TREASON IN HOLLAND
MILITARY PLANS SOLD. SENSATIONAL AFFAIR. VnblUhed In "Tho Tims*.” LONDON, November 23. The Hague correspondent of “The Times” says that a sensation has been caused in Holland by the discovery of an extensive plot against the Dutch State. The military authorities discovered that maps and documents relating to the • Dutch defence system were being sold to foreign countries,. Measures were 6peeduy taken to have false plams issued, with the object of catching the sellers. To-day a Belgian was arrested at Bar-le-Duc in the act of buying secret military plans from a Dutch offioer. The arrests of four other officers followed in various towns of Holland. The plotters are believed to have worked from Rotterdam, where the leader also was arrested.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 7
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123TREASON IN HOLLAND New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 7
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