record of more than 10 per cent of
the male population sent to the fight
ing ranks was shown by 204.
In addition to being the bravest,
Knowlton is one of the prettiest and
oldest villages in Kngland. Located not
far from the east coast, between Deal
and Canterbury, Its picturesque old
church forms the most conspicuous
part of the community.
Famous Tenor Is
Accused of Spying
Metzenhoff, Who Haa Spent Several
Months Is Bucharest Under Queen's
Protectorate, Attempts Suicide.
Bucharest. May 6. (I. ,N. S.) The
famous Russian tenor Metzenhoff. who
arrived here some time ago and has
given several concerts under the pro-
tectorat of Queen Marie, has Just made
a sensational attempt to end his life.
The singer is a captain In the Rus
sian reserve and took part In the cam-
rj'palgn In Gallcia. Early last summer
he was siigntiy wounded in one of tne
battles near Lemberg. After his dis
charge from the hospital he came to
Bucharest. He was received with open
arms by musical and aristocratic cir
cles. Lately the police and the military
authorities became suspicious. The
famous tenor spent large sums of
money and moved almost exclusively
among the officers of the Roumanian
army. After watching him for several
months, the authorities became con
vinced that he was conducting an ex
tensive spy system In the Interest of
Russia. His arrest was ordered, but
when police officers tried to enter his
apartments he attempted suicide by
firing two bullets into his head.
Joy of Frenchmen
Turns to Lamenting
Prisoners at Xlndsbach Became Greatly
Excited When Terdnn Battle Broke
Out and Expected liberation.
Cologne, May 6. (I. N. S.) Several
hundred French prisoners of war who
are employed as farm laborers at
Klndsbach, Rhenlsh-Bavarla, became
greatly excited when the roar of the
cannons before Verdun was plainly au
dtble in the village.
With the shout: "Our comrades are
coming victoriously! We shall be lib
erated!" the Frenchmen threw down
their implements and refused to con
tinue work. As some of them tried to
break away, they had to be locked up
in the fire house of the town. In their
Improvised prison they were singing
and dancing all night, but their Joy
turned to the deepest grief when they
were taken to the depot on the follow
ing day and shown long trians filled
with French soldiers captured before
Verdun.
own officers and be under the con
trol of their own state govern nent.
Any Swiss can tell you that to sub
mit to any other arrangement is to
upset the fundamental ideas on which
bo,th the United States and the Swiss
federation were founded.
Military men In Switzerland want
federal control.
The cltisena want canton or state
control. And when .they don't have
it they raise a row, that serves to
ease up the federal pressure on iheaa.
htm f 1 " ?&v" . - v .if
liientenant Oswald liooJke, who is acclaimed in Berlin as the roaster of the clouds because, to date, he has brought to earth IS of
the enemy's flying . machines. 2 For five months Italians commanded by the younger Garibaldi worked on the tunnel under Col
de tuna mountain, the summit of which was held by Austriaris. When all was ready a fuse was set to powerful explosives placed in
the tunnel and the top of the mountain was torn off. 3 Xorman Brooke, Australian tennis player, commissioner in Egypt for
the Red Cross society. 4 Prince George of Battenbeg as a coal passer "somewhere in the North Sea." 6 Augustine B i r r el L
chief secretary for Ireland, who resigned his position following the Irish rebellion.
MPERIAL FEDERATION
BETWEEN BRITAIN AND
Round-About Method of Do
ing Business to End After
War Is General Belief,
By Charles P. Stewart
London, May 6. An imperial federa
tion between England and her more
Important Colonies is. one of the like
liest results of the war.
Business .between the colonies and
the home government has been trans
acted hitherto through the office of
th secretary for the colonies. Tne
method was indirect and frequently
unsatisfactory. It was so much so
that a start already has been made to
ward changing it, in the face of war
necessity.
, Premier Borden of Canada and
Hughes of Australia, already have by
invitation, attended meetings of the
English cabinet in London.
It Is considered certain that a simi
lar invitation will be extended to and
accepted by Premier Massey of New
Zealand.
Premier Botha of South Africa will
be brought' into the conference also if
h visits London later, politicians say.
This inclusion of the colonial pre
miers In deliberations concerning im
perial affairs was a long step in the
direction of a federation. Nor was it
purely a war measure, though the war
was responsible for it. originally,
Home Secretary Samuel has said spe
cifically teat England "always" will
b glad to have the colonies ieixresent
ed when imperial policies are eing
adopted.
Notably this promises td be Import
ant when Questions of protection and
preference are before the government..
