JAPANESE BOATS SEIZED.
DUTCH ALARMED IN EAST.
TOKYO,"" April 16.
The newspaper "Nichi Nichi Shimbun" reports that the Dutch authorities seized two Japanese pearling boats without reason in Sele Strait, West Papua, and impounded them at Ambon Bay. It is surmised that the Dutch are alarmed and are trying to hamper Japanese expansion. The Japanese Foreign Office is reported to be making inquiries.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 91, 17 April 1936, Page 7
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