SOVIET WHALERS IN JAPAN.
' ■ ' ~j CONFISCATION ORDER LIFTED.' (cMiTtB rksss issocmioir—it ci*W •• tTI.BGSA.tfH —copiMOXT.) (Received February 8, 11.40 p.i»>) TOKYO, JVfcraAijr '.*• , The Court has decided to iriewase t&» • fines 011 the three whalew i®* stead of confiscating them, anl.to release them in order to-avoid iateraational complicatioiW. ( [A message from Tokyo on February 7 said the whalers haft teen condemned to confiscation, and theis, eaptiina had ' been fined 1000 yen for vitiation of the fortification laws. ( On January 26,* * - ■ report stated: "TbS authoritiM.aTe not satisfied with the excuse* offeted by • four Soviet whalers for entering a ; ■prohibited port is the Benin Islands (in the North Pacific). The vewels; , have been brought to Yokohama. ' a naval escort.. Besides the crew, there ■ are several suspicious persons aboard.'. They will be examined by the metropolitan police. There have be*ir maay - , illegal seizures of Japanese yess«li i* * Kamchatka waters. "3
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20776, 9 February 1933, Page 13
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