Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-18

The aIuIy uf Switzerland 's n true
rItlzen arnn ou ARMY of universal
srr,i,c aud ir Is dlc TO The exist
crgo NJ this force hat switzerland
remains bn independent state Ia the
'widat "t Europe
IT stand apart 700 Europe is the
|yorv casru.s uf ufr for switzerland.
'lt boz trgrctabIy therefore. that Ger
.weu mon, aud German propa-
rlrda and aour sympathy for Ge
Imuus among the officers ~ the army
should have tou,hcd the tnc flower
OF Swiss neutrality \ triumphant
. Im#p and n ttro switzerland can
/ mot oNlsf tu the same Europe
IN Switzerland 1t Is In The -milIlarl
| tupt We nud that greatest sympathy
for Germany In 1913 swiss OFFICER.
Wrro discovered working out the
| ,iphers .uf other uaeous fur the
b,u,lt ~ the German Armies, aud
/ the punishment given AT the ensuing
court WuItIul N~o not ouN iurow.
mruvuplc with tho offcuao hut wa
Ia plain indication of the cerN
-Fmutthlra uf the chiefs hy the SwI~s
! iHutf
The food uuesUon between the
lnitrd States and switzerland r'
Iuuir,a delicate handling We Ike
/ the SNlH= and DO not wish thoh o.
suffer but the swlsa must under
stand that our food is our own aud
/ that We do not propose n Hhail g'
/ tu nouriah Gcrm0na or that II shall
| take the place. In switzerland. oi
Swiss tuod sold hy the 9wisa To out
enemies
The president ~ Switzerland &c.
/ lated to mo the difficult position ir
which switzerland found herself
! Iron ana coal necessary TO the iu
! duutrics ~ Switzerland. 90 Keen th,
| population warm and 20 cook tht
| food, came, no said from Germany
| while food was shipped 90 the Frcuci
! Mediterranean port Of Cetto from
/ America and the Argentine Rnt
! transported across pnrt of France O.
Switzerland go that since the wnl
| switzerland as the president cN
! plainrd. has been dancing about
| first on Que side. then on tho other
In the attempt 10 pt food thrl
France and coal nnd iron thru Ger
many
swiss speak German Mostly.
Everything In the office Of IN,
president WAS the extreme ~ re
publican simplicity lie questioned
me about the situation I'm Germany
especially from the food standpoint
And learned ot the difficulties o
/ the Swiss II must ngt he forgotten
that IN Switzerland about 70 pc
cent of the people speak German. 2.
per cent French and per cen
Italian Many OF the German
speaking Swiss, of courec, sympn
thize with Germany They are IN,
farmers. dnlrymen, etu.. but n
French switzerland. IN the neiEhbur
hood of Geneva aud Lausanne. tht
Industrial population sides with Ia,
allies, Millions OF the delicate fuse
used on shells have been manufnc
tured In that part OF switzerland
for the entente, In retaliation 70
this the Germans boycotted swis
watches
The usual German. paid propa
sanda newspapers operate In tn
principal towns The army officer
are the first 20 he Influenced. II &
the Same in Switzerland az with Ia,
officers OF many armies, solely be
cause ~ tho past reputation OF tn
German military machine.
We and the clvil authorities ~
South America must not forget tha
Japan copied uerman military meth
dds ana that the armies OF Argentina
and chile have been trainel FOR year
by German officers sent there OF
temporary leave OF absence from th
German army.
Won BELOW. German officer II
Rcrlln who had been iu rtbc ArHcn
tine, used to make merry over tn
Argentine soldiers and said that the,
objected TO drilling when it ralncd
do not believe this officer. but
should like tu have tho brave Argen
tine Officers hear his iokcs and giles
We left after three or -four day
I'm Rcree on the evening train 10
tho Frtnch frontier In tho trail
corridors nutsiie tho Cpmpa rtmcnt