The Archive · 1938

Defend Neutrality

Memorandum to League of Nations Despatched

Geneva, Apr. 29. Switzerland has handed in a detailed memorandum to the League of Nations Secretariat, g the reasons for her proposal to return to tke attitude of absolute neutrality. The memorandum will come before Secretariat and members of the Council within the next few days.

Switzerland's wish to defend own neutrality and independence in the future has been motivated by the t the experience of recent nes shown that the operation sanctions is too slow since in the s Government's opinion it possible now to distinguish between military and economic sanctions.

Therefore the wish is expressed in Bern, states the "Basler Nachrichten" yesterday. that in keeping w additional neutrality, Switzer; Il only enter into undertakings which are practical.—Trans-Ocean.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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