The preference Issue between the col
onies always has been an exceedingly
difficult oae to handle under the. old
system. It Will be immediately sim
plified if they can be heard from di
rectly throagh their own personal rep
reseatatjvea. , -
COLONIES
PREDICTED
-"i -ra ' ' " -JM. : . ..'" 2" Vc :.
.
War Invisible Along Battle Line in
Flanders But It's There Just the Same
Misty Gray Line of Trees, Ruined Farmhouse, Stake With
Tangled Wire That Is All.
By fl. Warner-Allen.
Somewhere in Flanders, no date (1.
N. S.) It is no easy matter in the flat
plains of Flanders to. reach the ad
vanced lines. The smallest eminence
gives so wide a view that the enemy's
lookouts can, on a clear day, spot a
motor-car many miles away, and the
German gunners are generally ready
to welcame such a target. However,
there Is much mist in Flanders, and
under its cover it is possible to reach
without danger points where, in sun
shine, one would surely have been
bombarded.
There is a certain village at an im
portant crossroads. Here the visitor
can gather a very fair idea of the fa-
mous Flanders mud. Every cavity and
depression was full of water thinly
frozen over on the day I visited the
lines, and one could only marvel at
the magnificent patience and endur
ance of the men who stand for days
up to the knees In what was practical
ly a freezing mixture. i
Nowhere along the line is war more
Invisible than in Flanders. A misty,
gray line of trees, a ruined farmhouse,
a stake or two with tangled barbed
wire that Is all (here is to show
where the enemy Is lying. As for our
own defenses on close inspection they
prove most encouraging. A master
mind tias been at work, taking advan
tage of every little hill and depression
in the monotonous plain.
Is there a spot where barbed wire
entanglements can lie concealed from
the enemy's artillery, to prove at the
moment of the assault a fatal obsta
cle? There you will find neat rows
of stakes intertwined with that deadly
barrier which has done so much to
change the whole system of warfare.
Occasionally the bare expanse is
broken by a good-sized wood. In such
flat country the cover given by trees
is invaluable. Indeed, the undergrowth
of a coppice is a far more powerful
defense than the strongest wall of a
medieval castle. Such a Wood may
bold a regiment, a brigade, a division
a veritable army, and its resistance
could only be overcome at terrible cost
To the stranger the only gay thing
about the country is the windmills.
Right up within the aone of firs they
eon tin u to throw up their arms with
extravagant gestures to the skies,
working away steadily at their dally
task, despite the Invader, with true
Belgian persistence and obstinacy
Some of them have been mutilated by
the enemy's shell and one I saw had
only a single sail left, which still stood
upright as though defying the Ger
mans a few hundred yards away.
In this land of dikes and car.als per
haps the most Interesting features are
the formidable barricades which pre
vent the flood water from reaching the
sea and maintain the inundations which
guard the line. They are such bar
riers as had elsewhere along the front
been raised to hold back the barbarians
thousands of sandbags neatly piled
one on another, and in time of frost
when the tide is low, covered with an
armor of ice. Against such tremen
dous obstacles no bombardment can
be effective. A lucky shell may dis
place a score or two of sandbags, but
they can be replaced without delay and
the whole barrier is only the stronger.
Some miles behind the firing line I
visited a hospital built at the cost of
the American wife of a British officer.
Here the men who require immediate
attention are nursed until they are able
to be tent to the base hospitals. The
doctor in charge considered the
position of his hospital ideal since,
thanks to motor -ambulances, the
wounded could be brought down with
a minimum of delay and at the same
time it was far enough away to give
perfect tranquility to the patients and
to allow the surgeons to operate with
out the nerve-racking disturbance of
big shells bursting near. He told us
that during the early part of the war
he had a mortality of between 20 and
25 per cent
At that time hs ws in charge of a
mobile' field ambulance and it was no
small gratification to him that now,
during" trench warfare, e' had been
able to reduce the mortality to less
than 6 per cent. , .
"Yet, he said, "in trench warfare
wounds are really more serious than
they are in war in the open. The
wounds made by grenades and trench
mortars are particularly deadly, as the
projectiles touch the ground before hit
ting the man, and- therefore infect the
, wound. 1
RUSSIAN ADVANCES IN
4
TURKEY IS
TO SCANDINAVIANS
People Believe Czar Will Not
Be So Interested in Secur
ing Ice Free Harbor, North.
Copenhagen, April 29. Scandinavia
is greeting every report of further Rus
sian advances In Asiatlo Turkey with
rejoicing.
This satisfaction is due to the grow
ing prospect that the czar will get
Mediterranean port. If he should I
cure an ice-free harbor in that quarter
Scandnavians take it for granted he
will be less ambitious than he is sup
posed hitherto to have been to acquire
the same thing on the Norwegian coast
The Swedes and Norwegians have
long believed he had his eye on an out
let at Narvik, Norway, which, though
close to the Arctic circle, has an un
frozen harbor the year round by virtue
of an offshoot from the Gulf stream.
