DUTCH FRONTIER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 24 November 1939, Page 11

DUTCH FRONTIER

ARREST OF BRITONS SURRENDER REFUSED “EVIDENCE” PROMISED LINK WITH BOMBING (Eire. Tel. Copyright—Unitnd .Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 23, 2.20 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 22. A message from Amsterdam states that Germany has not answered the Dutch protest concerning the incident at a spot on the Netherlands-German frontier near Venlo, where two Britons, a Mr. Best and Captain N. Stevens, were taken prisoner by the German police. It is stated, however, that responsible officials in Berlin promise incontestable evidence linking Mr. Best and Captain Stevens with the Munich bomb incident of November 8. They also declare that it does not matter whether they were captured in Dutch territory or not. They will not be surrendered.

The Amsterdam Telegraf says that Mr. Best has lived at The Hague since 1916. He married a Dutch girl. .He drove to Venlo on November 9, a garage owner of The Hague acting as chauffeur. When they arrived at Venlo, seven or eight Germans dashed across the frontier. They shot the chauffeur, opened a door of the ear, and shot one passenger, whose body was dragged with another passenger across the frontier into Germany. They also pushed the car into Germany. A fourth passenger was not molested.