COMPLETE FORGERY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 64, 2 March 1929, Page 5

COMPLETE FORGERY

THE DUTCH "REVELATIONS” OFFICIAL BELGIAN DECLARATION EFFORT TO DISHONOUR COUNTRY. (United Press Assoclation-By CableOopyrignt.) 1 Australian Ureas Aesn.-United Service,l (Received 2, 10.55 a.m.) . Brussels, March 1. Official circles declare that the Utrecht "Dagblad’s” "revelations’’ are a complete forgery. The Premier, M. Jaspar, speaking last night, said that his heart was rent by the drivelling and insulting campaign carried on in an effort to dishonour Belgium, which thing they would never permit "COMPLETE MINUTES” GIVEN BY NEWSPAPER. (Australian Press Assn.-United Fervloe.) Amsterdam, Maa-ch I. The Utrecht "Dagblad’s” evening edition publishes what purports to be the complete minutes of a conference between the French and Belgian general staffs from September 7 to September 12 last year, occupying a page, in the original French, headed "Strictly Confidential." The names of the participants are given as Generals Deheny, Chief ci the General Staff; Bineau, deputy chief; Blaster, attache at the Brussel. Embassy, all for France; Generals Gallet, Chief to the General Staff; Michem, chief of the third section; Van Den Bergen, chief of the first section, for Belgium; nnd Colonel Estienne. commanding the grenadiers, Brussels, secretary. The first five articles of the treaty given in the minutes are as already published. The others are secret. General Michem is alleged to have envisaged the aid of British troops, which suggestion General Debenv proposed to include in a draft report to the King or the Belgians.

The documents inclube a table of Beleian mobilisation centres nnd bear the signatures of General Debeny nnd Gallet. The endorsement has been “seen nnd approved by the Ministry of Nationel Defence. Chevalier de Brocqueville. a>'d certified as agreed to by General Michem.

GERMAN GOVERNMENT ACTING.

'Australian and N.Z Press Association.!

London, March 1

The Intest war pact disclosures from Amsterdam were received in Txindon too late for innuiry or comment in the press, which has hitherto refused to treat the matter in a sensational manner nnd has accepted official assurances.

The German Government has instructed its Ambassadors at Paris and Brussels to make diplomatic representations, and in doing so has yielded to the clamour of the press and politicians. The Nationalists especially insist that the agreement is genuine, and point out that it wns onnchided after Locarno. They desoribe it ns another bnnkrnntcy of Dy. gtresemann’s policy of reconciliation. The "Daily Herald’s” correspondent at Amsterdam says it is understood that if Belgian denials of authenticity are repeated the “Daeblad” will provide n photographic reproduction of the original.