Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...were set free with the instructions written on their pass-ports that they should be shot at once if caught within the firing line. On his next attempt, Reed left his pass-port behind, but was soon intercepted and sent back to Paris. Reed then went to Berlin via Switzerland, where he was fortunate enough to meet a tour for correspondents conducted by the German government, and was able to see the three-months old battlefield of the early war. Finally the Commander of the Bavarian army consented to allow visitors and correspondents to spend the night in the trenches...
...Lunn advocated the idea of a "citizen soldiery," such as Switzerland now has,--for purposes of purely defensive war-fare. Disarmament would be a wonderful thing," he said, "but at present it seems impossible...
James Waterhouse Angell, Ecole Cuchet, Geneva, Switzerland, and Chicago (III.) University High School...
...Southgate '15 was in the bank of the American Citizens' Association in Berne, Switzerland, during the summer...
President George E. Horr of the Newton Theological Institution, one of the American delegates to the International Peace Conference in Switzerland, will speak on the European war, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, in the the vestry of the First Baptist Church, corner of Clarendon street and Commonwealth avenue, Boston. A special invitation to attend has been extended to members of the University...