The position of Switzerland appears to excite some un- easiness
on the Continent. When Savoy and Nice were an- nexed, it was understood that the Emperor would guarantee the neutrality of Chablais and Faucigny, which hem in, as it were,
the Lake of Geneva. He did not do so, and Geneva is now hemmed in by French territory, and filled with persons horn in Nioe, and now become French subjects. Intrigues are are at work to in- duce Geneva to declare herself French, and the Confederation is seriously alarmed. The Federal forces have been warned to complete their organization, and the President of the Council talks of the necessity of imposing a heavy taxation in order to protect Swiss in- dependence. The Swiss, it is certain, will resist every overt aggres sion, and it is not very likely that the Emperor of the French will risk a general war for an object less than the frontier of the Rhine.
