ARREST OF SPIES
FRANCO-GERMAN FRONTIER PARIS, Nov. 23. Six alleged spies were arrested in (he village o£ Huningue, on the Franco-German frontier. It is alleged that they confessed that they handed to agents at Freiburg information about the strength and disposition of troops on the French frontier. Huningue is regarded as the Achilies heel o£ the Maginot line, as it is unfortified under the treaty made after the Franco-Prussian War, which was not annulled by the Versailles Treaty.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 8
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78ARREST OF SPIES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 8
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