Berne, Sept. 3.
The manceuvres have been opened in the mountains west of St. Gall in rainy weather. Forty foreign officers are attending the operations.
The President, M. Ruchet, has gone to Zurich to receive the German Emperor. General appreciation of the visit is expressed in the newspapers, which dwell upon the Emperor's pacific tendencies. They! consider that from a military point of view, an important stage has been reached in the development of the militia system.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.