The Archive · 1939

Swiss Would' Fight

Basle, Mar. 17.

"Whoever attacks us, or infringes upon our independence or territorial integrity, will have to face war," declared Bi. Obrecht, Head of the Department of Public Economy, before the Federal Council today.—Reuter. monwealth and'to France, to whom we are so closely bound.

"Need Not Be Downheatted" position with that sense of respon-"Now we must all review the sibility which its gravity demands. Nothing must be excluded from that review. which bears upon national safety. Every aspect of our national life must be looked at again from that angle."—Reuter.

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

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