Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — SWISS FEAR AN INVASION [ARTICLE]

SWISS FEAR AN INVASION

Newspapers Say Military Chiefs Are Convinced Activity Near Basel Forecasts Attack; London, Tan. 19.'—“Swiss newspapers assert that masses of German troops are concentrating near Basel,” says the Exchange Telegraph’s Geneva correspondent. “The Swiss general staff is convinced that an invasion of Switzerland is contemplated, with a view to freeing Alsace from the French invader.”