If you are a Dutchman from Utrecht, and you read something in the Utrechtsch Provinciaal en Stedelijk Dagblad, you know it must be true. Last week this leading provincial newspaper of the Netherlands shocked the rich burghers of quaint old Utrechtand shocked Europeby chargin, that a most nefarious secret military agreement was entered into on July 7, 1927, by France and Belgium (with Great Britain sitting in) and is still in force.
Disquieting to all Europeans was Dagblad's assertion that Belgium stands committed to mobilize a minimum of 600,000 men, and France a...
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