To have acquired this port it would
have been necessary for the Russians
to have seized a good sized slice of
northern Sweden and Norway.
If Stockholm and Christlanla can be
relieved of this source of anxiety, the
principal reason for Sweden's bitter
hcstility toward Russia and for a
somewhat less acute antl-Russlon feel
ing among the Norwegians will have
been removed.
Denmark's chief Interest In the mat
ter is that the way would be cleared
for a reapproachment between herself,
Sweden and Norway.
This has been much desired In Copen
hagen but the fact that Denmark Is
violently antl-Qerman, while Sweden
by reason of her fear of Russia, in
clined to pro-Germanism, bas been dif
ficult to accomplish.
Strong hopes are entertained now
that the three Scandinavian countries
can be closely united and that an act
ual federation may yet be affected.
Suggestions that Russia might take
Constantinople were not very optimis
tically received here because it was
believed the cxars allies would object
to slvlnj; him sols control of the Boe
PLEASING
British War Plane Set Upon by Sev
eral Fokkers: Begains Own Uses
After T light sergeant Kurt..
London. May I. N. P.) A Brit
ish flight sergeant tellH of a remark
able escape from a Herman Fo'itker
in the following words:
"On the ninth day we were on patrol
duty about 60 miles over the enemy's
lines when we were attacked by a
number of German machines, Includ
lnir some of their noted Fokker mono
planes. We saw them preparing for
the attack, and as we were quite ready
we waited for them. You cannot
Imagine how anxious we wero for
them to get near to us.
"YVe rose to a height of between
14,100 feet and 15.000 feet-before the
flcht began. They, as usual, attacked
from the rear (being faster machines)
T was with Captain Ilowett, who said
'Mind and give them some lead.
waited until they came ridiculously
near, and then emptied a full maga
zlne into them. The machine fell like
a log out of sight, and I am certain
thev Daid the price. This finished
rear attacks.
"The next one came more to the
front, so I let him have some at
greater range They must have been
hit for the machine made a nose dive
and cleared off at once. I could not
see the result because we were im
mediately attacked by another before
I knew where I was. I could see him
firing at us before I was ready, and
by the time I had fired five or six
rounds I was hit with a bullet that
went through my thigh.
Almost at the same moment an
anti-aircraft shell hit us, blowing my
seat away, large pieces or sneii pierc
ing my thick leather flying Jacket. I
was stunned for a time, out was
in no position to do a faint, so 1 1
pulled myself together and we made
for our lines. Then some BO miles
away, doing 'ducks and araJtes' to
avoid anti-aircraft shells. We reached
our lines, but there was no hospital.
so we set off again by areoplane to
the nearest. I am now at Boulogne,
having the best possible attention."
Prince of Wales Is
Blessed by Beggars
Merchant Frightened Into Giving Away
Overcharge Which Was Secured la
SeUlag Ooods to Boyal Personage,
Cairo. May . (I. N. S.) The Prince
of Wales' visit to Egypt has resulted
In many beggars of Cairo blessing his
name, though he is ignorant of the
fact, A correspondent saw the prince
ma win w some Durchases in the bazaar
and, when the buiiness was concluded.
Vie annroached the merchant and asked
him if he knew whom he had had the
honor of serving.
The merchant shook his head, and
when informed of the truth he burst
into loud lamentations. He had shame'
lesslv overcharged the prince, and
nothing could convince him that he
would not suffer an ignominious a earn.
The correspondent promised that if the
merchant distributed largesse to the
poor in the prince's name, he himself
would personally intercede wun tne
nrince on the merchant's behalf. The
merchant thankfully agreed.
Effort Is Made to
Stamp Out Brigands
Sine Bandits Becently Hanged at Mle
chaw and Seven In Other Places,
Walls 02 lentfnoed to prison.
Warsaw, May 6. (I. N. S.) The
German military authorities in Poland
are taking severe measures to stamp
out the brigandage which always ex
isted and has largely increased since
the beginning ef the war.
A court martial at Miechow recently
sentenced nine bandits to death and
they were promptly hanged. Two other
criminals, who hart committed murners
and robberies, were executed in War
saw, two in Zyrardow and three in Za
wlercze. In Warsaw, Siedlce and other
cities 92 persons have ben sentenced
to long terms of Imprisonment for
burglaries, thefts and other crimes.
porus. Latest accounts are. however,
that fc's forces are aiming for Isken
derootf (also known as Alexandre tta),
on the western Mediterranean coast,
100 miles northeast of Cyprus.
