GERMANY SUSPICIOUS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 604, 5 March 1929, Page 11

GERMANY SUSPICIOUS

FRANCO-BELGIAN STORY IS HEINE A SCAPEGOAT? (Australian o’ii IT.Z. Frc-ss. Reed. 11 a.m. BERLIN, Monday. The Nationalist newspapers continue to comment cynically on the arrest of Heine, in connection with the forged Belgian treaty. Most of them declare that the affair is mysterious and incredible. The “Deutsche Zeitung” says the arrest was pre-arranged. The “Berliner Tagablatt” says the Franeo-Belgian embarrassment proves that the documents were not forgeries. The “’Lokal Anzeiger’* hopes the Utrecht “Dagsblad” will prove the documents to be genuine. The “Volks Zeitung” says that whether Heine’s story is true or not. the fact remains that the terms of the treaty are not published. The Socialist “Vorwarts” alone accepts Heine’s confession. The Brussel’s correspondents of the London “Daily Express” says Heine is a' great-grandson of the famous writer. Heine. He had been shadowed by the police. When he was arrested the police seized his portfolio, which was found to contain the “original” of the alleged treaty. Heine affects to consider the matter as an immense joke. He boasts of the wav in which he deceived the entire world. The man is liable to 15 years’ imprisonment for plotting against the national security. The police are actively searching for Heine’s accomplices.