People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1896 — Swiss Proposal Neglected. [ARTICLE]

Swiss Proposal Neglected.

Berne, June 3.—The national council has expressed regret that the United States has not replied to the Swiss proposal for a conclusion of an arbitration treaty and has requested the bundesrath 'to demand a categoric answer. The president of the confederation, M. Adrien Lachenal, has declined to make the demand, although joining in the expression of regret at the non-receipt of a reply on the subject from America.