The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-13
SWISS ARE ARMED
T0HOLDCOUNTRY
AGAINST TEUTONS
. NV $780, Z. ~
Little Republic Is Armed To Teeth
through Fear Of Being Wy
~ ,. Absorbed

Switzerland Is armed TO the teeth
for something more than the protec-
ton ~ her neutrality; she believes
her national existence is at stake.
Arthur J. Goodrich, an American au-
thor and lecturer on the theory of
musical instruction, member Of the
American Chamber Of Commerce Of
Paris and of the Societe des lSavants,
who Is now touring the Islands with
Ills wife, told yesterday Of his expert.
ences in Switzerland at the outbreak
Of the war, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodrich
are guests Of the BlaisdelI Hotel.
Since 1909, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodrich
have been living in Paris. They were
in Dion, on their way TO spend the
dog days IN Switzerland, when the
news came that Austria had declared
war on Servia.
sH0f course we knew what was com
ing, - he said yesterday, "and Il seem.
ed wiser to continue. to Switzerland
than to remain in France. inst ~
everRfod expected, declaration Of
war followed declaration of war until
all the great Powers were embroiled.
Great Army Mobilized
Switzerland modified to protect
her neutrality. That was only pru-
dence, but what astonished us and
many Swiss themselves, was the mum
Der Of men called out at the very ont.
setE Three hundred and fifty thousand
men Joined the. colors, and they are
under arms today. /
~"H was q tremendous drain on a
little nation like Switzerland. Busi.
mss was badly disorganized at first.
/ remember we couldn Z get our murn.
ing milk delivered. Apologies were
made, but really they were unneces-
sary. Like all other able bodied males,
the delivery men had Joined their regi.
nents.-.
Zone Of our friends was a young
girl at school in a Swiss pension, and
her particular chum was German
gitl. Not many weeks after fighting
began, came a letter from the German
girl to her schoolmate. shan pre-.
tend to quote the exact words, but
the substance of her closing lines was
this:
"'It won t be long before we see
each other again. That will be when
Switzerland is part of Germany.
Annexation In Air
"There was another incident of the
same sort on one of the tramcars be.
tween Lausanne and Vevey. A Ger
man passenger was praising the beau.
ties of Lake Geneva. Such a charm.
ing lake he said, will be a great
addition to the attractions of the en-
I,%s,The Swiss notorman who over
heard him couldn 7 subdue bis anger
ard promptly attacked him. The mo.
torman was arrested. charged with as.
sault, but when the circumstances were
brought out, the magistrate dismissed
the ease.
'These instances are trivial, but
they show what was in the air. Che
Swiss government had much more seri-
c"s grounds for believing the same
thing, and that is why such a strong
force WINS modified at the outset of
the, war.
I'VE tlidn I return to Paris until
some time after the exclusive use of
the railways for military purposes had
ceased. As many others have found,
We discovered that the French are not
The eScitable, frivolous people the An.
PlY-Saxon world long has represented
them to be- They took the war very
seriously, very quietly, very bravely
aItd, with intense earnestness.
Trance Wanted Peace
-" La revanche' was no part of the
influences that brought on the war
France has no. desire for conquest or
revenge. During my years of resi-,
depce in, Paris, have talked with
many French officers and men of af.
fairs and I know that the old desire
to wipe out the humiliation of II
had died out completely.
France. did not want war. She
wished nothing more than to be let
alone and to develop her commerce
and her colonies. -