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Show CAUGHT WITH ONE FOOT OVER ME, ' DETRACTOR OF FRANCE TAKEN PR1S0IF GENEVA. June 17 tBy the Asso-' elated Prea8) A wealthy Frenchman f; Bertrand described as a deserter, has been urrested hei- -it a moment! when he had practically in- foot on either side of the Swiss and Prem h frontier line, in S cafe that straddles the border The cafe is In the village of Saint Julien on the interna' boundary Part of the building la in Switzerland and pari In Fram e. Early in the war Bertrand settled in. Geneva, where, his accusers aver lo-made lo-made a large fortune trading with, Germany He bought o villa and several sev-eral automobiles and led a life, of plea- 1 sure He said h.f was more German j than French, and took pleasure in speaking against France, particularly particular-ly in the cafe at Saint Julian, where, I safe on Swiss territory In one of tit drinking rooms, he could be ovorheard and even seen by the French pollct In the rooms on the French side. There the French listened to h(a .m-noylng .m-noylng talk, but unable to oaten him on the French side, they could nut arrest him. Bertrand boasted that--when there were no police about he could enter France and return without with-out a passport. I Bertrand after dining well. ro88 A the border by goinK from the room on (the Swiss sid- to that on the French i-ide to greet some friends. At the m-stant m-stant he passed the line into France he was pounced upon by two French gendarmes. He put up R fight, bul I was quickly subdued, hand.-ut i-d, .in I I carrlc d away. |