Albert Frank Heine, the Belgian activist now under arrest, is al ced to have admitted that the Yocument supplied by him to the Editor of the Activist newspaper Schelde" and reproduced by the Dutch newspaper "Utrechitsehe Daxbiad" is a forgery for which he is entirely responsible. He has eon-fessed that the "Treaty" was an imitation of a former treaty between two foreign Powers concluded long before the War and had nothing to do with Belgium and! Holland. He has admitted that the so-called official reports of military officers were also forgeries.
Heine first offered his treaty which was modelled on the old Franco-Russian Treaty, to the Ger-Espionage at its authenticity, rejected the offer. He afterwards sold it through an Anvwerp journalist, for whom warrant of arrest has now been. issued.
Heine docs not conoider that he sold France and Belgium. "I mere ly cheated a bayer, and that is a venial swindle."
The newspaper "Nation Belge' declares that the alleged Franes-Belgian secret agreement "publish-the Dutch newspaper "Utrechtsch Dagblad" was for by a well-known Flemish Activist ployed in the German " Secre! Service, The latter was not aware Jot the forgery.
The "Activist," who was born Belgium, was offered 100,000 marks. for the text of the 1920 Conventio: entered into by France and Belg He proceeded to forge the doc: meets. published recently when un-fe to procure an authentic of the Convention itself.
His document came to Holl end was offered to the "Utrechtsch Dagblad", which published i¢ in cood faith, On the arrival of the Amstentam express half ight a Belge" of the Flemish Activ arrested. The man in question charged with 1 the document published by the Dutch newspap:
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