IRON RULE IN BELGIUM.
TRIALS FOR TREASON.
HEAVY SENTENCES.
Amsterdam, January 9.
Many heavy sentences have been passed upon journalists, business men, labourers and others in Belgium for alleged treason, espionage and the distribution of seditious pamphlets. A man named Freelying, a former servant of the Belgian War Ministry, was sentenced to death for assisting a youth to join the Belgian army. Laura Agar, a needlewoman, was sentenced to imprisonment for life.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16123, 11 January 1916, Page 7
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