JAPAN PROTESTS.
REMOVAL OF DOCUMENTS. (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) TOKIO, Jan.' 7. Mr Matsuoka has protested to the British Ambassador (Sir Robert Craigie) against the alleged action of the British authorities at Bermuda, on December 23, in. seizing documents, money, and other personal belongings of nine Japanese passengers who were en route to Germany aboard the American liner Excalibor. Mr Matsuoka lias demanded a British settlement. “Clearly it is an abuse of belligerent rights and an infringement of the legitimate rights of the free movement of Japanese neutrals.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 33, 8 January 1941, Page 8
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