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Notes and Gleanings Notes and gleanings Objekttyp: Group Zeitschrift: The Swiss observer : the journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK Band (Jahr): - (1923) Heft 111 PDF erstellt am: 06.10.2021 Nutzungsbedingungen Die ETH-Bibliothek ist Anbieterin der digitalisierten Zeitschriften. Sie besitzt keine Urheberrechte an den Inhalten der Zeitschriften. Die Rechte liegen in der Regel bei den Herausgebern. Die auf der Plattform e-periodica veröffentlichten Dokumente stehen für nicht-kommerzielle Zwecke in Lehre und Forschung sowie für die private Nutzung frei zur Verfügung. Einzelne Dateien oder Ausdrucke aus diesem Angebot können zusammen mit diesen Nutzungsbedingungen und den korrekten Herkunftsbezeichnungen weitergegeben werden. Das Veröffentlichen von Bildern in Print- und Online-Publikationen ist nur mit vorheriger Genehmigung der Rechteinhaber erlaubt. Die systematische Speicherung von Teilen des elektronischen Angebots auf anderen Servern bedarf ebenfalls des schriftlichen Einverständnisses der Rechteinhaber. Haftungsausschluss Alle Angaben erfolgen ohne Gewähr für Vollständigkeit oder Richtigkeit. Es wird keine Haftung übernommen für Schäden durch die Verwendung von Informationen aus diesem Online-Angebot oder durch das Fehlen von Informationen. Dies gilt auch für Inhalte Dritter, die über dieses Angebot zugänglich sind. Ein Dienst der ETH-Bibliothek ETH Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Schweiz, www.library.ethz.ch http://www.e-periodica.ch 736 THE SWISS OBSERVER. JULY 21, 1923. so. Vor Jahren warin sie gute Freunde, hatten 7VOP£5 AMD GLEAM/MG5. neutrality and inviolability Switzerland has little of a dann einen Wortwechsel, worüber weiss ich nicht, foreign policy to consider. That doss not mean that By " Kyburg." she has no interest in international affairs. The effect seither treffen sie sich jeden Tag, sehen aber ein- of the Ruhr occupation—an effect uniformly adverse— ander nie an. Dort ist der eine." Ich Hess an- Young Swiss—England. on public opinion has been striking. But it remains halten, sprach ein paar Worte mit meinem Lands- true none the less that the main function of the German- A very well-informed arid, what is perhaps more, Swiss, the French-Swiss and the small Italian- mann, einem Berner, dem ich mich als Baslerbeppi relatively a very well-intentioned member of the Swiss Colony Swiss elements is to work together (with, of course, vorstellte und den es zu freuen schien, zu hören, told me the other day, when we were discussing numerous cross-divisions! on internal affairs instead of dass ich mein Baslerdütsch noch nicht external. vergessen mv recent paragraphs in the ,5.0. on this subject: pulling apart over hatte. Auch mit meinem zweiten Landsmann, It is curious that in spite of that the public " You know, the majority of our compatriots in stirred to-day is einem Graubündner, sprach ich später kurze Zeit. question on which feelings are most London are much too apathetic. Once they have one of foreign relations. It would be too long a Auf die Frage des Kutschers, was wohl die zwei " got a billet they do not care what happens to others business to explain here the affair of the zones." Landsleute entzweit hatte, erwiderte ich: "Die is enough to that on certain Western frontiers and cannot expect them to take trouble It say Schweiz ist ein kleines hat aber 22 you any of Switzerland France has, under various old agree- zwar Land, in such matters." Now, I know it is hot. I know Kantone, die Zeiten beinahe souveräne Länder ments, kept her Customs houses some distance within vor that to take trouble on behalf of others is an un- her political frontier, the French territory between this waren. Es hat vier Sprachen, zwei Hauptreligionen grateful task, unless you value the feeling of having Customs-line and the political frontier becoming thus und mehrere Sekten und zwei Dutzend Regierungen. a free-trade area for Switzerland. During the war clone something unselfish for once in a while, but Es gibt in der Schweiz hohe Berge, tiefe Seen und everything, of course, was tightened up, and the I really do hope that my friend was unduly pessi- border. reissende Flüsse. Das alles begünstigt die Eut- French pushed their douanes on to the Swiss mistic. Now then, Swiss, do get a move on, some- There they now claim the right to keep them, and der des Einzelwesens und führt wicklung Eigenart how, somewhere Don't let that important an agreement with the Swiss Government to that effect schliesslich und Zanksucht. very concluded. But here the raised its voice, zur Unerträglichkeit question to sleep again is ex- was public Worüber die beiden im australischen Busch sich go Agitate It which under a constitution that includes both initiative tremelv important for the future of commercial and referendum it do gezankt haben, ist nicht von can very effectively. Angered Belang." Switzerland that Swiss should be allowed by the Ruhr occupation, which affected