It is deemed unlikely here that there
will be any objection to leaving this
port in Nicholas' hands if be takes It
from the Turk.'
Eighteen Months meqolred for Zt.tc
Percolate Through Official Heads v
Press Representatives Honest. J
By Wilbur 8. Forrest.
London, May 6.- (IT. P.) Nineteen
months of the moat rigorous ceneor-1
siiip known to newspapers is beginning,
to loosen up tn Kngland. I
Whitehall, In London, the givem-'
ment office kernel of the British wa
news nut, so hard for American cot-
I respondents to crack during the war.
is beginning to crack, of its own eev
cord. 7 I
If American newspaper readers have
not noticed by this time, they sooh
will be able to note that the American,
correspondents In London are not rely-
Ing so much on sterotyped phrase:
such an "authoritative sources," "It
Is officlaly known." or "from high
sources." In the new. they send over
the trans-Atlantic cables. The Ameri
can newspapers for the first time since
the war may now quote the British
officials directly. ;
Lord Robert Cecil, new minister 'of
blockade and under-secretary for for
eign affairs, set the pace for other j
officials. For aeveral months, thI
Amerlcnn newspapermen were permit-I
ted occasionally to "interview" Lord!
Robert at the foreign office. Tneeei
'Interviews.'' however, appeared 101
American papers somewhat thus: . . - I
Cecil "tarts JTew Move. I
It is stated tn official circles that,"!
the Interviews carried no weight. Any!
far seeing newspaper reader could ask I
himself: "Couldn't the man Who wrote
this article have written it without!
any official Information; Isn't it mora!
than nosslble that these ideas are
his own Ideas credited by him to o-J
ficial circles'?"
For the benefit of doubting Amfl
can newspaper readers It can be truth j
fully stated that "these Ideas" were
official, but no British official would
allow his name used nor would he
permit the mention of his particular
government department. -r ' '
Lord Robert Cecil startled th,e
American lntervlewera recently by an
nounclng that "You may use the in
formation as coming from us and you
may also say something about the!
foreign office If you care to."
Within two weeks Lord NewtOtt and
Lord Percv. both at the head of de
partments In the foreign office, opened!
their offices to the American corres
pondents. And they announced that!
they could be quoted. The foreign
office now has opened a "news bu
reau" where the American newspaper
man are received every day. ?-.:.
Here are other result of the 'gen
eral news relaxation in official Lon
don: American newspapermen are granted
weekly conferences at the British India
office, minister of munitions and ad
miralty and will, it is understood soon
have the same privilege at the War
office. They have been allowed to
visit units of the British fleet; to see
the British army In the trenches for
the first time: visit military and civil
ian prison and Internment camps; visit
the galleries of Vhe house of commons
during important debates and among
other things, inspect a special review
of trooDS by the king and queen-.'
Recently the British home office
promulgated a new rule about the
travels of aliens the friendly variety,
including Americans setting forth
that heavy penalties would be the pun-I
lshment if "said aliens" traveled to
restricted areas without authorisation
from a competent military authority,
Bootlaad Yard Arreeeble.
The American correspondents Im
mediately consulted Basil Thompson,
head of Scotland Yard. Thompson
said:
"American newspapermen, repre
senting the reading public of the
United States here have played the
game in England. They have not at
tempted to play underhand tricks on
the authorities. We are pleased with
their conduct and you say for me that,
so far as I am concerned, there is
utterly no objection to their preaettce
in restricted areas when it is neces
sary."
A list of bona fide American news
gathers now is on file at the foreign
Office.
As In Washington, the British of-
officials have learned to trust the
newspapermen. The government has
discovered that Its theory during the
first It months of the war that all
news should be withheld and that the
press should be curbed to the upper
most is a sad mistake.
"We have Just begun to learn what
a sad mistake it was," declared an of
ficial in Whitehall the other day. "We
have been told all alpng to open our
doors to the press but we couldn't
understand how this was possible.
You Americans have showna us hew
it is possible."
British officials generally are be
ginning to agree that the "open door
policy" is better than all the propa
ganda books, pictures and lectures la
the world.
Deserters Barred
From Switzerland
Berne, May . (I. N. S.) The Swiss
on all their frontiers have been . In-
trtmrAA tn ntrmlt nit Ammri rm tt nase
in the future, no matter from what
country they come. This step was
taken to avoid dlplomatlo complica
tions. w
The Italian government some time
ago demanded the extradition of a
number of soldiers who had deserted
from their regiments and sought an
asylum on Swiss soil The request
could not be granted under the Swiss
laws and the controversy between Italy
heated. The Italian government finally
withdrew Its demand. . ;
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