BRITISH INQUIRIES
FITTING OF RAIDERS
USE OF JAPANESE PORTS
A NAVAL DENIAL
LONDON, January 2.
The political correspondent of the "News Chronicle," Mr. Vernon Bartlett, states that the British Ambassador in Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, has been instructed to make inquiries regarding the reports that German ships are -fitting out as sea raiders in Japanese ports. Mr. Bartlett points out that the fact of the sinking of the Turakina and the snelling of Nauru Island adds urgency to the inquiries.
A Tokio message-reports that the Japanese naval spokesman stated: "In no circumstances has Japan sanctioned the use by German raiders of the **«uneg of Japanese vessels or the
Japanese flag." He said he was without information regarding reports that raiders were sailing in the vicinity of Japanese-controlled islands.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 2, 3 January 1941, Page 8
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