London, Feb. 3.
Information from Holland reveals that the espionage affair recently discovered in that country is of much greater importance than at first believed.
The Dutch police have arrested five Dutch non-commissioned officers in Nijmegen. One of them, a former member of the Naz! Party in Holland, was found in possession of several photographs of Dutch fortifications which he was attempting to smuggle through to Germany.
The Dutch authorities have also decided on a strict investigation into he presence of the large number of Sermon emigrants in the country. "This decision was taken following the discovery that a number of German espionage agents had arrived in Holland with false passports, bearing the large "J" for Jew on its pages. These passports are only given to Jewish emigrants, and the spies were thus attempting to facilitate their activities in Holland.—Havas, The vessel left Rotterdam at 6.55 o'clock in the morning of December 16 and was detained for about 24 hours at the Downs, a British control Port. All her cargo was passed on the grounds that the German exports aboard had been contracted for and paid by Japanese importers before the Order-in-Council was announced.—Domei.
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