Japan’s Ex-Ambassador to Britain Acquitted—His Policy Pro-British

Grey River Argus, 9 November 1948, Page 5

Japan’s Ex-Ambassador to Britain Acquitted— His Policy Pro-British

(N.Z.P.A.—REUTER CABLE) (Rec. 9.10). TOKIO. November 8. The International Tribunal on war crime' charges, has virtually cleaiec Baron Shigemitsu, who y a s Japanese Ambassador to Bntain from 1908 to 1941, and who later held offic Foreign Minister under General To ja He is cleared of charges of . ha '"2£ entered into a conspiracy to wage aggressive war. . The judgment said that, m a sera of his dispatches from London, Bnige mitsu’s policy emerged clearly. r 1 sought a further measure oi agreement with Britain, and sought sue a Government as one in China, to which the Western Powers would not take exception. He did not share the Cabinet’s confidence in a German victory. He had believed that Britain would continue to fight, and would not easily be beaten. The Tribunal found that Shigemitsu’s policy was that, bv preserving a policy of neutrality, Japan would gain those objects for which she was preparing to fight.