in Savoy Paris, Nov, 2.
Little Switzerland is by no means disposed to yield her point against France in the matter the free zone in Savoy. She maintains, in a note sent only three days after the communication was received, that she cannot be expecta to surrender what was conceded to her in 1815 and 1816 unless France gives her some equivalent, in the shape of another zone which will enable the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valois to obtain their supplies with the same facilities as at present. There is a good deal to be said for this contention and the matter is not without interest for the world im general, because it involves not only the attitude of a great Power towards a small neighbour but also the principle of arbitration between two members of the League of Nations. The Federal Council also reiterates that the threatened moving of the French Customs stations up to the political frontier on November 10, amounts to placing Switzerland in the presence of a fait accompli and must necessarily influence the negotiations which the French describe as still open. It now remains to see if M. Poin-
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