THE "MILITARY PACT"
COMPLETE CONFESSION
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BRUSSELS, 3rd March.
The newspapers state that the name of the man who was arrested on the arrival of the Amsterdam express and charged with being the author of the "Ulrechtsche Dagblad's" alleged secret Franco-Belgian military treaty, is Frank Heine. The man confessed to having forged the document, using a seal made from an impression of a French 25 centime piece. He said that he intended to sell the forgery to the German espionage service. Instead, he sold it to the "Dagblad" for a good price.
Heine admits, that he was entirely responsible for the "Dagsblad" forgeries. The Treaty was a plagiarism of the Franco-Russian pre-war treaty, recently published by the Soviet, and did not concern Belgium and Holland. Heine declared that the German espionage bureau at Mulheim, Lo which he first offered the documents, disbelieved their authenticity and refused them., He negotiated with the headquarters of the Activists, of which he was a member, and sold the documents through the good offices of an Antwerp, journalist whose arrest is shortly expected. "I do not consider," he said, "that I sold Fiance and Belgium; I simply cheated a buyer, which is a venial swindle." , /
THE "MILITARY PACT"
Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 9
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