Consternation in countries surrounding the Netherlands after Utrechtsch Provinciaal en Stedelijk Dagblad reported about a secret military agreement, what eventually turned out to be a joke.

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 Utrecht—and shocked Europe—by chargin, that a most nefarious secret military…