[To TIM Eonox or ran .. Srrcloaor."] ' S111, — I do not think
that Professor Beget will be disappointed, 'and I feel that no Swiss who returned to his native country to make her neutrality respected will fail to be restored when he comes back to any post ho held here. May I point out another way in which some of us are endeavouring to show 'our love for Switzerland and her people ? I suppose there is no class in that country who are so well known to us as the guides. 'Many of us have owed their lives to these persons' skill and devotion. The war• has struck them harder than any one in Switzerland. The short summer season provides a nest-egg in ordinary times to aid in supporting themselves and families during the rest of the year, when they can earn little. The Association of the British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club is raising a fund to assist them. Already nearly six thousand francs has been sent out to Switzerland to be administered, after careful inquiry, where it is needed most, by the President of the Swiss Alpine Club, Dr. Janggen, of St. Gallen. In spite of the many claims made by the war on se all, I venture to hope that some of those who have known these men and their worth and who have not yet contributed will send a donation, however small, to Mr. J. Bruce, the Honorary Treasurer of the Swiss Guides' Relief Fund, Selborne Lodge, Guildford.—I am, Sir, &c., N. E. 0.
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