Switzerland Im Verlauf des halben das ich young Jahrhunderts, to come over to England and stay here for a couple directly, the Swiss people rejected the zone agreement im Ausland zugebracht, sind mir noch andere Bei- by a referendum vote of five to one, and deadlock on of years. Restrictions must be abolished If the spiele von Schweizer Streitsucht zu Ohren gekom- the question now prevails. matter is properly explained by the Swiss to the of its men. Die für diesen seltsamen In point fact. Switzerland, despite large richtige Erklärung British Government, I am quite sure that the latter Franco-Swiss population, is at present definitely anti- Zug findet man in Oechslis Schweizergeschichte. will make the necessary concession. John Bull has French. The German part of the population has, of (C. C. 5., Ztcw/zwewcw/Ä, //« itself the Ruhr, and never refused to help when help was possible and course, expressed freely regarding * * * the French-Swiss Catholics are, as the result of the especially when it could be proved to him that it to take much the line. Basler Ferienkolonie in England. — Wie früher in Pope's letter, disposed same would be beneficial also to his own interests: That is the more natural in that the effects of the den Jahren 1909-10 und 1913-10, Schüler der Kant. Now then, AfgvYtrfe / Ruhr occupation have come as the climax of a series Handelsschule Basel (Ob.-Realschule), unter der * * * of economic strains under which Switzerland is labour- Führung von Herrn Jos. Meyer, verliessen am 16. ing. She is. as everyone knows, largely dependent Switzerland and German Films. the Basel, einen schon Ferien- on her tourist industry. Since the war practically Juli um lange geplanten CVwewza (5th July):—- whole of her Austrian, her Russian and her German in Der Continental- aufenthalt England anzutreten. The Swiss themselves are at last up in arms clientèle has vanished. In addition, the fact that her Express Dover-London brachte die Partie am fol- against the persistent efforts of the German producers exchange stood till a few months ago above par, and genden Tage nach der Victoria-Station. Während to misrepresent the history of other countries on the till two years or so ago very much above par, auto- has the and other and des zehntägigen Aufenthalts in der Weltstadt wird screen. What roused the wrath of little re- matically kept British foreigners away public is a film of '' William Tell," made in Germany, would have done so even without the further fact that Gelegenheit geboten zur Besichtigung der wich- the producer not even taking the trouble to cross the the low exchanges in Italy and France were attracting tigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten. Es seien davon er- Swiss frontier in order to secure the correct historical tourists to resorts in those countries rather than in wähnt: die königliche Münze, die Docks, Bank backgrounds for his scenes. Switzerland. * ' ' due von Tower Bridge, das Windsor Schlqss, The Revue Suisse de Cinema says it is high On top of that came the export of capital to England, make a firm stand such methods. alarm as Socialist notably the at- der sowie time to against If proposed measures, ein Warenhaus, Zoologische Garten, ver- France and England have allowed Germany to give tempted capital levy of las't year. As a result of one schiedene Museen und Kirchen. untrue representations of their respective histories in factor and another the Swiss franc, which not so long- Während die Schüler in London in der Zentrale several films, there is no reason, says our irascible ago stood at 21 to the £, is to-day nearer 27 than 26 des C.V.J.M. wohnen werden, steht für die letzten contemporary, why Switzerland should put up with a and falling steadily, while unemployment has reached similar indignity. a level for which there are few precedents. Politically 14 sie Meere ' ' Tage, die in Hastings am zubringen " It must never be forgotten," the Revue adds, the result is to cement a coalition of all other parties werden, eine öffentliche Schule mit Küche zu ihrer " that a film goes from one continent to another, (which fall broadly into the two categories of Catho- Verfügung. Am Meeresstrande können sie sich von bearing with it in its travels its living images, which lies and Radicals! against the Socialists, whose stock, stands den Londoner Strapazen ausruhen und das Bade- penetrate the mind of all who see them, and leave after their devastating capital levy defeat, tern- impressions behind them. Never let us forget, at rate much at a discount. 10. sie lasting porarily any very leben gemessen. Am August werden dann in fact, that such films are weapons." But, speaking generally, there is no reason why Flastings verlassen müssen und am 11. August alle The Germans have always used the films for Switzerland's position should trouble her patriots un- the of Winter- wohlbehalten und körperlich und geistig neuge- propaganda and have been mo're clever than others duly.
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